Multidisciplinary safety team (MDST) factors of success.

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• Creators:
  Knapp, Keith ; Albritton, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Literature reviews
  • Surveys
  • Focus groups
  • Multidisciplinary teams
  • Committees
  • Meetings
  • Cooperation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  InTrans Project 14-510
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation
• Abstract:
  This project included a literature review and summary that focused on subjects related to team building, team/committee member ; motivational strategies, and tools for effective and efficient committee meetings. It also completed an online survey of ; multidisciplinary safety team (MDST) members that focused on methods to increase meeting attendance and the identification of ; factors that make MDSTs successful. The survey had a response rate of about 15 percent. Finally, three small MDST focus ; groups were held and the participants discussed information similar to that investigated by the online survey. The results of these ; three activities were similar and complementary. In general, the outcomes of all three tasks show that a well-designed agenda that ; has items relevant to the meeting attendees is very important. In addition, the literature, online survey, and focus group results ; identified other characteristics that define a good team or MDST. Some of these characteristics included effective and consistent ; leadership, members that are allowed to provide input and have an impact, members that are vested in the activities of the group, ; and a match between the interests of the members and the focus/mission/purpose of the meetings/group. Meetings that are ; scheduled well in advance of the meeting date, include time for networking, local safety activity discussions, hands-on ; activities/tasks, and/or some type of educational or informational presentation or activity also appeared to be the most desirable. ; Lastly, it was shown that MDSTs can thrive and be successful through various means, but the ability to focus on a specific safety ; issue when the group is first organized was suggested as a benefit that could be of assistance for long-term sustainability.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28538/dot_28538_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 279.14 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:df7f87ad62711bca364541be9d21586cba175d0ea1b6e06ef81e528b84580a00