Leadership Theories Analysis using the movie Apollo 13 Vision and Value Apollo 13 demonstrates the richness of leadership principles and values‚ especially focusing on team solidity. The movie illustrates how the leaders can develop a vision and values‚ and how the teams can collaborate under high stress situation. In the beginning of the movie the vision of the Apollo 13 project was to land the astronaut’s on the surface of moon. But the unexpected explosion in the service module created a
Premium Apollo 13 Leadership Decision making
Apollo 13 is an American Drama Space film that depicts the real events of what happened to the actual Apollo 13 lunar mission to the moon. Apollo 13 was America’s third attempt to land on the moon‚ but instead of awaiting its arrival‚ Apollo oxygen tank exploded causing an emergency evacuation. This essay will inform you on a problem from the launch of Apollo 13‚ what they did to resolve the issue‚ and how what I would have did to prevent the problem and how I would have approached the solution to
Premium
Case Study 9/13/2011 Zach Newcomb “Leadership in Apollo 13” There are certain events in our lifetime that change who we are as a person and how we view life. During the movie Apollo 13‚ Jim Lovell has a dream that he will walk on the moon. His dream becomes a reality when is promoted to commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. After a series of dangerous events‚ the crew finds themselves in a struggle to stay alive. Jim and Houston control works around the clock to find a solution to the
Premium Apollo 11 Apollo 13 Apollo program
The movie Apollo 13 stared‚ Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell) Bill Paxton (Fred Haise)‚ Gary Sinise (Ken Mattingly) and Kevin Bacon (Jack Sivigert) . The movie was directed by Ron Howard and is based on the book “Lost Moon” by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. This was America third trip to the moon and Apollo 13 mission was to land in the Fra Mauro area of the moon. Two day before launch Mattingly was scrubbed from the mission after being exposed to measles. He was replaced by Jack Swigert (kevin Bacon)
Premium Apollo 11 Apollo 13 Apollo program
Apollo 13 was overall a very accurate movie‚ scientifically and factually. Of course there were things changed in order to advance the story and make the movie more interesting‚ but most of these things were very small. Apollo 13 was an Apollo mission that came after the first landing on the moon. The problem was that since the United States had already beaten Russia to the moon people weren’t sure why they needed to go back‚ so there were less resources and money going into this mission. The
Premium Apollo 13 Moon Apollo 11
Introduction During the Apollo 13 mission‚ the crew was faced with odds that were not in their favor. They were faced with many uncertainties that would possibly be fatal if they went wrong. It all started when a crew member stirred the o2 tanks‚ and the tanks burst. With this predicament‚ they could not possibly land on the moon. Mission Control or "Houston" had to come up with a flawless plan to get the U.S spacemen back to the Earth. How is free-fall associated in the re-entry of a spacecraft
Premium Space exploration NASA Human spaceflight
A Self Reflection: While working on the communication project‚ we were fortunate to have had Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” movie for reference to comprehend the complexity the team faced upon the incident that befell the mission. Both Gene Kranz (Lead Flight Director and Project Manager) and Jim Lovell (Apollo’s commander) maintained absolute control of a chaotic situation. While the team was becoming intractable‚ Kranz reigned in by channeling the ideas with “one at a time people” and asking his engineers
Premium Apollo 13 Project management Emotion
night of August 13‚ 1970 a spark from the exposed wires caused a fire‚ which ripped apart one oxygen tank and damaged the other inside the Odyssey‚ spacecraft. The astronauts were losing oxygen fast. In our project we had to find a solution to get the ping pong ball from one side of the gap to the other. Some similarities with Apollo 13 and our project was that we all had to find a solution of a problem and we all had one chance. These similarities are important to the success of Apollo 13 and our team
Premium English-language films Bridge Design
In the movie retelling the story of Apollo 13‚ there were many instances where gravity and its properties were relevant. The five main topics I have chosen I feel are the easiest to explain and understand. The first is the requirements of liftoff and how the astronauts will experience g forces. Next is coming into earth and how they will have to calculate the angle and speed at which they will have to re-enter at. Third I talk about the simulator and how it prepares them for conditions in outer space
Premium Gravitation Moon Earth
The three astronauts is planing to go the moon with Apollo 13 spaceship in 1970. They are Alan Shepard‚ Fred Haise‚ Ken Mattingly. Apollo trips plan was change at that time because Alan Shepard have a problem with one of his ears and he can’t go on Apollo 13. So Jim Lovell took his place. They have their own responsibility‚ Ken is the command module pilot‚ Fred and Jim are lunar module pilots. The command module is home for astronauts on space and small lunar module use when astronauts down to the
Premium Apollo 11 NASA Moon