by the government of the United States‚ agreed to pay $525 million in civil penalties and has already paid billions in civil claims to all who were impacted by the spill. In addition‚ three BP employees were indicted on criminal charges and BP CEO Tony Hayward stepped down four months after the spill. The above summary about the tragic BP oil spill was as a result of nbcnews.com website. The article detailed the result of the BP Oil spill of 2010. After two and a half years‚ the US government and
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As AirAsia Bhd. (AIRA) prepares to more than triple its fleet‚ Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes says he wants to match the growth of his budget airline with discount hotels‚ mobile phones and financial services. Tune Group‚ the closely held parent company of Fernandes and business partner Kamarudin Meranun‚ may sell stock in some of the units by the end of next year‚ Fernandes said. Initial public offerings are also planned for AirAsia’s Indonesian budget arm and long-haul unit AirAsia X
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atmosphere of the IT department‚ while being a true visionary that was able to take BP through its darkest times into its finest hours while creating effective changes within the organization. While BP had goals of being the best and the brightest‚ the CEO‚ Tony Hayward admitted that the company had become‚ “ a serial under performer " that had promised an extreme amount‚ but not delivered very much. When Hayward brought in Dana Deasy‚ he saw something special in him. Deasy was granted a daunting task of
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Culture and diversity of a company is extremely important and will determine the success of a business. Deciding what culture is best for a company is challenging. A lot of focus should be on what type of leader is most appropriate for the organization. Implementing strong values will strengthen the company. The way company’s adapts to change will also affect the way a company will prosper during challenging times. Founded by Nick Swinmurn in 1999 Zappos Company is a solely web based retailer
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“Education‚ education‚ education”; Tony Blair identified that these were his key priorities when he came into office in 1997‚ aiming to raise standards and update the education system to fit a modern and thriving society (BBC News; 2007). This assessment will identify how New Labour’s policies emerged and how the policies they adopted influenced future education. This essay will further analyse any shortcomings in these policies and recommend changes that could have been made to make them more effective
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Effectively adding emotion to the piece and strengthening the position the broadcast is making‚ it also supports her position on what gets viewed in regards to ‘war’. Lane then continues by drawing the opposing views of prominent political figures Tony Abbott and George Brandis‚ which questions the position of the current government‚ raising the notion of ‘domestic political convenience.’ In doing so she provides a slight reflection in the broadcast‚ evident in the opposing views. The consequences
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et. al‚ 4). Many decisions made by John Browne were directly related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion. In 2007‚ Tony Hayward replaced John Browne and became the new chief executive. Tony Hayward slightly adjusted BP’s organizational structure and decided to pay more attention to BP’s safety issues and risk averse culture. However‚ the Deepwater Horizon explosion happened when Tony Hayward was in charge. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil explosion occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20‚ 2010‚ which
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our culture” (Zappos.com: The Zappos Family Story). Zappos views shoes as simply their base. With their customer service‚ they believe expanding into almost any category is possible. Challenges & Benefits Zappos is a unique organization. Tony Hsieh‚ the CEO‚ believes in and has studied happiness and motivation and uses these as the backbone to the company’s philosophy. Hsieh has core beliefs that have built the company into the empire it is‚ going from zero to $1 billion in sales in only
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flexibility for the company so that they can respond to any issues that arise in a timely manner. The integration of the differentiated units within the company is so streamlined that teams can be mixed and reformed occasionally without a hitch. CEO Tony Hsieh wrote a book about delivering happiness and incorporated its practices into the company model. To create customer loyalty‚ Hsieh established a work environment that emphasizes team building and family as a priority. The lines of authority are
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1) Find a list of all 10 of Zappos’ corporate values. Pick two of the values and explain how you think those values would influence the way employees do their work. a) Create fun and a little weirdness is one of the 10 Zappos’ values‚ I liked this corporate value a lot because in order for every employee to do his/her work in a good way‚ they have to have a little fun once in a while to make the work interesting and exciting for everyone‚ in this company they laugh at themselves every once in
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