Title :
Semantic analysis of verbal communication in cross-functional design team: a study of driver seat design in an automotive company
Author :
Yang, X. ; Helander, M.G.
Author_Institution :
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
The automotive industry has become highly networked to meet the challenging market demands. This requires improved communication in the cross-functional development team. CATER is a design philosophy that showcases the best practice of networked business and it addresses the communication in the cross-functional design team. This article describes a method based on latent semantic analysis (LSA) for measuring the semantic coherence between team members with different backgrounds in a cross-functional design team in an automotive company. The implication of this research and future work suggest a computational tool for detecting and diagnosing the non-functioning design teams.
Keywords :
automobile industry; automotive components; design engineering; seats; Automotive Company; CATER; cross-functional development team; driver seat design; latent semantic analysis; semantic coherence; verbal communication; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Automotive engineering; Best practices; Business communication; Communication industry; Design engineering; Documentation; Process design; Product development; Latent semantic analysis; communication; cross-functional team; design research;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2007 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1529-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1529-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419401
