This study will establish pilot work as part of the Bushfire CRC
Program and Project noted above and addresses a call for more
effective communication and collaborative work performances within
and between emergency incident management teams (IMTs). The
research will employ innovative data collection methods (including
digital video/ audio techniques) to explore:
- successful communication strategies and collaborative work
practices in at least two different settings; and,
- how such performances are organisationally, culturally, and/or
technologically enabled/constrained.
The researcher’s unique contribution will be to compare,
contrast, and model similarities/differences between the
collaborative practices observed at both centres. The research is
globally significant.
