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License to intervene: the role of team adaptation in balancing structure and flexibility in offshore operations
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, Norway.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1666-7507
2019 (English)In: WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA), ISSN 1651-436X, E-ISSN 1654-1642, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Vol. 18, no 1, p. 103-128Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The study reported here reviewed and analyzed multi-team organizations in offshore operations to identify and understand the factors that are essential for good operation. It was found that the most prominent contribution to good operations was the balancing of structure and flexibility during work (anchor handling operations). The enabling factor towards this balance seems to be a process of team adaptation, including adjustments and corrections, when performing operations. The multi-teams operate in an open climate with a commonly accepted allowance to stop any safety-threatened operational activity. In practice, this gives the operational teams a “license” to intervene and adjust or adapt to suddenly occurring anomalies. The operations are in turn based on a period of planning and preparing. During the actual balancing, the teams relied on communication and information sharing, coordination and cooperation, and anticipation (proactive behavior) and empowerment/autonomy as effective enablers of team adaptation. 

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Springer, 2019. Vol. 18, no 1, p. 103-128
Keywords [en]
Adjustments, Leadership, Multi-team, Proactivity, Resilience, Safety
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43601DOI: 10.1007/s13437-019-00166-yISI: 000464234800006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85064218365Local ID: ;HHJIMPROVEISOAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-43601DiVA, id: diva2:1314139
Available from: 2019-05-07 Created: 2019-05-07 Last updated: 2019-05-07Bibliographically approved

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