Case studies in the Oil and Gas industry Piper Alpha Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began production in 1976‚ first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on July 6‚ 1988‚ killing 167 men‚ with only 59 survivors. The death toll includes 2 crewmen of a rescue vessel. Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$ 3.4 billion). At the time of
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Industry Influence and the Nursing Profession Lea R Kirkman Western Governor’s University Policy Issue Over the past several years‚ the public has become increasingly aware of physicians and providers supplementing their incomes with financial incentives from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers (Thomas et al.‚ 2014). These incentives include financial compensation‚ extravagant meals‚ and educational conferences in exotic locations with all expenses
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A CASE STUDY ON SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY – EXPERIENCES AND CONCLUSIONS P. Mandl-Striegnitz1‚ H. Lichter2 1 Software Engineering Group‚ University of Stuttgart 2 Department of Computer Science‚ Aachen University of Technology Abstract In this paper we present and discuss the findings of two case studies on software project management in industrial software development projects and the conclusions drawn from it. These studies were motivated to improve software project management
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various guidelines for the banking sector of the country. A sound banking system is important for smooth development of banking system. It can play a key role in the economy. It gathers savings from all over the country and provides liquidity for industry and trade. In 1957 A.D. Industrial Development Bank was established to promote the industrialization in Nepal‚ which was later converted into Nepal Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) in 1959 A.D. Rastriya Banijya Bank was established in 1965
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established in Feb 1981 through an Act of Parliament‚ to meet the growing demand of a personal mode of transport caused by the lack of an efficient public transport system. It was established with the objectives of - modernizing the Indian automobile industry‚ producing fuel efficient vehicles to conserve scarce resources and producing indigenous utility cars for the growing needs of the Indian population. A license and a Joint Venture agreement were signed with the Suzuki Motor Company of Japan in Oct
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Gloucestershire business school | Strategic Human Resource Management at Tesco Plc | An analysis of Tesco’s strategic HR and employee relationship management | | Abdul Latif Sultan (s1010402) | 4/1/2011 | Standard APA referencing style used Reference list presented at the end of the paper Word Count: 3009 This paper has been submitted at the University of Gloucestershire in partial fulfillment of the Masters in Business Administration course module ‘Strategic Human Resource Management‚’ under
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M002LON- Sustainable Strategy APR11 A Business Study Report On Marks & Spencers Plc. By IRFAN BASHIR STUDENT ID: 3583591 Submission Date: 20 June 2011 Word Count: 2096(Without References & Appendix) Executive Summary | This document/report throws light on the business environment of Marks and Spencers and the analysis of strategic position‚ strategic direction‚ success criteria and backed up by future recommendations for the company based on all the mentioned aspects. The frameworks
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share and competitive edge. In every decision‚ the ultimate objective of every organisation should be focused on creating and managing value for the organisation and its stakeholders in order to gain or attain competitive advantage within the industry they evolve and overcome threats that is posed by the externalities of the organisation. Strategic management accounting would enhance the quality of decisions of management in relation to the following: 1. Product - should Terracotta enhance
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SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) was established in 1976‚ and the main reason behind its establishment was to add value better and improve the Saudi Arabia’s natural hydrocarbon resources. Currently‚ SABIC is leading petrochemical company in terms of product diversity and sales. The company is headquartered in Riyadh‚ and it is the largest non-oil corporation in Middle East‚ in terms of market capitalization‚ SABIC has more than $100 billion and it records
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Diamond Chemicals is a leading producer of polypropylene‚ the polymer used in a variety of products (ranging from medical products to packaging film‚ carpet fibers and automotive components) and is known for its strength and elasticity. Diamond Chemicals is producing polypropylene at Merseyside (England) and in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Both factories are identical in size‚ age and plant-design. They were both built in 1967. Merseyside production process is the production process that are old‚ the
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