Management is essential for successful operation of a vessel.
A good management team can generate good results and a good working environment. In contrast, ship's management that disagree or for example that do not treat the crew well can make life aboard very unpleasant.
Fundamentally, management is about getting crew to do the work needed to make the ship operate in the best possible way.
But what is it that makes some managers especially successful? This is a widely discussed subject at sea and ashore.
Read more about good leadership in the book A Good Working Life at Sea
In the Good management aboard section in A Good Working Life at Sea a broad range of seamen say what they feel about good shipboard leadership.
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You can also read about five core competencies for the successful manager. These are not the only skills a good manager needs. But these five skills are so apparent in the selected managers that they can be considered a vital foundation for successful management.
In this part you will also be presented with a series of important questions about creating unanimity in ship's management and questions aimed at considering one's own role as a manager.
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