Complex World MBM500: Semester 1‚ 2013 Author: Daniel Smith – 5549426 Title: The Analysis of BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 Due Date: 5/5/13 Word Allocation: 2193 excluding executive summary‚ headings‚ tables‚ references and appendices Executive Summary This report provides an examination into British Petroleum (BP) and the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. It looks specifically at the functional area of organizing
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Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp in Cuba that holds back and interrogates people who are thought to be terrorists. History Before 2001‚ the Guantanamo Bay detention facility was used for housing refugees from Haiti and Cuba. This became and illegal act after 1993. Guantanamo Bay was reopened in 2002 as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. On 11 September 2001 (9/11)‚ four planes were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. There were over 3000 deaths
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Introduction BP British Petroleum is a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London‚ United Kingdom. According to revenues in 2011‚ they are the third largest energy company and fourth largest company in the world. Their main products include fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ lubricants for engines‚ retail services and petrochemical products for everyday use. BP started as a subsidiary of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909 and through many stages it became British
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Organizational Commitment and Communication Teresa Soukup COM/530 March 11‚ 2013 Mark Busby Organizational Commitment and Communication Paper * Explain how different leadership styles would affect group communication in your chosen organization. “Leadership style is a relatively consistent pattern of behavior reflecting a leader’s beliefs and attitudes. Although no two people act as leaders in precisely the same way‚ people do lead with three basic styles: (1) authoritarian (or autocratic)
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My mind started spinning‚ as the face of that boy flashed through my eyes‚ emptiness filled my heart. I left the crowd and went to find a quiet corner for solitude. I looked intently at the boogie crowd‚ totally absorbed in the merry making‚ considering them to be proud Sadiqians; gathered on a reunion night. These are the future office holders of my country‚ I realized. How lucky they are to be given a golden ticket to success. This event seemed to be a training camp organized by the snobbish elites
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into several part in the main body. Drummond (2012)‚ Bazerman &Moore(2009)‚ Staw & Ross (1987) Escalation of commitment is the tendency that decision maker continue to invest a negative feedback or unpredictable project in oreder to persist previous decision.(self-justification explanation) Shepherd‚ D.A.‚ Zacharakis‚ A. L.‚ Cable‚D.M. and Shane‚ S. . Etc.‚ stated Escalation of commitment is an difficult situation that require decision maker to make a right decision for next course of action when
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spewed out into the sky. Mr D’arcy got the news five days later due to the low speed of Persian telegrams . Mr William D’Arcy directly said “If this is true‚ all our troubles are over”. Within a year ‚ the anglo-persian company which one day became BP was in business. This huge success of this new company potential lead to the opening of trading houses in London and Glasgow for the Anglo-Persian Stocks After the near loss of everything for William d’Arcy‚ he was richer than he had ever been in his
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Cover Sheet Case Study: BP (Beyond Petroleum) Focuses on Sustainability University Instructor: 03/15/2012 Abstract When a person thinks of BP they image a green gas station and gas pumps. But BP has over 100 years of history behind it. BP was formally known as British Petroleum and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. It was founded in 1908 by William D’Arcy‚ a rich British man who invested all his savings in his quest for oil in the Middle East. At the time BP was committed to protect the
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CRIMINAL COMMITMENT Criminal Commitment First‚ I want to tell you what is criminal commitment. Its a legal procedure by which a person who is found not guilt of a crime by reason of insanity must be confined in a psychiatric hospital or facility. In order to become criminal committed a person must stand trial and the trier of the fact (jury) must determine weather the person is not guilty by reason of insanity. After that person is found not guilty by reason of insanity they are acquitted of
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion Spencer Thompson CHT 3OI Mr. Figueira December 17‚ 2011 On April 17‚ 1961‚ in Cuba‚ the United States of America was meant to be a part of an attack. Very many people were killed and the whole plan turned to utter failure. There are many embarrassing situations in United States’ history such as the Japanese-American Internment during World War II. From failure to overthrow
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