MAP-01-011 HFI Technical Guide - Human Factors Integration ...

Chapter 5 – Team Organisation5.1 HFI Technical Issues5.1.1 Organisational ContextThe RN and other user organisations of vessels and equipment are changing inresponse to technological and to social and demographic pressures. For the RNthese changes reflect the overall size of the organisation that is appropriate giventhe numbers and types of vessels. Other initiatives, such as the combination ofBranches, have reflected changing demands on Naval personnel with theintroduction of new technologies. Future organisational structures must identifyand implement measures to defuse the problems being compounded by the twindemands for increased performance and reductions in manpower. Futureorganisational structures must also be feasible given future manpower policy,demographic and educational trends and the planned Branch structure of the RN.HFI Technical IssuesThis chapter describes the HFI activities that need to be carried out whenaddressing team organisation technical issues for Combat System and MarineEngineering equipment.5.1.2 StakeholdersA list of potential stakeholders for this area is given below. This list is notexhaustive and should be seen to be a guide only. HFI Foci should refine this listbased upon the structure of their project, the attendees at the relevant HFSG orHFWG and in light of guidance and requests from industry, DEC and Customer 2representatives.• DEC• FLEET NPS• IPT HFI Foci• MLS IPT CG• SSG-ShipDes5.1.3 Combat SystemFigure 5-1: An example combat systemNov 2006 Page 5-3 Issue 4