LEVERAG Industries is built upon the principals of multidisciplinary thinking, nueroscience and systems engineering. These platforms allow for value added comprehensive solutions to solve problems. We view problems as issues to be acknowledged, considered or solved. All problems are not negative.
The research performed on Multidisciplinary Thinking: The Effect of Discipline on Teaming and the Decision Making Process
© by Oldham states, that teaming has become prolific in today's business models yet, ineffectively applied to a competitive work environment. "As teams continue to be used as a decison-making tool, the perceptions of the members fro the vantage point of discipline can be beneficial to those who participate in, or those who study teams". (Oldham) It is important to understand how discipline role effects decision-making within and out of teams. A team is defined by Katzenbach and Smith as a, "functional unit consisting of disciplined action that is shaped by common purpose, agreed on performance goals, a common working approach, developed high levels of complimentary skills, and hold themselves mutually accountable for results." The importance of MDT is reducing the transactive memory where groups and teams defer directly and indirectly and hold the thoughts and memories of its members. The effect is group think and lack of innovation. The presence of this phenomenon was observed in the global meltdown of 2008 and 2009 when large corporations fell as goliath. These companies were effected by group think and the inability to to innovate and see the future of within their industry.
MDT can reduce and alleviate such challenges to engage members to utilize discipline within multidisciplinary frameworks to drive knowledge, intelligence, innovation, diversity and effective decision-making. Oldham states, "The insight into the team dynamic and disciplinary influence, "special expertise or unique past experiences give some group members access to problem-relevant information that other members do not have." When this occurs the problem-solving process provides the various group members with what is relevant to the problem at hand. What is revealed is the individual level of analysis within the tem is identified based on perceptual and judgmental processes, which are suggested as inherent in the detection processes. team members identify problems by what is expected and by what is perceived in order for them to be solved. Therefore, group level problem identification requires more than cognition. Group members need to communicate their perception acknowledging that a problem(s) actually exists. The way a problem is perceived is the basis for how the problem-solving activity is built. Further, within group variability problem conceptualizations are based on differing backgrounds. Thus members have different interpretations of the information and/or solutions. Members group problem solving skills are enhanced by drilling down their problem solving skills and their disciplinary lens rooted in years of cognitive alignment, training, skill development and knowledge management. In observation teams are typically constructed asymmetrically and organizationally driven. Organizations drive and select members by culture and place similarly aligned persons within departments created silo thinking and replication of data reinforced by cognitive symmetry. LEARN more about MDT and how it can elevate your organization needs by contacting LEVERAG Industries at email@leverag.com.