Function analysis exercise
Team Building
Lost at Sea teambuilding
The Pacific Ocean can be a big place when you have no boat
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Abandon ship
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LOST AT SEA
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You and your team have chartered a yacht.
None of you have any previous sailing experience, and you have hired an experienced skipper and two-person crew.
As you sail through the Southern Pacific Ocean a fire breaks out and much of the yacht and its contents are destroyed.
The yacht is slowly sinking.
Your location is unclear because vital navigational and radio equipment has been damaged.
The yacht skipper and crew have been lost whilst trying to fight the fire.
Your best guestimate is that you are approximately 1000 miles South West of the nearest landfall.
You and your friends have managed to save the following 15 items, undamaged and intact after the fire.
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A sextant
A shaving mirror
A quantity of mosquito netting
A 5 gallon can of water
A case of army rations
Maps of the Pacific Ocean
A floating seat cushion
A 2 gallon can of oil/petrol mixture
A small transistor radio
20 square feet of Opaque plastic sheeting
Shark repellent
One quart of 160 per cent proof rum
15ft nylon rope
2 boxes of chocolate bars
A fishing kit
In addition to the above, you have salvaged a four man rubber life craft
The total contents of your combined pockets amounts to a packet of cigarettes, three boxes of matches and 3 £5 notes.
Taken from: www.training-manager.co.uk
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Your Rank
Team Rank
Expert Rank
Your Score
Team Score
A sextant
A shaving mirror
A quantity of mosquito netting
A 5 gallon can of water
A case of army rations
Maps of the Pacific Ocean
A floating seat cushion
A 2 gallon can of oil/petrol mixture
A small transistor radio
20 square feet of Opaque plastic
sheeting
Shark repellent
One quart of 160 per cent proof rum
15ft nylon rope
2 boxes of chocolate bars
A fishing kit
Total Score (lower is better):
Add up the difference between your score and the rank. So, if you had the sextant first, this would score 15 – 1 = 14. If you had chocolate bars second, this
would score 6 – 2 = 4. Do not allow for positive or negative differences. Add up for all items = 15 in total. Again, lower scores are better.
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