ISSUE 14 : Jan/Feb - 1979 - Australian Defence Force Journal

A PROGRAMME IN PROBLEM SOLVING 39PerformanceConditionsStandards-PeriodA lit xrations15.10Establish the order ofsteps.• 3 x 4 sets of situations in a givenprocess.• Examples from problems 1-128.• Situations to include:• no alternatives• alternatives• alternatives some of which areinterdependent.• Refer to the Flow Chart ofInstructional Strategy.• Handouts to be prepared.60% of examplesAccurate inat practice stage.Accurate in80% of examplesat evaluation stage.12Use of supplementary exercises wherenecessary.Summarized below is a selection of problemsthat are included in the program:(1) "Checking of the Water Tower"(2) "The Call to the Duty Officer"(9) "The Dying Pigs"(10) "The Non-arrival of Stores"(11) "The Prison Escape"(13) "The Navigational Error"(15) "Car 59, where are you?"(23) "The Soldier and the Salesman"(27) "Is that you, Joe?"(31) "The Soldier and the Car Repair"(38) "The Missing Unit Typewriter"(39) "The Car is broken down"(46) "The Discrepancy in the Bar StockTake"(48) "The Paying Officer"(49) "The Missing Document"(50) "Counting of Bar Takings"(55) "Confirmation of Transport"(60) "The Duty Officer and the MovieTakings"(61) "The NCO, the Soldiers and theReturn of Stores"• (79) "Loss of Equipment on theExercise"• (84) "The Error in the Noticas Report"• (103)•(108)"The March Out of the MarriedQuarter""Audit of the Club Books"• (113) "The Telephone Caller and theOrderly Room NCO"Each problem involves the Officer Cadet inestablishing a course of action based on soundreasoning. Many of the situations if handledincorrectly on the job can lead to disastrousconsequences. Error in checking the level ofwater in the water tower may result in disruptionof the water supply to the camp. Carelesschecking procedures in the Noticas situationmay lead to misidentification with the resultanttrauma to relatives.A number of the problems in 'error location'require the same basic procedures — the nonarrivalof stores, the navigation error, the missingtypewriter, the missing document, the lossof equipment on an exercise, the paying officer,the broken-down car. An officer will locate theerror; he may guide a subordinate to recognizehis error (did you check? how did you check?);he may prepare checklists to reduce the possibilityof future error.Certain terms have been used throughout theprogram and these require explanation.