Groups
A department is composed of a variety of logical groups. Groups contain personnel
and projects that are specific to some common theme or topic. There
are three group classifications:
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Team
Teams tend to be the largest and most dynamic departmental groups. A team
has the following characteristics:
- Contains members from multiple site genres (such as ST, SW and FY);
- Has at least five members.
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Task Force
A Task Force has the following characteristics:
- Contains members from only one site genre;
- Has at least five members.
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Task Group
A Task Group has the following characteristics:
- Has less than five members;
- Can contain members from both site genres.
The day-to-day management of a departmental group is handled by Group Leaders and Assistant Leaders.
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Team / Task Force / Task Group Leader
The Group Leader is responsible for managing the projects and personnel within
their respective group, and any other tasks delegated to them by the
Senior Manager. Common responsibilities include:
- solving personnel conflicts within their group;
- providing positive reinforcement;
- managing the personnel and projects within their group;
- providing a sense of leadership;
- recruiting new members for their group.
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Team / Task Force Assistant Leader
With exception of Task Groups, because they are too small, each departmental group
may have one Assistant Leader should the Senior Manager feel one is
needed (they are optional). Only the Senior Manager can officially
elect an Assistant Leader. Assistant Leaders aide the Group Leader
with any tasks delegated to them.
Other points on groups:
- A group must be approved by the Commander-in-Chief before it can legally exist.
- A group can technically be segmented further into divisions or wings. In this
case a group division would be comprised of officers from one site
genre. Such a structure enables personnel from each site genre to
work closely with each other, but at the same time work alongside
members of other genres. This format is more commonplace in large teams.
Projects
A project is any goal that requires an organized work effort. Although a project
can be developed individually, most usually it involves a team effort.
For this reason projects are placed within departmental groups.
The projects in a department are placed within the groups that are most relevant
to their theme. A departmental group can be responsible for managing
one or many projects.
Cross-Departmental Projects
It is possible to have a project that is cross-departmental in nature. What this means
is that personnel and/or resources from multiple departments work together
to achieve the goal at hand.
Cross-departmental projects need to be officially placed within a single departmental group;
for this reason one department will ultimately take the lead managing
and coordinating the joint effort.
Example Structure
Here is an example of a department containing three departmental groups: a Team,
Task Force, and Task Group. In this case the team is composed of two
genre divisions. As mentioned above, this enables personnel within a
genre to work with each other, but at the same time work alongside members
of the other genre.
Should you have any further questions on departmental structure, please feel
free to contact Admiral Maxwell
or Fleet Admiral Piraeus.
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