case study on Great Earnest Shackleton and the epic voyage of endurance Submitted by Team 9 Nilesh Mittal Prashant Marathe Narendra Reddy Neeraj Rastogi Date : 18.06.2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary Analysis & study on Questions Was Shackleton was entrepreneur? Other parallel leaders/ entrepreneur with Shackleton What were the Shackleton’s strength & weaknesses? Why people are today so interested in earnest Shackleton? What are the key take away
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about Ernest Shackleton a polar explorer who was eager to cross the Antarctic Continent overland from west to east (Lansing). Shackleton recruited 27 men to venture on this expedition with him from artist to engineers to surgeons; Shackleton handpicked his men based upon the previous experiences of these men at sea. As Shackleton and his men set out for this voyage‚ Shackleton later learned that he had one extra man on board (a stowaway). There were a total of 28 men including Shackleton on the
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Endurance. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers‚ 1959. Print. The book Endurance is about the failure of the expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914 and the struggle for survival endured by the twenty-eight man crew for almost two years. The book’s title is actually the name of the ship Shackleton used for the expedition‚ the Endurance. The ship was being pushed together by two large massive floes (flat land masses of floating ice) and
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13 and served on a number of Royal Navy ships in the 1880s and 1890s. He attracted the notice of the Royal Geographical Society‚ which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught Captain Robert Falcon Scott in his sledging gear © the exploring bug and began to plan an expedition to be the first to reach the
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that are example of Adversity are The shipwreck at the bottom of the world‚ Miracle in the andes and just normal school problems. Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 of his crew members had sailed in hopes to become the world’s first crew to ever explore and traverse the land of Antarctica. Through the process of choosing each men for specific roles‚ Shackleton had brought various items aboard his ship “Endurance” from items like a bike‚ Board games‚ and dogs used to haul sleds which ironically‚ no
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through seemingly impossible odds. In August 1914‚ days before the outbreak of the First World War‚ the notorious Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven men set sail for the South Atlantic with one goal in mind: becoming the first group of individuals to cross the Antarctic continent by foot. However‚ the decreasing temperatures set off a series of events that would lead Shackleton away from his original goal and test him not only as a man‚ but as a leader as well. Maneuvering a treacherous path
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BookRags Literature Study Guide Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing For the online version of BookRags’ Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage Literature Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-endurance/ Copyright Information ©2000-2012 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting
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Organizational Behavior (GCOM 7050) Fall‚ 2013 Instructor: Tom Bateman Office: 394 Phone: 924-7060 Email: tsb3c@virginia.edu Office hours: After class‚ or stop by anytime‚ or email to make an appointment. Course Description Two themes describe this course: managing yourself‚ and leading others. The purpose is to help you understand your own behavior in ways that enhance your personal effectiveness and your ability to lead other people. We will study
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in the world. Severe winds and temperatures of down to -41 degrees Celsius have been reported on recent expeditions (Shackleton Solo‚ 2015). In 2015‚ Henry Worsley commenced a Trans-Antarctic expedition to commemorate the life of Sir Earnest Shackleton and aimed to follow in Shackleton’s planned expedition route which the Endurance crew failed to complete from 1914-1916 (Shackleton Solo‚ 2015). Worsley aimed to complete this expedition solo and unsupported (Endeavour Fund‚ 2016). However‚ on the 24th
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Case Study of “EPIC OF SURVIVAL – Ernest Shackleton’s Voyage to the South Pole” By Reuben Q. Binasoy‚ SILVER Group‚ UB EMBA Intake 17 I. Most Compelling Facts / Main Learning Points a. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition started out on August 8‚ 1914. The last of the crew members were rescued on August 30‚ 1916. More than 2 years after they had set out – in the face of the many dangers they faced during the failed expedition – Shackleton mustered together the courage‚ willpower‚ wit
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