BP – The $40billion Safety Culture Vacuum On March 23rd 2005 a huge explosion at BP’s Texas oil refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 180. Most were its own staff. The refinery had suffered safety problems before. The previous year two workers died when scalded by super-heated water that escaped from a high-pressure pipe. The British media focused on the effect of the 2005 blast: the price of oil rose by several $s a barrel. In Texas‚ however‚ the local media were outraged by ‘yet
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SHAPING LEARNING ORGANISATIONS How Types of Organisational Cultures Contribute in Shaping Learning Organisations Hasan Danaee Fard Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy Hamid Taghiloo Tarbiat Modares University Abstract The main purpose of this empirical study is to examine the relationship between four types of organisational cultures and the shaping learning organisation. In this study‚ we have selected two groups of public organisations (more successful and less successful public organisations). The sample
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Organisational Analysis Critically discuss whether (and how) organisational structure impacts on organisational learning and the learning organisation. Introduction Within this essay we will look at the structure perspective in relation to organisational learning and the learning organisation. Looking at key theories for both we will consider whether a truly structured company has the ability to learn from the environment and other organisations and has the capacity to become a learning
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page I. Introduction 3 II. Functional Structure 4-6 III. Geographical Structure 7-9 IV. Product Structure 10-12 V. Matrix Structure 13-15 VI. Conclusion 16 VII. References 17 INTRODUCTION Organisational is a key element in a process of management. It is a system of structural relationship‚ all the way through which people under
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The role of a successful leader in organisational change cannot be overestimated. Organisational culture is significant for each organisation and its successful operation‚ playing large role in whether or not a particular organisation has a happy‚ healthy and comfortable working environment. Organisational culture at any company has to be strong and well-established but able to be changed as well. So‚ in order to establish‚ maintain and improve the company’s culture timely a recognised leader has to
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Organisational change: can an organisational culture be changed? Despite its ordered and steady foundation‚ organisational culture can be changed if it is guided by a comprehensive strategy. An organisations culture is founded by relatively stable characteristics‚ based deeply on values that are enforced by organisational practices. However‚ an organisational culture can be changed. This essay will aim to establish this and explain the measures which are involved in changing an organisational
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Essay Title: “The Importance and Elements of Organisational Structure” By Peter Kambona: pkambona@gmail.com Date: 18 February 2013 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Importance of good organisation structure 3 2.1 Accountability 3 2.2 Revenue Growth 4 2.3 Product Development 4 3.0 Main Elements of Organisation Structure 4 3.1 Designing jobs 4 3.2 Creating a Hierarchy 5 3.3 Span of Control 5 3.4 Forming departments and work units 6 3.5 Coordinating
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analysis of the Phrase “Provided the underlying culture is strong‚ a bad patch will sooner or later end. Properly regarded‚ setbacks can be instructive. Enduring cultures regard them not as calamities but challenges‚ and absorb their lessons…..” We can hypothesise that ‘underlying culture ‘refers to organisational culture; ‘bad patch’ refers to a period where business performance is low or employees are moving away form the organisational culture resulting in low business performance; ‘Properly
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Mintzbergs Model on Organisational Structures The Five Parts This note summarises the key features of Henri Mintzbergs theory on the structuring of organisations‚ which he presented in his book The Structuring of Organisations and Structure in 5 ’s: Designing Effective Organizations in the early 1980s. According to Mintzberg organisations are formed of five main parts: Operating core Those who perform the basic work related directly to the production of products and services Strategic apex
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Some form of organizational culture and structure exist in every organization. Successful organizations are often credited with having an appropriate organizational culture and/or structure in place that allows them to reach success. Many companies can believe that they have the needed structure in place to assure success; yet they fail where others succeed. Some work very well‚ and some just do not work at all. For any organizational culture and structure to function properly‚ it seems as though
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