HPaS, June 2010 Slide 1 How Many Sailors Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?: Interdependencies between technical and organisational design in warships. David Carr Human Factors Consultant, BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre [email protected]Advanced Technology Centre
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HPaS, June 2010 Slide 1
How Many Sailors Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?:Interdependencies between technical and organisational design in warships.
David CarrHuman Factors Consultant, BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre [email protected]
Advanced Technology Centre
HPaS June 2010Advanced Technology CentreSlide 2
Q: How many members of a given group does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: N . One to change the lightbulb and (N-1) to behave in a manner generally associated with a negative stereotype of that group.
HPaS June 2010Advanced Technology CentreSlide 3
A sailor changing a lightbulb:
USS Ronald Reagan
HPaS June 2010Advanced Technology CentreSlide 4
How does ship design relate to manpower?
- How does the technical design of a warship impact upon :
- The number of crew required to operate it?- The additional personnel required to
support it?- The structure of the wider naval
organisation?- How can trade-offs be made between the
technical and personnel functions?- Ships and manpower fall within different
scopes of supply- Technical design and personnel are
different cultures
HPaS June 2010Advanced Technology CentreSlide 5
Focus on manpower
Manpower Costs
~ 22% of Through Life Cost
Technical Design• Accommodation provision• General arrangement• Systems design
• Avoid ‘platform myopia• A concurrent engineering
problem• Integration is the key to
success
“The levers across the department that contribute directly to the generation of military capability”
HPaS June 2010Advanced Technology CentreSlide 17
How many sailors does it take to change a lightbulb?
One to change the bulb
One to superviseOne to issue the bulb from storesOne to run the tag-out systemOne to sign the training recordOne to cookOne ashore to train for the next crewOne to manage their careers
…etc
Or why not use long-life LEDs?
Or why not automate some functions and then the compartment can be unmanned?