MGTS1301 Everest Simulation Log S1 2020 PDF

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MGST1301 EVEREST SIMULATION LOG INSTRUCTIONS During the Everest simulation you will work in a team of five students to climb Mount Everest through 6 decision-rounds. In each decision-round you will be required to analyse information and make decisions with your team members. You will be able to communicate with team members using a chat function in the simulation. You will be required to record information about your analysis, decisions and communication in this log book. The Everest Simulation takes between 2 and 3 hours to complete. The log and short answer questions are worth 25% of your grade. Marking criteria is available on Blackboard. Instructions for completing the log (Pages 2-8)     

Complete the log during the simulation experience. After each decision-round your team should pause and take some time to record information in your logs. You will not be able to access the simulation after it is complete. Be sure to take any screenshots you need to complete your log before you log out. At the end of the simulation you may wish to spend some time expanding your log. I recommend exchanging contact details with your team members so that you can share screenshots and other material. There is no word limit for the log. I recommend writing at least 50 words per decision-round. You may work with your team members to complete pages 2-8 of this log.

Instructions for short response questions (Pages 9-11)     

Complete the short response questions after the simulation is finished. You will need to incorporate course theory into your answers so you will not be able to answer some of the questions until you have completed the relevant online modules. When answering the questions please make reference to one or more theories from the relevant online module. When answering the questions please include two or more examples from your own experience in the simulation. The word limit for the short response questions is 900 words (150 words per question) +/-10%. You must complete the short answer questions individually.

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MGST1301 EVEREST SIMULATION LOG Semester 1, 2020 Date Simulation Completed Student Name

Benjamin Farrell

Student Number

46421386

Role

Name

Individual Score (%)

Team Leader

Benjamin Farrell

80%

Physician

Ciara

80%

Marathoner

Benjamin Ham

89%

Environmental Scientist

Yuxuan

86%

Photographer

Natasha

75%

Team Score

6/4/2020

(NB: Fill in this column at the completion of the simulation. These scores do not determine your mark for participation)

81%

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EVEREST SIMULATION: DECISION SET 1 STARTING POSITION (Which camp?) Team Leader: Physician:

Base Base

CLIMBING Team Leader:

Up

Down

Rest

TIME

Physician:

Up

Down

Rest

Environmentalist:

Up

Down

Rest

Environmentalist:

Base

Photographer:

Up

Down

Rest

Photographer:

Base

Marathoner:

Up

Down

Rest

Marathoner:

Base

How much time was spent analysing and discussing before making decisions? Record in minutes 15 minutes

Record any health issues or medical supplies administered. How did they affect your decision-making? There were no health issues with any team members. The marathoner has asthma but shouldn’t affect him at this stage as it has never effected his running career. Photographer had mountain sickness on last summit but has been to Everest twice before.

Record any weather predications or issues. How did they affect your decision-making? Tomorrows temperature at Camp 1 is -8 degrees (low chance of frostbite) and 18km/h winds. This is not dangerous thus suitable to continue up the mountain.

Record any discussion about goals. How did they affect your decision-making? All make it to the top of the mountain. Satisfy individual goals without compromising the team.

Record any challenges faced by the team. How did you approach and/or solve these challenges? No current challenges.

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EVEREST SIMULATION: DECISION SET 2 STARTING POSITION (Which camp?) Team Leader:

Base

1

Physician:

Base

1

CLIMBING Team Leader: Physician: Environmentalist:

TIME Up Up Up

Down Down Down

Rest Rest Rest

Environmentalist:

Base

1

Photographer:

Up

Down

Rest

Photographer:

Base

1

Marathoner:

Up

Down

Rest

Marathoner:

Base

1

How much time was spent analysing and discussing before making decisions? Record in minutes 10 minutes

Record any health issues or medical supplies administered. How did they affect your decision-making?

All health is good except for the environmental scientist who is okay. No pre-existing health conditions and all other conditions are good and he is not a risk currently. Rest day should be saved for later.

Record any weather predications or issues. How did they affect your decision-making? Oxygen level down 3% at camp 2 – not a big deal and weather will be slightly colder Record any discussion about goals. How did they affect your decision-making? Goals remain the same – no major issues currently that would effect the goal of summiting.

Record any challenges faced by the team. How did you approach and/or solve these challenges? Physician hiking speed has slowed down slightly – rest day will be needed

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EVEREST SIMULATION: DECISION SET 3 STARTING POSITION (Which camp?) Team Leader:

Base

1

2

Physician:

Base

1

2

CLIMBING Team Leader: Physician: Environmentalist:

TIME Up Up Up

Down Down Down

Rest Rest Rest

Environmentalist:

Base

1

2

Photographer:

Up

Down

Rest

Photographer:

Base

1

2

Marathoner:

Up

Down

Rest

Marathoner:

Base

1

2

How much time was spent analysing and discussing before making decisions? Record in minutes 15 minutes

Record any health issues or medical supplies administered. How did they affect your decision-making?

