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Dedication to team management research prompted Team Management Systems (TMS) to establish a research arm called the Institute of Team Management Studies. The Institute of Team Management Studies (ITMS) has collected comprehensive research data on over 590,000 respondents from more than 190 countries worldwide in more 20 languages.

A rigorous research program is undertaken at the Institute and the results of reliability, validity, and comparative studies are published regularly.

Contact us if you would like access to any of our research articles or would like to discuss our extensive research material available to members of the public and accredited TMS practitioners.

  • Work and Non-Work Study

    Introduction
    A large range of instrumentation is now being used in industry, commerce and government to assess personality, managerial style and to predict work behaviour. Many of these instruments were never designed for such a purpose. They are used because they are available, convenient and well marketed. However the results obtained and the feedback given have to be interpreted in the context of the use for which each instrument was initially designed. This section explains the difference between work specific and generalized instruments and outlines guidelines for their use in human resources.

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  • Temporal Stability of Psychometric Instruments

    One important measure of reliability for psychometric instruments is that of temporal stability, often known as 'test-retest'. For an instrument to be useful, it is important for it to have a reasonable level of temporal stability that can be related to the defining measures of the constructs.

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  • Research Manual 5th Edition - Country Analysis

    Country AnalysisRM5 has a worldwide country database of 202 countries where the Team Management Profile has been used.  An analysis is available for 48 countries with 300 or more respondents. Key points are:

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  • Research Manual 5th Edition - Profession Analysis

    Profession AnalysisRM5 has a worldwide profession database of 295 professions in the Team Management Profile Questionnaire sample. The distinction of what is coded as a profession and what is not, is drawn from whether a specific qualification must be obtained for a person to hold that position, i.e., doctor, lawyer/solicitor, forensic scientist, fire-fighter, or boilermaker. Analyses are available for the 135 professions where there are 100 or more respondents. Some key points worthy of comment are:

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  • Balanced and Unbalanced Teams

    The Team Management Systems Research Manual contains lots of information that can help you with organizational development. this article focuses on providing data-driven insights into the characteristics needed for the leader of tomorrow.

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