Collapse Reports Samples For Students

Ancient societies and their collapse pose a complicated issue in front human race. There are many ancient societies which have survived the test of time like Tikopea, Tonga, Java, Japan, but there are many which were weakened due to multi-factorial reasons which made it impossible to survive. Some societies were vulnerable to the environment and changing tides of time which led to their collapse.

Collapse of the Anasazi (Southwestern US)

The basic problem of collapse of Southwestern US society of Anasazi was its marginal and fragile environment for agriculture, soils which were quickly exhausted, slow forest regrowth and unpredictable and low rainfall. Environmental problems like streambed ...

The Sleipner A is an oil and gas production platform in the North Sea. The platform has some concrete-filled cells which support it to the seabed as at a height of 82 meters. Occupying a total base area of 16000m squared. An accident occurred when the base structure developed a leak and sank during the preparation process for deck mating in Gandsfjorden in 1991 (Sinteff, 1997).
Based on the investigation that was conducted it may be concluded that the extensive loss was as a result of failure of a cell wall. The wall developed an extensive crack and leakage that developed an extremely ...

Introduction

The collapse of the I-75 Bridge in Cincinnati is just but some of the engineering disasters that have led to loss of properties and in advanced cases, the loss of lives. Such disasters are generally man-made in the sense that they occur or are caused by structures that have been manufactured by humans. In most cases, man-made infrastructures fail or collapse as a result of misappropriation of engineering materials or as a result of the reaction of between certain environmental conditions and the engineering materials. Engineering disasters such as the 1-75 Bridge collapse can be traced from as early as 1297 ...

[Subduction Initiation]

Abstract

The major purpose of this report is to explore the process of subduction initiation by looking at its implications. The initiation of subduction is among the main plate tectonic process hence it comes out as an important subject of study when exploring the geological structure of the Earth. In order to explore all the elements associated with this, the paper is categorized into topics that cover important aspects. First, it is important to study when and why subduction initiation begins since this will give a picture about its relation with plate tectonic movement. It comes out that ...

Inset your name

Hamleys, a flagship store located in London, is the personification of success when looking at business. The company is named after its originator, William Hamley, who in 1760 founded a toy shop. Over its long history, Hamleys has changed ownership a number of times due to innumerable of reasons, the very latest being by a toy retailer located in France. This paper will analyze the change in business environment for Hamleys in the last decade using the three sigma theory of business models. Special attention will be given to human resource development and management as well as the financial function at Hamleys. Finally, ...

Concrete is the most economical building material that can withstand high compressive strength, but cannot exhibit sufficient tensile forces. On the other hand, steel is considered a good building material in the context of tensile strength. It can withstand tensile strength much more than concrete. A properly designed concrete building structure hold increased strength and ductility even in areas prone to seismic conditions. The performance of buildings during an earthquake depends mainly on design instead of the material used in the process of construction. In conducting comparison between concrete and steel buildings, on can find benefits in both types of ...

Introduction

The introduction of banks replaced the traditional method of storing money. During the Stone Age period, human beings stored their possessions in caves and caverns. An ancient Chinese legend talked of a dragon which was the kept by villagers to guard their treasure. The banking industry replaced the need for hiring animals and soldiers to guard their possessions. The advent of banking replaced the barter trade and signaled the demise of the traditional method of keeping money. The conventional banking system was first developed in England. Banks kept equal an equivalent amount of gold or platinum with the amount of ...

Module

Executive Summary
With the changing demand across the emerging economies, the centres of activity in the steel production market are shifting away from the traditional markets in North America and Europe towards Southeast and Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Established players are facing increasingly stringent competition from technology-constrained players in the emergent market, coupled with fast growing markets in those countries, which they can capitalise on. This report includes an internal assessment of Severstal, one of the world’s largest steel producers, followed by a five forces analysis of the steel industry. The second section of the paper ...

Introduction:

The automotive industry has been one of the largest industries in Australia. Its production has been mainly on passenger Moto vehicle, light Moto vehicles, and heavy trucks. They also produce motor vehicle components. Recently the industry has faced a big challenge. Despite government support, the industries still show negative signs that could lead to an eventual collapse. Numerous reports and analysis by industry leaders such as former Ford boss Jac Nasser indicates that the industry is currently in disarray and may collapse.
The automotive industry is one of Australia’s leading industries .It has become played a major role as a ...

Abstract

In order to make a sound investment, it is important to evaluate the available opportunities and come out with a proper investment decision based on the past, present and future market trends. This calls for thorough analysis of both the industry and the individual investment in order to ascertain its viability and profitability. This paper focuses on Ford Motor Company stock, which for quite some time, had been left for dead. The paper gives a brief background of the problems that the company was faced with, which resulted in its poor performance. It further highlights how the company turned around from an ...

