WORKPLACE COLLABORATION
SITUATION AWARENESS – THE OTHER KIND
response of taking action versus pondering the situation. You might even have picked up on cues from others as to their natural communication and thinking styles. What you have accomplished is a form of situation
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awareness. Experts have defi ned situation awareness in many ways. The most basic and encompassing defi nition can be stated as your understanding of how the individual elements of the situation fi t together and how changing these elements will aff ect you and others. Situation awareness exists in the information your fi ve senses pick up and also
ou have an idea of your natural thinking style: detail versus big picture, faster paced versus slower paced, importance on people versus tasks, and immediate
By Dr. Shari Frisinger
includes your thoughts, actions and emotions. Let’s focus on the latter part of this defi nition. It is impossible to multi-task. Multi-tasking is the ability to perform two or more attention-necessary tasks simultaneously. You cannot carry on a conversation and comprehend instructions. You cannot pull out onto a busy highway while thinking about how to resolve a challenging situation. We have gotten very good at quickly alternating back and forth between tasks. This detracts from our concentration on the primary task at hand and makes us more prone to errors. NBAA’s Safety Committee lists ‘task saturation’ as one of the top 10 safety areas. This committee defi nes task
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