Mass Conflagration : an analysis and adaptation of the shipboard Damage Control organization PDF
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Sfc MPi'TP we hh nU IMH9D wHH- t Mm BBw UnflEL. -- SB BKtHi n Jmu NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California THESIS MASS CONFLAGRATION: AN ANALYSIS AND ADAPTATION OFTHE SHIPBOARD DAMAGE CONTROL ORGANIZATION by James Michael Leist March 1991 Thesis Advisor: Carl R. Jones Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited T2546?6 r SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE la REPORTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION 1b RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS Unclassified 2a SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONAUTHORITY 3 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFREPORT Approvedfor publicrelease;distributionisunlimited. 2b.DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADINGSCHEDULE 4.PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 5 MONITORINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 6a NAMEOFPERFORMINGORGANIZATION 6b OFFICESYMBOL 7a NAMEOF MONITORINGORGANIZATION Naval PostgraduateSchool (Ifapplicable) Naval Postgraduate School CC 6c ADDRESS(City,State,andZIPCode) 7b ADDRESS(City,State,andZIPCode) Monterey, CA 93943-5000 Monterey,CA 93943-5000 8a NAMEOFFUNDING/SPONSORING 8b OFFICE SYMBOL 9 PROCUREMENTINSTRUMENTIDENTIFICATION NUMBER ORGANIZATION (Ifapplicable) 8c.ADDRESS(City,State,andZIPCode) 10 SOURCEOFFUNDINGNUMBERS ProgramElementNo ProjectNo TaskNo Work UnitAccession Number 11 TITLE(IncludeSecurityClassification) MassConflagration: An AnalysisandAdaptationoftheShipboard Damage Control Organization 12 personalauthor(S) James M. Leist 13a TYPEOFREPORT 13b TIMECOVERED 14 DATEOF REPORT(year,month,day) 15. PAGE COUNT Master'sThesis From To March 1991 87 16 SUPPLEMENTARYNOTATION TheviewsexpressedinthisthesisarethoseoftheauthoranddonotreflecttheofficialpolicyorpositionoftheDepartmentofDefenseortheU.S. Government. 17 COSATICODES 18 SUBJECTTERMS(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) FIELD GROUP SUBGROUP Command and Control, DamageControl, MassConflagration, Main Space Fire, Organizational Technology, Organizational Theory 19.ABSTRACT(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) The authorpresents an analysisofa typical shipboard Damage Control (DC) organization, with emphasis placed on the general failure of the organization to cope with the variety generated by a Mass Conflagration. Two environmental scenarios, the Main Space Fire and the Mass Conflagration, are compared using an Environmental Analytical Framework. The organization is then discused in terms of its applicable command and control characteristics, and how each of these contributes to the overall ability to cope with the two scenarios described above. After all analyses hve been performed, the author then presents recommended adaptations to the organizational technology and command and control characteristics of the DC organization, with the goal of expandingvariety handlingcapacity to meetthe morecomplex environmentposed by a Mass Conflagration. 20 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFABSTRACT 21.ABSTRACTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED/UNUMITED ] SAMEASREPORT ] DTICUSERS Unclassified 22a NAMEOFRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b TELEPHONE(IncludeAreacode) 22c OFFICE SYMBOL Dr. Carl R. Jones (408) 646-2772 74CC DD FORM 1473. 84 MAR 83APReditionmaybeused untilexhausted SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOF THIS PAGE Allothereditionsareobsolete Unclassified Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Mass Conflagration: An Analysis and Adaptation of the Shipboard Damage Control Organization by James M. Leist Lieutenant Unite//d States Navy , B.S., University ofSouthern Mississippi, 1985 Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SYSTEMSTECHNOLOGY (Command, Control, and Communications) from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL March 1991 ABSTRACT The authorpresents an analysis ofa typical shipboard Damage Control (DC) organization, with emphasis placed on the general failure ofthe organization to cope with the variety generated by a Mass Conflagration. Two environmental scenarios, the Main Space Fire and the Mass Conflagration, are compared using an Environmental Analysis Framework. The organization is then discussed in tenns of its applicable command and control characteristics, and how each of these contributes to the overall ability to cope with the two scenarios described above. After all analyses have been performed, the author then presents recommended adaptations to the organizational technology and command and control characteristics ofthe DC organization, with the goal of expanding variety handling capacity to meet the more complex environment posed by a Mass Conflagration. in . /Lk TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. 1 A. PURPOSE 1 BACKGROUND B. 1 C. THESIS ORGANIZATION 3 1. Chapter I 3 H 2. Chapter 3 3. Chapter III 3 4. Chapter IV 4 V 5. Chapter 4 n. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 5 A. DESIGN PRINCIPLES 5 1. The System-in-Focus 5 2. The Design Problem 6 3. Functional Analysis 6 4. Equilibrium and Stability 6 5. Variety and Information 9 B. DEFINING THE ENVIRONMENT 11 1 Variable Characteristics 11 2. Time Characteristics 12 iv
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