Introduction

For many years, financial crises have been pervasive. According to Collardi (2012), the frequency of occurrence of financial crises in the recent decades has doubled the occurrence during the Bretton Woods Period and the Gold Standard Era. Nevertheless, the occurrence of the 2007-2008 financial crisis came as a great surprise to many individuals. Initially, the crisis was seen as difficulties that were being experienced in the United States subprime mortgage market. This, however, spilled rapidly to the financial markets before spilling over to the real economy. This paper discusses the causes of the financial crisis and the measures that ...

Introduction

In 2008, the world's beginning of the financial and economic crisis that emerged in the form of a strong reduction of the main economic indicators in most advanced economies, later grew into a global recession economy.
The emergence of the crisis is associated with a number of factors: the general cyclical economic development; overheating of the credit market and who appeared his consequence of the mortgage crisis; high commodity prices (including oil); overheating of the stock market.
The predecessor of the 2008 financial crisis was the US mortgage crisis, which in early 2007 affected the subprime mortgage. Second wave of mortgage ...

The Australian car industry has been experiencing a decline in sales both domestically and internationally. According to reports the continued poor performance of the industry will lead to lose of jobs with the leading car manufacturer, General Motors Holden, announcing that it is planning to lay off 400 workers. The poor performance is basically due to the high cost of production in the Australian market. As a result, to rescue the industry therefore, the government has to come in by providing subsidies (ABC News, 2013). The subsidies will help the industry survive the hard economic time it is experiencing. The high ...

UNETHICAL AND ABUSIVE FINANCIAL DEALINGS IN THE U.S.

INTRODUCTION
In this essay, one unethical and abusive financial dealings' story will be given. The unethical dealings and their effects on national and global economy will be discussed. The unethical financial dealing story is “Subprime Mortgage Crisis in the U.S. And the following global financial crisis”.
Adam Smith's teachings indicated us how important to have ethical principles among agents in an economy. Ethical principles are essential for fair transactions and for a efficient working economy. They are like traffic lights, if people follows red and green lights and no accident ...

BOP Assignment

A firm’s internal and external environment affects its performance in the market. It is worth noting that there are several tools of analysis used to determine the manner in which a given organization performs in its environment. Business operations take place within an environment. The environment factors are classified into internal and external factors depending on the type and ability of the firm to control. In this case, BHS is an example of an enterprise that was bought by an investor and merged into his wider business. After a while, it was on the verge of collapse, and ...

Executive Summary

British Petroleum (BP) has to design and implement a change management program with immediate effect. This is to convince the workforce that the proposed massive job cut is vital for the survival of the organization. As part of this program, the BP management has to make some key changes to its HR policies and practices. The organization should rely specifically on mobile-based e-learning platforms and social media learning in order to promote HR training and development. In addition, the company may use tools such as recognition, perks, and gifting for rewarding employees who go beyond their responsibilities. Finally, the ...

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: CAIFU

Executive Summary
Caifu, in an effort to maintain its growth and sustainability, looks to invest its money in a credible organization that has a sound management system and trustworthy leadership. Currently, the companies at its disposition include H&M and Next. Prior to committing any initial capital outlays to one of these companies there is a need for a very thorough analysis in relation to what choice would be lucrative to Caifu especially in the long run. As an employee affiliated to Caifu and its interests, I have been asked to come up with a management report to forward to ...

Abstract

The aim of this experiment was to determine the relationship between the Young’s Modulus and the deflection of a beam. Since different materials have different values of Young’s Modulus, the students selected three different materials for the experiment. In this case, the materials used include timber, aluminium, and steel. All the materials were identical in terms of the dimensions such as width and length. The each beam of the three materials was subjected to some magnitude of force at the centre and deflection measured. Data concerning the magnitude of load and the corresponding defection were then gathered ...

1.0. Introduction
Russia is rated among some of the most developed and fastest growing economies of the world. The country is enriched with natural resources of which oil and gas are the most worth mentioning (Alexeevand Weber, 2013). This paper sets out to investigate into the growth of Russian economy. Initial section aims to briefly overview the current trends relating to GDP growth, which is followed by the identification of chief characteristic of economy (i.e. overheating or unemployment). In a later part, the impact of economic downturn encountered a few years ago on the Russian economy and the government’ ...

Introduction

In the current world where intensity of competition is high, large corporations cannot carry out their market operations effectively unless they are able to cut down their operating costs. In this context, firms tend to combine their synergies so as to take advantages of shared facilities and efforts, and hence to share business risks. As a result, today airline companies are willing to become members of global alliances and add value to their sustainability efforts. This paper will critically evaluate the formation, membership, and operational activities of three major global airline alliances including Star Alliance, Oneworld, and SkyTeam.

Formation

Headquartered ...

Thames Tunnel: Travelling under the river

Recognized as engineering virtuoso, Isambard Kingdom Brunel is also acknowledged for his audacious plans and colossal structures that are critical parts in even today’s times. Brunel amalgamated innovation and immeasurable boldness of foresight in constructing his oft contentious “trophies.” Born to French and English parents, Brunel began his internship with his father on the building of London’s Thames Tunnel. Soon after, Brunel was designated as the projects’ resident engineer; aside from being the lead engineer, Brunel was also able to gain considerable knowledge and exposure on cement and brick structures that would serve him in his future ...

