Enabling Objectives Welcome and Overview DEFINE honor. EXPLAIN how a Petty Officer demonstrates Honor, Courage and Commitment.

Welcome and Overview The Navy’s Core Value of Honor I will bear true faith and allegiance… Accordingly, we will: Conduct ourselves in the highest ethical manner in all relationships with peers, superiors, and subordinates; Be honest and truthful in our dealings with each other, and with those outside the Navy; Be willing to make honest recommendations, and accept those of junior personnel; Encourage new ideas and deliver the bad news, even when it is unpopular; Abide by an uncompromising code of integrity, taking responsibility for our actions and keeping our word; Fulfill or exceed our legal and ethical responsibility in our public and personal lives twenty-four hours a day. Illegal or improper behavior or even the appearance of such behavior will not be tolerated. We are accountable for our professional and personal behavior. We will be mindful of the privilege to serve our fellow Americans.

Enabling Objectives Lesson 1 DETERMINE the responsibility, authority, and accountability of a Petty Officer Third Class. DEFINE responsibility. DEFINE authority IDENTIFY sources of authority. DEFINE accountability. DIFFERENTIATE between responsibility, accountability and authority. EXPLAIN the role of a Petty Officer.

Responsibility is: Lesson 1 1) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success and… 2) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. DOD Terminology Program website 3) Power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior; freedom granted by one in authority: Right. Webster’s Dictionary

AUTHORITY Lesson 1 Ch 1, para 1.2, subpara a. Authority Ch 1, para 1.2, subpara a. (1) Delegation of Authority Ch 1, para 1.2, subpara a. (2) Limitations of Authority SORN OPNAVINST 3120.32 series Exercise of Authority Navy Regulations: Chapter 10 Section 2 Article 1020

Lesson 1 From: Commanding Officer To: Rate, Name, USN, SSN Subj: AUTHORITY TO ASSUME THE TITLE AND WEAR THE UNIFORM OF A PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS Ref: (a) MILPERSMAN 1420-060 1. Under reference (a), you are hereby authorized to assume the title and wear the uniform of a Petty Officer Third Class effective immediately. 2. Your appointment carries with it the obligation that you exercise increased authority and willingly accept greater responsibility. Occupying now a position of greater authority, you must strive with a renewed dedication toward the valued ideal of service with honor. 3. Under reference (a), you will not be entitled to pay and other monetary allowances of a Petty Officer Third Class until actually advanced to the paygrade for which you have been selected. 4. Congratulations! (Signature)

Lesson 1 ACCOUNTABILITY In connection with general and organizational authority, the principles of accountability include: Each Sailor, regardless of rank or position, is fully accountable for their actions, or failure to act when required. Leaders and supervisors have a duty to assign clear lines of authority and responsibility, reaching to the deckplate level, for all activity within their organization. Leaders and supervisors have a duty to provide their subordinates the resources and supervision necessary to enable them to meet their prescribed responsibilities. Leaders and supervisors have a duty to hold their subordinates accountable, and to initiate appropriate corrective, administrative, disciplinary, or judicial action when sailors fail to meet their responsibilities. SORN OPNAVINST 3120.32 series

Enabling Objectives Lesson 2 IDENTIFY methods of communication. ANALYZE environmental, personal and cultural barriers to effective communication. IDENTIFY methods of reducing barriers to effective communication. EXPLAIN process of communication. IDENTIFY components of the communication process. EVALUATE oral and written communication. IDENTIFY written communication methods. EXPLAIN components of the writer’s triangle.

3 Step Communication Process Lesson 2 3 Step Communication Process MESSAGE RECEIVED INTERPRET MESSAGE DECODE MESSAGE INTERNAL BARRIERS FORMULATE MESSAGE TRANSMIT MESSAGE ENCODE MESSAGE FEEDBACK EXTERNAL BARRIERS SENDER RECEIVER

Lesson 2 Writer’s Triangle

Enabling Objectives Lesson 3 DETERMINE the responsibility, authority and accountability of a Petty Officer Third Class. DIFFERENTIATE between responsibility, accountability and authority. EVALUATE interactions between Petty Officers, junior and senior shipmates and peers. IDENTIFY the responsibility, accountability and authority of each member of the chain of command.