Page 35 TNK-BP: TREAD WITH CAUTION Christopher T. Bluhm‚ Saint Mary’s College of California Mary Vradelis‚ Saint Mary’s College of California Catherine Li‚ Saint Mary’s College of California Brett Threlkeld‚ Saint Mary’s College of California J. Tomas Gomez-Arias‚ Saint Mary’s College of California CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case concerns the management of international joint ventures. Secondary issues examined include: business in Russia; government’s intervention in
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Understanding the objective‚ having the proper resources‚ and trust within the team are some. Having trust is one of the most important factors in team success. Trust within the team can lead to everyone being comfortable knowing the project will be accomplished and knowing assigned parts will be completed. Distrust within the team can lead to personal problems and can hinder the project not being completed. Working on teams can be very stressful. A team member has to meet the team‚ discuss
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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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Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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1. TEAMWORK: Would you identify and describe the various existing types of groups and teams in your organization? How do you identify if these groups or teams are effective as a work group? Explain the meaning of this sentence‚ “All teams are groups‚ but not all groups are teams.” How do you comment to this “Speed‚ Teamwork and Flexibility are the order of the day.” How do you manage the On-Site-Teams as well as Virtual Teams? How do you address or manage a Self-Managed Work Team? Explain
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References: * Robbins‚ S. P.‚ & Judge‚ T. A. (2011). Organizational behavior (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. * Teamwork in hospitality. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=41138&loid=91496 * Knapp‚ M. & Hall‚ J. A.‚ (1992) Nonverbal communication in human interaction (3rd ed.). Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich
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My virtual child to me is a great program. My baby was a girl Skyhila Teagan. Raising a child is hard work. Raising children take financial‚ emotional‚ and a physical toll on couples or single parents and this program has showed me it takes a lot to be ready for a child. Although we don’t have to get up late night and do anything for the baby‚ we have to make decisions and care for it which is a huge part of being a parent. Of course children need the basics: diapers‚ baby wipes‚ burp clothes‚ receiving
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A. INTRODUCTION: BP is one of the world’s driving global oil and gas organizations‚ with around 80‚000 employees and operations in more than 80 nations on six continents. The organization’s primary exercises are oil and gas investigation and creation‚ petroleum‚ lubricants‚ supply and transportation. BP gives its clients with fuel to transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail administrations and petrochemicals items. • Founder: William Knox D’Arcy • Incorporated: 1908 as Anglo-Persian Oil
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2.2 BP Solar BP has responded through its thin film photovoltaic cells designed to reduce manufacturing costs towards a level at which solar energy will become economically competitive compared with other energy sources. As BP’s Energy Commission chairman stated: "Our goal is to eliminate the ’Catch 22’ faced by producers of renewable technologies…without the promise of volume sales‚ there is little incentive for a company to make the investments that could bring down costs and make these products
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the background. Then‚ suddenly they hear the words breaking news and now decide to tune into what the dull lady is revealing. She announces that an oil spill has erupted in the Gulf of Mexico and the company “BP” is smothered all over the screen. The child only can only understand one concept: BP was the sole cause of this oil spill. To clarify‚ the child did not learn the real causes for this catastrophic disaster. On April 20‚ 2010‚ the oil rig called Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ causing 3.19 million
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