Affiliations: Department of Psychology, Institute for Simulation and
Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA | Institute for Simulation and Training, University of
Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Eduardo Salas, Department of
Psychology, University of Central Florida, P. O. Box 161390, Orlando, FL
32816-1350, USA, Tel.: +1 407 823 2552(w); Fax: +1 823 5862; E-mail:
esalas@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Abstract: Teams are becoming increasingly common within
organizations. Furthermore, the risk of a breakdown in teamwork is
often amplified within dynamic environments. As such, a great deal
of research has been conducted in an effort to understand the knowledge,
skills, and attitudes required by teams operating in highly complex
environments such as that of command-and-control teams. Although
much is known, relatively little of this theoretical information has been
translated into practical guidelines for practitioners. The purpose
of this paper is to use the literature on team decision-making under stress to
extract key principles related to effective command-and-control
teams. In addition, several challenges related to the increased use
of distributed command-and-control teams are addressed.
