Chain Of Command In The US Navy

The chain of command serves several purposes in the accomplishment of the Navy’s mission. It defines responsibilities and identifies accountability. Properly used, it provides direction and smooth communications and ensures efficiency.

Working with some students on college campus, one of the issues that many professionals see is students going straight to the president office to fix a problem. It is important that educators inform students on the important of a chain of command. It is in place for a reason, and we should use it. However, there are some cases were the chain of command is not effective and is not benefit to getting the job done. We must teach the students that structure does need to be disrupted only after the chain of command has been followed and not applied.

The Department of the Navy holds a long list of informal elements. From a particular use of language, to a diverse set of norms, to its use of long-held traditions and rituals. Rites of Passage are perhaps the most known of these informal elements. It can often be seen as a hot topic of discussion in leading news networks for apparent unethical behaviors. One of the most infamous and timeless traditions within the Department of the Navy is the initiation of the Chief Petty Officer, a feat many, if not all members wish to one day take part in. The 13th and Current Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Mike Stevens had this to say about the enduring ritual (2015);

I think that is a base wide problem. I feel most squadrons, even down to the flight/shop level, fail to understand one another’s own unique part of the mission. Most just carry out their day to day requirements without caring how their actions could affect another group. The entire base would operate much smoother if there was open line of communication in an effort to understand what one group has to do daily to complete their part of the mission.

Many ships have sunk during voyages and aircrafts have crashed in the ocean. There is one place that has sunken ships and aircrafts. The Bermuda Triangle. It‘s also known as The Devil’s Triangle. The Triangle is 450,000 square miles. (Bermuda Triangle). The Triangle’s three vertices are in Miami, Florida, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and of course the island of Bermuda. There are two famous disappearances in the triangle. Flight 19 and the USS Cyclops.

It is important to maintain order, so important jobs are completed and the members benefit the most they can.

As I was reading your post, I started having flash backs to my husband's stories when he was in the military. I can remember him complaining how no one knows what is going on, because everyone thought the outcome was something different. Perception is a major factor in communication, and when you have different members of the military branch that have different backgrounds, everyone's perception tends to be different. From my experience i can say enlisted folks differently had a negative perception towards the officers, and depending on their personalities and experiences the communication barrier becomes even harder to break. I also find it very difficult for a group of people to form a common goal when the different members of the team have

Unfortunately, miscommunication and hierarchical chain of command issues are becoming common practices in many organizations today.

In supporting the elected authority, a chain of command during a crisis is imperative. After organizing the CMT, a chain of command was designed to assure that every action of the CMP is executed in a timely and effective manner. In case, the head of command is not present during the crisis, the responsibility transfers down the chain of command. The chain of command is visibly printed, so all stakeholders are aware who is responsible to whom and for what (Smith, Brooks, and Gill, 2013). In the event of an actual crisis, the following employees serve as the chain of command: director, assistant director, teacher coordinator, lead custodian, and transportation supervisor.

Secondly, as the Marine Executive goes on to pronounce, that although natural gas engines look good from an emissions standpoint, the creation of new electric systems are allowing the diesel engines of the industry to remain competitive and viable options. Caterpillar is currently at the forefront in the field of diesel electric propulsion and increasing the power efficiency in comparison to traditional direct-drive diesel systems. Where in traditional diesel systems the engine is connected directly to the propulsion line, in electric propulsion systems, the engine is connected to an electric generator. From here the power is then relayed through a switchboard, transformer, frequency converter, electric motor and, ultimately, the propeller

The Air Force would be an organization that I have working in and one that I am familiar with. As an airplane mechanic there has to be all of the elements said in Jaffee’s table from social structure, participants, goals, technology, and an environment where individuals can work in. To start off with social structure there is always a chain of command or in some cases depends on the rank an individual may have. As for me my rank is staff sergeant, so I oversee those who work in my shop, but it could be different depending on where my higher ups place me. As a staff sergeant in my shop I help and teach the new Airmen on their duties. In chapter ten of Images of Organization there was a metaphor described as insights that attract and that comes

“Organizing is the process of bringing people and resources together to create products and services in an efficient and effective manner” (Reilly, Minnick, and Baack, 2011, sec. 7.2). In order for the Air Force to work, it requires a lot of organization; this is because there are so many different components that are required in order to make it operational and self-sufficient. Due to the size of the Air Force and any other military components; it is important to departmentalize different parts of it but essentially these parts have to be able to complement each other and work together to achieve mission success. Take a deployment for example; when the Air Force deploys, it deploys several different units. These units have different tasks that will allow the entire organization to function as a whole; this means that if an infantry unit is due to deploy it will not deploy by

Organizational structure is a system that consists of explicit and implicit institutional rules and policies designed to outline how various work roles and responsibilities are delegated, controlled and coordinated. Organizational structure also determines how information flows from level to level within the company (investopedia.com, 2017). If one level or department does not undertake its function accurately the entire business suffers, because all the departments interrelated to each other. There are generally four types of organizational structure:

Working as a team even though in a hierarchy boosts the morale of the workers. This is because, they are able to interact as they work, and the work is shared amongst the hierarchies.

Structure and hierarchy come from how work and the work processes are coordinated together and relating how tasks and coordination of these tasks is to be obtained. When determining the authority in the structure of an organization, there are two major options, centralized and decentralized. A centralized organizational setup is where the authority to make important decisions is retained by managers at the top of the created hierarchy whereas a decentralized organizational setup is where the authority to make important decisions about organizational resources and to initiate new projects is delegated to managers at all levels in the hierarchy. Each choice is made based upon the main goal/task of the organization and what would better fit the organization. Whether work/the