PRELIMINARY THESIS PROPOSAL ABSTRACT NAME: Abla‚ Krister Kim S. DESIGN 8 ADVISER: Arch. Aurello Somera PROJECT TITLE: Philippine Red Cross Disaster Rehabilitation Complex Headquarter of Philippine Red Cross; a Recovery Facility for the Victims of Calamity and Disaster RESEARCH FOCUS: Bamboo Hybrid Building Construction Material Foldable emergency houses through Bamboo Hybrid Building Construction Material. A revolutionary way of construction where the bamboos are being combined
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Introduction Total Quality Management is a management approach that originated in the 1950’s and has steadily become more popular since the early 1980’s. It is a method by which management and employees can become involved in the continuous improvement of the production of goods and services. It is a combination of quality and management tools aimed at increasing business and reducing losses due to wasteful practices. Quality is at the top of most agendas and improving quality is probably the most
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Alpha Piper Disaster Introduction The accident‚ which occurred on board of the seaward platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ took lives of 167 people and cost billions of dollars damage of property. The Piper Alpha is placed in the North Sea‚ around 193 km northeast of Aberdeen. The field was discovered in January 1973 and the same year construction of platform took place. The depth of it was up to 140 m‚ and at the time the development and installation of the Piper Alpha platform give tongue to
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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Importance of Strategic Planning and Management in the Business Paper Artim Toska Bus 475 March 29‚ 2010 Introduction This paper will describe a small business I may want to start‚ define strategic management and planning‚ and explain why a strategic plan would be important to the success of this business. Also‚ it will explain the four functions of management relative to creating and implementing a strategic plan. Strategic management & Planning In a competitive business world‚ it is
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of 167 men and cost billions of dollars in property damage. There are only 61 survivors who saved their lives by jump off the platform in to the sea. At the time of the disaster‚ the Piper Alpha disaster was the worst offshore disaster in terms of live lost and industry impact. There are two main factors that lead to the disaster‚ which are human factor and the design and process factor. Lord Cullen has made some recommendations on improvements and preventions on the offshore installations. The improvements
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Session M1.1: Disaster Risk Management Terms and Concepts Note: For further detail definitions and concepts clarity‚ please visit United Nation International Strategy (UNISDR) website http://www.unisdr.org/eng/terminology/terminology-2009-eng.html Crisis A crisis is any event that is‚ or is expected to lead to‚ an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual‚ group‚ community‚ or whole society. Management often requires decisions to be made within a short timeframe & often an event
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Abstract The merger of InterClean with EnvironTech and its subsequent transition into a full service cleaning organization has brought about several changes in how they company does business. Therefore‚ updated career management strategies and performance management strategies must be developed in order to keep the employees competitive within their fields‚ and also to help develop the employees to one day become the managers of InterClean. This report focuses on the different career goals that
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Importance of Priorities Balance and Time Management What is important more to one person then the other? What is a personal want of any individual to achieve a particular outcome? Does motivation and personal will spirit affect our outcomes? These are questions that puzzle many and lead on the way to goals and organization. Thus by prioritizing one aims; and by administering activities of daily life one moves along in the prioritized aims. Why bother? A simple saying describes a motivation o many
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each team leader serving on an overall crisis management team or one team with representatives from each defined area within the organization. Role: Executive Management (organization authority) Responsibilities: Determine and announce crisis situations (Declares the emergency/crisis state of affairs) Activate the DRP Supervise response and recovery efforts Confirm restoration of normal business operation and finalize the disaster recovery processes Role: Legal (Counsel can
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