In August 2000, during a military exercise, a state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea, tripping international media interest and a worldwide rescue attempt. Besides Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got involved in the rescue operation: a Norwegian offshore as well as the UK Submarine Rescue Service -diving business. Between them, these parties apparently had all that was needed to rescue the trapped sailors, yet the whole crew was lost. How did this occur?
Appendix Harvard Business School case scenario that accentuates on cultural, organizational and political ingredients of the unsuccessful rescue mission, these videos provide a personal viewpoint of the living experience of Commodore David Russell, who mainly spearheaded the Royal Navy rescue mission at scene. The unsatisfactory question that Kursk rescue mission raises is: Why does multi-party amalgamation failures keep happening?
The troubling question that the Kursk rescue mission raises is this: Why do multi-party coordination failures keep happening? Our objective will be to provide a plausible comprehension of the origins of the failure, and additionally, to highlight lessons to current and future leaders.
The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission Short Film case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: August 18, 2014 PRODUCT #: 114709-VID-ENG
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