Everyone is strong except the environmentalist who is at risk. He is showing signs of sickness which may relate to asthma or HAPE. We will give him the inhaler has we have 2 of those rather than the gamow bag which we only have 1 of. He and the physician will also rest as the rest of the group continues up the mountain. The photographer also has previous health issues so they will stay and rest. Record any weather predications or issues. How did they affect your decision-making? Tomorrow winds pick up to 45kmh, this suggests that only the strongest members of the group should continue up the mountain – in this case the marathoner and team leader will continue. Record any discussion about goals. How did they affect your decision-making?

We continue to strive to get all members to summit safely and without harm. This is why some people are resting. Record any challenges faced by the team. How did you approach and/or solve these challenges? High winds and sickness suggest that only strong members of the team should continue. This will also give them the opportunity to rest the next day before continuing with the rest of the group.

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EVEREST SIMULATION: DECISION SET 4 STARTING POSITION (Which camp?) Team Leader:

Base

1

2

3

Physician:

Base

1

2

3

CLIMBING Team Leader: Physician: Environmentalist:

TIME Up Up Up

Down Down Down

Rest Rest Rest

Environmentalist:

Base

1

2

3

Photographer:

Up

Down

Rest

Photographer:

Base

1

2

3

Marathoner:

Up

Down

Rest

Marathoner:

Base

1

2

3

How much time was spent analysing and discussing before making decisions? Record in minutes 15 minutes

Record any health issues or medical supplies administered. How did they affect your decision-making?

Marathoner and Leader are of weak health and mental health is below normal. This suggests a rest day is necessary which syncs up nicely to meet up with the group. Environmentalist had an asthma attack but thanks to the inhaler they have recovered. Everyone at camp 2 is in good health. Record any weather predications or issues. How did they affect your decision-making? Weather predictions are currently down however Sherpas suggest that wind speeds are 20% higher than normal which indicates those at higher altitudes should rest. Record any discussion about goals. How did they affect your decision-making?

We all still aim to stay together when we summit which should be achieved at this rate as everyone is reuniting at camp 3. Record any challenges faced by the team. How did you approach and/or solve these challenges? Without knowing the weather, it his hard to make informed decisions therefore those at higher altitudes with higher risk will stay put until the rest of the group arrives. Hopefully by tomorrow the weather has returned to normal.

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EVEREST SIMULATION: DECISION SET 5 STARTING POSITION (Which camp?) Team Leader:

Base

1

2

3

4

Physician:

Base

1

2

3

4

CLIMBING Team Leader: Physician: Environmentalist:

TIME Up Up Up

Down Down Down

Rest Rest Rest

Environmentalist:

Base

1

2

3

4

Photographer:

Up

Down

Rest

Photographer:

Base

1

2

3

4

Marathoner:

Up

Down

Rest

Marathoner:

Base

1

2

3

4

How much time was spent analysing and discussing before making decisions? Record in minutes 30 minutes

Record any health issues or medical supplies administered. How did they affect your decision-making? All climbers at risk, physician is the only person with normal mental health. Photographer is suffering severe frostbite which should suggest that she goes down. Marathoner will receive inhaler due to previous asthma.

Record any weather predications or issues. How did they affect your decision-making? Camp 4 temperature is expected to be the same. Which indicates that those not currently suffering from frostbite shouldn’t get it but those who are should go down to warmer temperatures.

Record any discussion about goals. How did they affect your decision-making? Environmentalist has a goal to stay on camp 4 so they wish to continue. The temperature is roughly the same above so photographer will continue.

Record any challenges faced by the team. How did you approach and/or solve these challenges? Determining who has goals to achieve. Some climbers do not have a goal to summit so they will stay where they are or go down. The climbers who are healthy enough and wish to summit will continue. 20 cannisters of oxygen have been delivered to the team. Each team member requires 1080 minutes of oxygen to summit from camp 4. The leader uses 1 litre/min therefore requires 1080 Litres of oxygen. Since each cannister has 720 litres he will need 2 cannisters. Marathoner uses at 3.5-5 litres/min – 6-7 8

cannisters, environmentalist uses at 3.5l/min which requires 6 cannisters, photographer is on par with leader which requires 2 cannisters. Physician uses an average number of cannisters but we do not have a clear number. As the environmentalist does not plan to summit, we will allocate the 6 cannisters to the physician (who has similar climbing experience).

