Bis 312 Case Study
Trident University
Michael Plante
BHS 312 Principles of Management
Module 1 – SLP
Introduction to Management
27 Oct 2014
For this assignment, select a department either at your facility or one that you can get access to the needed information. This will be the department that you use for all the SLP modules.
For this part of the assignment, you will identify an issue that is impacting the organization. Once that has been done, please answer the following questions.
1. Provide a brief description of your department.
2. What types of service does this department provide?
3. Discuss the current manager 's ability to perform the functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling.
4. What is the issue facing the department? Why is it …show more content…
My unit, the 143rd Airlift Squadron is a part of the 143rd Airlift Wing. This squadron is responsible for delivering supplies all over the world via delivery or airdrop. Airdrop is the act of extracting cargo out of the back of the airplane while the airplane is flying. The loadmaster section consists of 30 mission ready airman. In order to accomplish this mission every member of the airlift squadron must remain current on all training items. Every six months there are a number of training events that must take place for every member. Without accomplishing each event, the member becomes “not mission ready” and this, in turn effects the entire squadron. In order to keep everyone mission ready, the chief loadmaster, CMSgt Ballard, schedules weekly flying for everyone in the unit. Each member can accomplish a limited number of tasks per flight, so in order to accomplish the entire list of requirements, a member must fly nearly once every two weeks. This unit, being an Air National Guard unit has its limitations as most members have outside full-time jobs and have limited availability. This makes scheduling difficult for CMSgt Ballard because it is his job to ensure everyone is mission …show more content…
Performing in-flight tasks is at the discretion of the member, as they are required to submit availability sheets to CMSgt Ballard, so that he knows when people are available. For example, if airdrops are only performed on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the member is only available on Wednesdays, it will be difficult to keep that person up to date. There are other areas, like computer based training, that everyone in the Air Force has to accomplish, but these are additional items on top of our flight requirements that CMSgt Ballard must keep track of. A second issue is the availability of aircraft to perform required tasks. The airplanes at the squadron are nearly 20 years old, and are starting to wear down. This means more time in the maintenance shop being fixed and repaired. The more time an airplane spends in the hangar, the less time members of the unit get to fly
Michael Plante
BHS 312 Principles of Management
Module 1 – SLP
Introduction to Management
27 Oct 2014
For this assignment, select a department either at your facility or one that you can get access to the needed information. This will be the department that you use for all the SLP modules.
For this part of the assignment, you will identify an issue that is impacting the organization. Once that has been done, please answer the following questions.
1. Provide a brief description of your department.
2. What types of service does this department provide?
3. Discuss the current manager 's ability to perform the functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling.
4. What is the issue facing the department? Why is it …show more content…
My unit, the 143rd Airlift Squadron is a part of the 143rd Airlift Wing. This squadron is responsible for delivering supplies all over the world via delivery or airdrop. Airdrop is the act of extracting cargo out of the back of the airplane while the airplane is flying. The loadmaster section consists of 30 mission ready airman. In order to accomplish this mission every member of the airlift squadron must remain current on all training items. Every six months there are a number of training events that must take place for every member. Without accomplishing each event, the member becomes “not mission ready” and this, in turn effects the entire squadron. In order to keep everyone mission ready, the chief loadmaster, CMSgt Ballard, schedules weekly flying for everyone in the unit. Each member can accomplish a limited number of tasks per flight, so in order to accomplish the entire list of requirements, a member must fly nearly once every two weeks. This unit, being an Air National Guard unit has its limitations as most members have outside full-time jobs and have limited availability. This makes scheduling difficult for CMSgt Ballard because it is his job to ensure everyone is mission …show more content…
Performing in-flight tasks is at the discretion of the member, as they are required to submit availability sheets to CMSgt Ballard, so that he knows when people are available. For example, if airdrops are only performed on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the member is only available on Wednesdays, it will be difficult to keep that person up to date. There are other areas, like computer based training, that everyone in the Air Force has to accomplish, but these are additional items on top of our flight requirements that CMSgt Ballard must keep track of. A second issue is the availability of aircraft to perform required tasks. The airplanes at the squadron are nearly 20 years old, and are starting to wear down. This means more time in the maintenance shop being fixed and repaired. The more time an airplane spends in the hangar, the less time members of the unit get to fly