ST-0999I
Sea Term I (IMB Portion)
Course Description
Sea Term I (IMB Portion) is a component of Sea Term 1 for USCG license track majors.
Learning Objectives
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the following STCW elements:
- PS-SR-X4.1 Understand the principles of, and barriers to, effective communication between individuals and teams within the ship
- PS-SR-X4.2 Ability to establish and maintain effective communications
- PS-SR-X5.1 Importance of maintaining good human and working relationships aboard ship
- PS-SR-X5.2 Basic teamworking principles and practice, including conflict resolution
Syllabus
- Effective Communications
- The communication process
- Explanation of communication barriers with special focus on communication aboard ships
- Communication in the digital age
- Communication in the global, multicultural, multilingual workplace
- Maintaining Good Human and Working Relationship Aboard a Ship
- Theories of motivation that enhance worker efficiency
- Improving work performance through goal setting and feedback
- Importance of mentoring
- Teamwork and Conflict Resolution
- Model of effective work teams
- Tuckman’s 5 stage theory of group development
- Team roles (Discussion of Task and Maintenance roles)
- Threats to team development and strategies to avoid them
- Functional and dysfunctional conflict
- Conflict management strategies
- Distributive and Integrative styles of negotiation