Increasing the Effectiveness of Multinational Peacekeeping Teams through Web-Based Assessment Technology

â?oTACTâ??: Through this SBIR opportunity with the Army Research Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate (ARL HRED), Meridian Resources Associates proposes to develop an innovative, self-directed, computer-based training (CBT) solution entitled â?oTraining Adaptable Coalition Teamworkâ?? (or TACT). Goal: The primary goal of TACT is to raise the awareness that team members have about the existence of cultural differences among multinational peacekeepers, and the impact those differences have on teamwork. The TACT solution will prepare staff officers performing command and control functions in Joint, Interagency, and Multinational (JIM) environments to navigate the challenges of culture during information exchange involving: team tasks, goals and mission, response sequencing, time and position coordination of responses, load balancing, matching resources to task requirements, adjusting activities in response to errors and omissions, and general activity monitoring. Design: The design of TACT will be flexible enough to serve decentralized, distributed, and highly mobile teams. It will also take into account the situational variables innate in the complex and dynamic environments in which these teams operate. The final product format will have broad application across the military, as well as in the corporate and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) marketplaces.