Abstract
This paper analyse the participation - based model on board the ship as possibly optimal leadership model existing in the shipping industry with accent on decision - making process. In the paper authors have tried to define master’s behaviour model and management style identifying drawbacks and disadvantages of vertical, pyramidal organization with master on the top. Paper describes efficiency of decision making within team organization and optimization of a ship’s organisation by introducing teamwork on board the ship. Three examples of the ship’s accidents are studied and evaluated through “Leader - participation” model. The model of participation based management as a model of the teamwork has been applied in studying the cause - and - effect of accidents with the critical review of the communication and managing the human resources on a ship. The results have showed that the cause of all three accidents is the autocratic behaviour of the leaders and lack of communication within teams.
Highlights
The pyramidal structure with the master on top can be clearly noticed when analysing the ship organization throughout history
The paper describes the efficiency of decision making within team organization and optimization of a ship organisation by introducing teamwork on board ship
The results have showed that the cause of all three accidents is the autocratic behaviour of the leaders and the lack of communication within teams
Summary
The pyramidal structure with the master on top can be clearly noticed when analysing the ship organization throughout history. The master’s role has become more and more indirect whereas some of their traditional duties have been redirected to the shipping companies on shore Such a course of events in the organizational network has changed their traditional role from masters to ship managers. They have become coordinators and specialists in managing the ship crew. The officers and crew members have to change the existing traditional relations onboard the ship in order to optimize the organization of the work through teamwork. Through increased initiative they have to express the possible disagreement with the master’s decision. The new requirements of efficient crew management are the subject matter of this paper
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