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Even if "strike" sounds dramatic, isn't it technically correct?
by tw1010 8y ago
Even if "strike" sounds dramatic, isn't it technically correct?
- officemonkey 8y agoWork stoppage followed by collective bargaining. They were literally the only three persons who could do the work. Ground control had to negotiate. OTOH, it could have been the commander's sole decision, which means it wasn't a strike. He may have decided that as the commander he needed a fit crew and this was the only way to attain that.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoEven if the commander called the strike, if the crew agreed or acted in accord, then that would still be a strike, no?
- drharby 8y agoCommander tends to retain... command authority. The crew doesnt agree, they execute orders. Hence the phrase 'burden of command'
- vladd 8y agoIn some situations, disagreement early in the decision making process could be beneficial to all participants. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disagree_and_commit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disagree_and_commit for context (a principle used at Intel and Amazon).
- drharby 8y agoYes - which is why there is a concept of good and bad leadership. Commanders shouls consider all forms of feedback on a decision
- officemonkey 8y agoThey have to follow the commander's legal orders. Whether they agreed or not should be immaterial.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoA strike isn't an order, so I'm not sure how that thought progresses things.
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- garmaine 8y agoNo, the commander of the space station is management. He's the one who has ultimate authority to decide what his crew does, and is directed to act in the interest of their safety (which means mental as well as physical health) in order to ensure mission success. This is an inheritance of the role of a captain on a ship. If the commander/captain decides it is in the best interest of the crew to stop work, it is neither a mutiny nor a strike.
- hopler 8y agoOversimplification is unhelpful. There are multiple levels of hierarchy. On a space ship, the commander is also a laborer and also accountable to mission control on Earth.
- foobarbecue 8y agoLike a foreman on a construction site?
- buttcoinslol 8y agoA foreman on a union construction site is generally a union member. The job superintendant (employed by the general contractor) would be a better analog, they're non-union management on a construction site. edit: I work in commercial construction management.
- odyssey7 8y agoI like this. It sounds like their reality didn’t match the theory.
- Spooky23 8y agoThe commander is responsible for delivery, not the scope of that delivery. A military NCO or junior officer are leaders, but not management, but is more of an agent of management. If you look at paramilitary uniformed services with unionization like the police or fire service, usually the civil service ranks, up to Captain, are union members who collectively bargain. Once you leave that Captain level (a Police or Fire Captain is usually aligned with an organization similar in scope to an Army Company), you are management. The reality is that the people in space didn't do exactly what the people on the ground wanted, and suffered for it on the ground as a result. Whatever it is, it walks and quacks like a strike-like incident that was handled by the management as one would expect.