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EVEREST SIMULATION: DECISION SET 6 STARTING POSITION (Which camp?) Team Leader:

Base

1

2

3

4

Physician:

Base

1

2

3

4

CLIMBING Team Leader: Physician: Environmentalist:

TIME Up Up Up

Down Down Down

Rest Rest Rest

Environmentalist:

Base

1

2

3

4

Photographer:

Up

Down

Rest

Photographer:

Base

1

2

3

4

Marathoner:

Up

Down

Rest

Marathoner:

Base

1

2

3

4

How much time was spent analysing and discussing before making decisions? Record in minutes 10 minutes

Record any health issues or medical supplies administered. How did they affect your decision-making? All climbers weak and low mental health. Marathoner and environmentalist have altitude sickness. The gammow bag will be applied to the marathoner as they wish to continue up the mountain and the environmentalist does not. Photographers frostbite has healed. Record any weather predications or issues. How did they affect your decision-making? Tomorrow the summit will be sunny allowing good summiting conditions and lower wind. This gives the go-ahead for all climbers to continue up the mountain if the wish.

Record any discussion about goals. How did they affect your decision-making? Environmentalist will be staying at camp 4 whilst the rest of the group will continue to the summit.

Record any challenges faced by the team. How did you approach and/or solve these challenges? The only major issue is the altitude sickness experienced by the marathoner. He will receive the gamow bag which will likely cure the sickness and allow the group to summit.

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1. PLANNING AND CONTROLLING 1(a) What examples of planning did you and your team notice/undertake during the Simulation? Explain using course theory and specific examples of events from the Simulation. A key example of planning used by the team throughout the simulation. The first of which was a tactical plan in regard to the management and distribution of oxygen cannisters during the summit. A tactical plan is used to specify the use of resources in order to successfully achieve a goal. In this example, our plan was based around taking team members to the summit. In this case, one of our team members (the environmentalist) did not plan on summiting, therefore, we were able to allocate excess cannisters that would not be used by the environmentalist to ensure all climbers had enough oxygen. This was done by calculating the number of minutes of oxygen someone would use to summit and allocating the appropriate number of cannisters (720 litres per cannister) to each individual. This is a clear use of a tactical plan as we started with a clear number of resources, then calculated usage rates to tactically distribute the appropriate number of oxygen cannisters to each climber. 1(b) What process(es) and targets did your team use to monitor its progress throughout the Simulation? Overall, was your team successful? What factors did you consider in determining the success of your team? Explain using course theory and specific examples of events from the Simulation.

A key process used by our group in the simulation was management by objectives. In the simulation each person had a clear set of objectives that they aimed to achieve during the climb. As a group we also set goals as a collective that we all felt would be fulfilling to achieve. Management by objectives is a four-step process that is dynamic in its execution. It involves setting objectives for performance, tactically planning to execute these objectives, establishing standards to manage objectives, and measuring the overall performance of the group. This strategy allows for the group to have a plan in place, but also adapt it to fit new developments in the simulation. A key example of this is the first goal we set for ourselves where we aimed for everyone in the group to summit. This goal remained the same until camp 4 where the environmentalist decided to stay at camp 4 to achieve a goal that would grant him more points than summiting. Whilst this was not in our initial plan we stopped and discussed our current progress in the simulation. We decided that we were all quite happy with how we were doing so far and that we were able to come together and decide that if the majority of us summited we would still consider it an achievement. We also acknowledge that it would be beneficial if one of us stayed behind as there would be more oxygen tanks for everyone else. This is a clear example of management by objectives as we established the standard of what we considered achieving our initial objective by deciding that if the majority summited we would still consider our goal achieved, then measured our overall performance when we summited and all agreed that we were happy with how we did.

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2. LEADING 2(a) Was your Team Leader a ‘good’ leader? Why, or why not? Explain using course theory and specific examples of events from the Simulation. As the team leader I decided to take a community approach in decision making. As the leader, it was my decision whether or not to move the day forward, as part of this it would be possible to use this power to try and get my way before advancing the day as I ultimately decided was would happen.

I took a behavioural approach to leadership by becoming more of a team manager than a dictator. I communicated with my group to understand the reasoning behind all decisions and to ensure everyone was on the same page. I used both task-oriented and people-oriented strategies. One example of a task oriented strategy is when calculating the oxygen tanks. This was one step in the simulation where I took over slightly and got out a pen and paper, asked everyone individually what their consumption levels were, then allocated everyone a number to enter for their number of oxygen tanks. I was more people-oriented when explaining why I believed we should save the gammow bag at camp 3 and also listening to other peoples goals such as the environmentalist and then encouraging him to stay at camp 4. I believe this made me a good leader as I was able to make appropriate decisions in a timely manner based off of everyone’s best interests. 2(b) Besides your Team Leader, did other members of your team demonstrate leadership during the Simulation? If yes, which roles did they play and HOW did they show leadership? If no, why do you think that is?...