A crew is a body or a group of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company. Members of a crew are often referred to by the title crewman or crew-member.
Crew also refers to the sport of rowing, where teams row competitively in racing shells.
Types
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- For a specific sporting usage, see rowing crew.
- For filmmaking usage, see film crew.
- For live music usage, see road crew.
- For analogous entities in research on human judgment and decision-making, see team and judge–advisor system.
- For stagecraft usage, see stage crew.
- For video production usage, see television crew.
- For crews in aviation and the airline industry, see groundcrew and aircrew.
- For crews in human spaceflight, see astronaut.
- Tank crew
- Boat crew
References
- Dubrin, Andrew J. (2006). Essentials of Management. Nashville, TN: South-Western publishing, Co. ISBN 9780324321104.
- "Speed Rower, Competitive Rowing". Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-05.