Professional performance of professionals

Johnathon 2022-04-09 08:01:03

Although I know that many modern management ideas (especially organization, strategy, and personnel) are inextricably linked with the military, I have never understood the operation of the military. Later, after accepting Green's PPM system, I found that the leader does not need to do much. As long as professional people are arranged, coordination and service are done well, the rest will be done naturally.
But after watching this movie, I realized that the captain really has to do a lot of things, and all the instructions and decisions must come from here. Naturally, a wealth of expertise and experience is also required. The destroyer captain in the film is newly appointed, because it has suffered defeats before, it is naturally difficult to get the recognition of the crew (people are willing to follow the winner). But when encountering a submarine, the captain's wealth of knowledge and experience captured the hearts of the crew. In the battle of wits and courage with the submarine captain, he fully demonstrated his experience and knowledge, and even knew the depth of the submarine accurately, until the submarine was forced to the extreme depth of 300 meters, he could still grasp the opponent's psychology. Without sufficient experience, he cannot do this. In addition to indirect detection methods such as sonar, in the absence of direct information, it is difficult to obtain substantial gains without accurate judgment, but the destroyer captain did it.
Look back at the submarine captain. It seems that it is very embarrassing to be chased and run away in the film, but you can still find a countermeasure in a passive situation. Compared with the opponent's successive bombing, the submarine captain can hit the opponent with only one torpedo launch. Had the opponent not been calmer and more experienced, turning a disadvantage (being hit) into an opportunity (actively setting fire to lure the sub to the surface), the sub would most likely have won the battle. The courage of the submarine captain when he ordered the submarine to be driven to the extreme depth of 300 meters was not only a last resort, but also the result of experience and courage. He knows the performance of submarines, he is also familiar with this sea area, and he has firm confidence to survive this test. After the water leak, if it were me, I would probably choose to dive.
When encountering difficulties, it is easy for team members to have negative emotions, but the submarine captain's method is in place to appease everyone and re-invigorate the morale of the battle. These are the principles that can be learned from team communication.

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The Enemy Below quotes

  • Doctor: I guess you're finding the Sun kind of hard to take, after the North Atlantic.

    Captain Murrell: Oh, it doesn't matter. It's always either too cold or too hot, wherever there's a war on.

  • Doctor: Well, in time we'll all get back to our own stuff again. The war will get swallowed up, and seem like it never happened.

    Captain Murrell: Yes, but it won't be the same as it was. We won't have that feeling of permanency that we had before. We've learned a hard truth.

    Doctor: How do you mean?

    Captain Murrell: That there's no end to misery and destruction. You cut the head off a snake, and it grows another one. You cut that one off, and you find another. You can't kill it, because it's something within ourselves. You can call it the enemy if you want to, but it's part of us; we're all men.