2023 Volume 1 Article ID: 98
This study highlights the team management capabilities of astronauts, working in team-centric environments in space and on Earth, referred to as the Space Flight Resource Management (SFRM). The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the SFRM-incorporated training, when it is used on an online platform for terrestrial remote workers. The training was designed for teams with four players, working collaboratively to accomplish the assigned missions. To reproduce a remote working environment, each player was isolated and only allowed to communicate with their teammates using a video conferencing tool, without any visual transmission. The participants played a board game designed to impart the SFRM skillset, including skills of communication, situational awareness, decision making, teamwork, leadership, and followership. An experimental training session was conducted with a group of remote workers (n=40), and their SFRM skill level was measured using 39 questions before, immediately after, and one month after the training. The results revealed statistically significant improvement in most SFRM skills. The findings contribute to the establishment of new ways of remote working and learning, under the COVID-19 impacted work situations, especially with regard to team behavioral skills.
