Course syllabus for Practical leadership

Course syllabus adopted 2025-02-16 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish namePraktisk ledarskap
  • CodeMMS305
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerFVIID
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyShipping and Marine Technology
  • DepartmentMECHANICS AND MARITIME SCIENCES
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 69117
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0125 Examples class, part A 3 c
Grading: UG		3 c
0225 Examples class, part B 1.5 c
Grading: UG		1.5 c
0325 Examples class, part C 1.5 c
Grading: UG		1.5 c
0425 Written and oral assignments, part D 1.5 c
Grading: UG		 1.5 c

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Knowledge and skills corresponding to the learning outcomes of the following courses:

SJO114 Safety - basic level
SJO865 Ship stability and ship design

Aim

The aim of the course is to provide the student with understanding and knowledge of the operational management and leadership on board a passenger ship and passenger ship emergency/crisis organisation as well as on management of large groups of passengers and crew.

The purpose of this course is to establish sufficient knowledge in stability enabling correct actions in an emergency or incident in order to save crew, ship and cargo.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

Part A Passenger ships and crowd and crisis management
- Theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the organizations and management structures on board passenger / cruise ships.
- Knowledge of policies and procedures specific to the passenger / cruise ships.
- Knowledge and practical skills specific for vessel operations for passenger / cruise ships
- Theoretical knowledge in crisis management for rating-course Crowd And Crisis Management, CCM

Part B Emergencies and damage control
- Describe the parties who are involved in e.g. a grounding
- Describe the steps one should take in the first stage after an incident
- Perform the calculations required to determine the force with which a ship is aground
- Define stability-changing concepts and their impact on a ship at sea

Part CD Leadership on board
- Describe how we understand ourselves in relation to how we understand others
- Describe My roll as commander-in-chief
- Describe the principles in communication to understand and make oneself understood
- Show ability to give and receive feedback
- Describe group dynamic bases
- Describe basic leadership principles
- Account for health factors in a professional environment.
- Describe the meaning of co-operation

Content

Part A Passenger ships and crowd and crisis management

- Passenger / cruise ship organization and management structure
- Policy and procedures for passenger / cruise ships
- Simulations of ships operations special for passenger / cruise ship

- Crisis management (Crowd and Crisis Management, CCM)
- Vessel safety (Lectures)
- Emergencies at sea
- Disaster Psychology
- Planning security organization and conduct realistic exercises
- Human and material resources

- Optimal use of resources (Lectures)
- Leadership and decision-making in conflict and stress
- Situation assessment and measures
- Lead and direct the passenger and crew in emergency situations
- Management of crowds
- Motivate and encourage passengers and crew

- Action taken during and after an emergency, as well as of passengers and crew in an emergency and the theory behind the crisis and stress management (Lectures)
- Post traumatic stress
- Stress syndromen
- Stress reactions
- Prevent and respond to stress reaction
- Stress and its stress reactions
- Aftercare in case of accidents
- Debriefing: to learn from experience

Communication during and after an emergency (Lectures)
- Internal communication
- Communication Barriers and Strategies
- Information for passengers
- Media Management

Part B Emergencies and damage control

- Basic stability (repeat)
- Damage stability
- Actions taking by accidents - report reviews
- Dynamic stability, concepts and examples
- GZ curve - interpretations of and change during accidents, dry docking etc.

Part CD Leadership on board
- Theory of how people understand themselves in relation to others and their surroundings
- Communication theory
- Group theories
- Leadership theory
- Role play exercise
- Professional ethics
- Conduct presentations in front of your own group / class

Organisation

Part A Passenger ships and crowd and crisis management
- Passenger ship / Cruise Ship organization and management structure. (lectures)
- Policy and procedures for Passenger ship / Cruise Ships (lectures)
- Simulations of ships operations special Passenger ship/Cruise ships (simulations, mandatory participation)
- Crisis management - Crowd and Crisis Management, CCM (30 h, mandatory participation)
- Part of the course - Crisis management / Crowd and Crisis Management, CCM - meets the requirements of TSFS 2011: 116 General guidelines to Annex 6 for issuing the certificate.

Part B Emergencies and damage control
The course consists of lectures, mandatory simulator session and ends through several mandatory Quizzes.

Part CD Leadership on board
- The course is an introductory course to leadership. The reasoning will be based on small crews that are often distributed in time and space. 
- In the course there will be several different elements; lectures, exercises, and role plays.The central form of work will be the seminar, which will include the study of specific material. In the seminars, you will be approved if you have presented the material and put a personal reflection on it. The reflection does not have to be in line with what the teacher's opinion is on the issue, as long as the argument for the position is well substantiated and opinions and premises can be clearly distinguished.

Literature

Magnusson, T. och Lewenhaupt, I (2013) Krisledarskap - Beredskap och hantering av kriser inom sjöfarten Jure Förlag ISBN 978-91-7223-518-2

Ship stability, Dokkum
Hydrostatiska tabeller SAGA FEEDER

Material på kurshemsida 

Examination including compulsory elements

LP1
Part A - Passenger ships and crowd and crisis management
-Exercise and seminar with active participation and compulsory attendance
Part B - Emergencies and damage control
- Learning outcome 1-4 examines through quizes, requires 80% correct answers
Del C - Leadership  onboard 
- Mandatory seminars, active participation

LP2
Del D - Leadership onboard
- Written assignment

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.