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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Our Government In the book Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn there were many arguments about the UNFPA which was created in 1969‚ giving the award of Population Award gold medal to Qian Xinzhong‚ who was forcing abortions in China and was the head of the family planning program. This set up a controversial issue with the United States government because it couldn ’t do anything to hurt China so it got rid of the funding for UNFPA. The United States government wanted to bring
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The lyrics of the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds‚ performed by The Beatles‚ and primarily written by John Lennon‚ takes the reader or listener on a journey into the imagination. There are a few interpretations of this song. The most popular interpretation being‚ that the lyrics of the song follow the kind of journey that one would embark on upon the consumption of the hallucinogenic drug LSD which would project the wildest of imaginings. Although at the time of release‚ John Lennon had stated
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A Framework for Understanding Organizational Ethics O.C. Ferrell‚ Professor‚ Colorado State University Organizational ethics is one of the most important‚ yet perhaps one of the most overlooked and misunderstood concepts in corporate America and schools of business. Organizational ethics initiatives have not been effectively implemented by many corporations‚ and there is still much debate concerning the usefulness of such initiatives in preventing ethical and legal misconduct. Simultaneously
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Organizational Culture Organizational culture refers to the staff in an organization has a system of sharing meaning that makes the organization unique and different from other organizations (Schein‚ 1985).Actually‚ the sharing of meaning system is an aggregation of characteristics valued by organization. These characteristics constitute the essence of organizational culture. Organizational culture focus on how employees perceive the characteristics of organizational culture instead of liking or
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When I sit down to write this paper‚ I cannot help but to remember Lord Brahma‚ whose four heads were meant‚ simultaneously‚ to recite all four Vedas.Similarly‚ when I look at this problem of organizational challenges in India‚ I yearn to have those four heads- because there are Four Faces which need to interact in tandem.Firstly‚let us have a look at the three visible heads and then lastly‚ the invisible head. The three visible faces can be described as - Head 1: ASKING QUESTIONS Head 2: SEEKING
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Organizational structure An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation‚ coordination and supervision‚ which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims.[1] It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment. Organizations are a variant of clustered entities. An organization can be structured in many different ways‚ depending on their objectives. The structure of an
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QUESTION 1 Ms. Apple Ang‚ who comes late for work is showing high consistency. This attributes to high internal and low external factors. Internal factors might be due to her attitude or habit while external factors might be due to traffic‚ sick or emergency. Madam May May should find out that is really Miss Apple Ang‘s lateness is due to external cause. This is because‚ sometimes‚ Madam May May may engage in Fundamentals Attribution Error which means underestimate the external factors and overestimate
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Question 3 3.1 Highlights two advantages and two disadvantages for each of the following types of organizational structures: 3.1.1. Functional structures According T.N. Chhabra (2003:263)‚ functional structures directs the subordinates throughout the organization in his particular area of business operation. This means that subordinates receive orders and instructions not from one superior but from several functional specialists. In other words‚ the subordinates are accountable to different functional
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Organizational Structure Meaning – Various Structures – Practical Illustration Organizational Structure: It refers to a formal system of tasks and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates employees to work together to achieve the organizational goals. Formal system of task and reporting relationships showing how workers use resources. It involves the following structures: 1) Functional Structure It refers to the organizational structure
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