Mass Conflagration : an analysis and adaptation of the shipboard Damage Control organization

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by  Leist, James Michael.;Jones, Carl R.

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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
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MassConflagration: An AnalysisandAdaptationoftheShipboard Damage Control Organization
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Main Space Fire, Organizational Technology, Organizational Theory
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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.
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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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. 1
A. PURPOSE 1
BACKGROUND
B. 1
C. THESIS ORGANIZATION 3
1. Chapter I 3
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2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter III 3
4. Chapter IV 4
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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
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