Creative connectivity project - A network based approach to understand correlations between interdisciplinary group dynamics and creative performance
- Submitting institution
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Royal College of Art(The)
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Torrisi1
- Type
- E - Conference contribution
- DOI
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10.35199/epde2019.24
- Title of conference / published proceedings
- DS 95: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2019), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. 12th -13th September 2019
- First page
- 1
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- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://www.designsociety.org/publication/42241/CREATIVE+CONNECTIVITY+PROJECT+%E2%80%93+A+NETWORK+BASED+APPROACH+TO+UNDERSTAND+CORRELATIONS+BETWEEN+INTERDISCIPLINARY+GROUP+DYNAMICS+AND+CREATIVE+PERFORMANCE
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This project investigates the network contribution to the performance of interdisciplinary teams by analysing the correlations between 4 factors: (a) Productivity of the group; (b) Interaction among group members; (c) Level of conflict within the groups; d) Level of satisfaction towards the group’s design process.
This research aims at gaining a new and rigorous understanding of the complexity of interdisciplinary creative collaborations by answering the following questions:
How do the monitored 4 features evolve over time in the project?
What are the correlations between the 4 monitored features and selected personality traits?
What are the key trends defining the highest and lowest performing teams regarding the 4 features as individually evaluated by the group members?
47 postgraduate researchers clustered in groups of 4 to work on a project that combines physical computing and mechatronics to develop absurd machines.
In order to develop a novel approach combining data science and network theory to monitor the emergence of behavioural patterns, a set of tools was created. These tools aimed at gathering valuable data during the project without spoiling the creative momentum. The set included:
• a conversation activity monitoring program to retrieve quantitative data regarding the frequency of messages exchange within each group
•a bespoke web application to issue daily questionnaires enabling participants to evaluate the performance of each team members according to given features and personality traits.
This research delivered multiple visual representations showing the potential to transform the understanding of group dynamics while revealing the following insights:
•Correlation between the consistent perception of leadership within groups and horizontal team structure fostering the spontaneous emergence of this role
•Inverse correlation between the quality of the final outputs and consistent perception of productivity level within groups. This behaviour might suggest a lack of objectivity towards the effectiveness of the team members' collaboration.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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