Nancey A Van Dyke Professor Maney Hazard Analysis and Impacts FFP1830 25 May 2010 BP Horizon Oil Spill Back in the ’40s and ’50s I believe that companies stood behind their products. In later decades I don ’t think it was as common and there were a lot of lies‚ double books‚ and skimming going around. In this current age how many companies can you honestly say you would invest in their products for the rest of your life? BP is just one of thousands of companies that work by the bottom line
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Deepwater Horizon Study Group Working Paper – January 2011 3 A High Reliability Management Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ Including Research Implications Emery Roei and Paul R. Schulmanii Abstract Looking back on events leading up to the Deepwater Horizon Spill raises questions about how the Spill is currently portrayed. We run the risk of focusing too narrowly on a sequence of particular events as the main culprit when the accidents and failures that did not happen are
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EVALUATION Scriven’s Consumer-Oriented Approach to Evaluation According to Scriven; the evaluator needs to has skills in obtaining permanent and accurate information and s/he has deeply reasoned view of ethics and the common good. ● Evaluation should meet with the needs of consumers instead of the achieving developers objectives. Pelin Karakoca His practical approach to evaluation is to identify and rank the optional programs and products that are available to consumers‚ based on their relative
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CASO HORIZON FOODS CORPORATION 1. What are the characteristics of the market served by the Horizon Foods Corporation? Poor Delivery‚ high cost of shipping crate‚ small quantity‚ high stocks‚ and high competition. Horizon’s product lines have focused on ethnic food specialties including salad dressings‚ sauces for Italian pasta‚ and condiments such as specialty pickles. Is a national company that provides food products. Customers in this market are in many places‚ different points; they prepare
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At first glance‚ Liz Gerring’s hour-long work‚ Horizon‚ seems to be utter chaos. Everything about the piece appears to be in a random disarray. The costumes are clash of colors‚ textures‚ and patterns; the dancing is a simultaneous layering of unrelated dance phrases; the music is primarily distorted sounds and noise. Yet‚ despite the overall discord of the piece‚ it is still comprehendible — which is exactly Gerring’s intention. Horizon experiments with how many different elements could be incorporated
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Slide 1 57 spills with volumes estimated at ³ 11‚000 MTs since mid-1960s Exxon Valdez is smallest of this group‚ but is most well know for coastal impacts 2 largest ‘spills’ are multiple events during recent armed conflicts Persian Gulf War in 1991 Chechnyan insurrection in 2000 72% are from tankers 7% each from wells and storage tanks 3% pipelines and cargo vessels 1 lone refinery Although Valdez is #57 on this list‚ it probably top 5-10 in environmental damage and #1 political
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The 1920’s was a time of great social change with new prosperity‚ new ideas but most importantly a time of heroes. These so called heroes defined the era and were the role models for the people of this time period. They brought on hope and enlightenment after the horrific times that they had gone through with the depression and the war. The role of women changed‚ sports and entertainment stars were celebrated and modern technology changed America’s landscape. The twenties were a time when people
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New Horizons TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Missions beyond Mars Design challenges for long missions Electrical power Launch Jupiter gravity assist Zipping by Jupiter Plans for Pluto Beyond Pluto Exploring the Kuiper Belt Current Status Introduction New Horizons is a NASA New Frontiers mission managed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Launched on January 19‚ 2006‚ the New Horizons spacecraft is due to pass Jupiter on February 28‚ 2007‚ en route to
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In Deepwater Horizon we have a film that checks off all the boxes in preparing us for the inevitable shock and awe that almost literally explodes across the big screen. We have likable characters‚ unquestionable heroism‚ people trying to do their jobs‚ out-of-touch corporate executives who have no idea what they are doing‚ and a story that does BP Oil & Gas no favors. In documenting the horrors of what took place on the evening of April 20‚ 2010‚ more than 40 miles off of the Louisiana Coast‚ director
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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 from POLC and the
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