Introduction

The building to be assessed in this paper is the Menards hardware store located at 3210 North Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The store belongs to the Menards hardware chain stores. It stocks essential hardware supplies such as nails, gardening tools, light fixtures, furniture as well as groceries. The primary users of this building are shoppers and employees.

Risk Analysis

The likely perpetrators of violence at this site are domestic and international terrorists and individuals. The terrorists are likely to use explosives while individuals are likely to use guns such as shot guns or automatic rifles. The target victims are likely ...

Introduction

Faster travel time, a feat of human imagination and a masterpiece of engineering. These are but some of the things that airplanes embody in the world. While there have been many records and variations throughout history of emulating flight, it was the Wright Brothers that finally made modern aircrafts possible back in 1903 . Since then the “aeroplane” has been used in many situations of human history. Such situations include public transportation, combat and even entertainment.
This invention did not come without a price however; just as when dynamite was used in manners that were against the wishes of Alfred Nobel (leading ...

Acronyms and Glossary

OSI – Open System Interconnection
UDP – User Datagram Protocol is one of the important transport layer protocol used for internet that allows computer applications to send messages.

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol is one of another internet communication protocol

DSL – Digital Subscriber Line is a technology that provides an internet access and transmits digital data over the local telephone line.

UTP – unshielded twisted pair widely used for local area networks

Hub – A hub is a device to connect multiple Ethernet devices
RJ45 – A connector standard used for Ethernet connections and telephone cables
Introduction
Lindley Hall is a steel and limestone building and has 5 stories. The client wants to connect approximately 1000 computers in the building. Out of these 1000 computers, ...

- Introduction
Since Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, there have been a plethora of changes in the country. However, in other ways, the country has remained much the same as it was under British rule. To this day, Hong Kong remains a special administrative region of China, which means that it is afforded special economic and political freedoms that the rest of the country is not afforded. Today, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world, and has a GDP that is the 44th largest in the world. This is no mean feat ...

On June 28, 1914, World War I started between Serbia and Austria-Hungary with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As time went on, many other countries joined the war. Three years after the start of the Great War, the United States entered World War I due to the Zimmermann telegram, the sinking of the Lusitania, the sinking of other ships by the German U-boats, and the Russian revolution as well as for financial reasons. On April 16, 1917, the United States declared war and sided with the Allies. In 1918, the war that changed the world forever had ended.
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Company Overview

Sony Corporation is among the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics products in the world. The company engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of various types of electronic instruments, equipment, and devices for consumer, industrial, and professional markets. Primarily, the company operates in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, and America. The company also distributes gaming software and hardware ('Sony Corporation SWOT Analysis' 2013, p. 3). The company does the distribution, manufacture, and broadcasting of image-based software such as motion picture, television products, and recorded music. The company’s manufacturing facilities are mainly located in Asia, but the company ...

Introduction

Aviation legislation has a central role in any company since they govern the operation of aircrafts as well as the maintenance of all aviation facilities. In addition, the legislation of aviation are mandated with the creation of acceptable Air worthiness standards as they given by the law of the land. A majority of such legislation is Federal governed with state governments prohibited from enacting and creating administrative agencies regulating air traffic laws that are federal based. Worth noting is the fact that there is a difference between regulations (legislation) and requirements Houck, 2006. For instance, legislation are the aviation laws that ...

1.0 Introduction
The recent financial and banking crisis in UK can be traced to five years back (2007/2008). However, the root causes of the problem could be traced to the 1970s and the 1980 when the US and UK governments when UK and US deregulated their financial markets. The relaxation of the existing financial regulations enabled financial institutions to raise money from different areas of the world. This enabled the rapid growth of financial service businesses to levels that had not been witnessed before. However, the net effect of liberalizing the credit market was the massive expansion of ...

Answer 1)

The nightmares of global financial crisis began in 2007 and despite the efforts of central banks and policy makers to restore the economy, the crisis were intensified in 2008. The proven impotency of policy responses and multiple views of number of economists and analysts over causes of Financial Crisis, has raised the root causes of global financial crisis.

The Sub Prime Lending:
The continued trend of increasing prices in housing sector because of excessive liberal and accomodative policy along with lax liberal standards during the period of 2002-2006, led to large issue of mortgage credit to households including ...

Abstract

This report discusses the causes and the negative effects of the insurance market crises. Using some case studies, it suggests a number of solutions to help eliminate or at least reduce the damage caused to global economic crunch and insurance market crisis.

Introduction

The aim of this research is to examine the causes and effects of market insurance crises. This work takes a comprehensive analysis of past crises while exploring how these disasters affect the entire insurance industry, and target market such as increasing liabilities underwritten by insurers. The paper proceeds to explore how the crisis affected insurers’ performance in several markets ...

Diagnosis:

1-Does a strategic plan exist?
Yes, a strategic plan exists at Macmillan State College. When Scott Ferguson took over as the vice president of business affairs at the College, he had a vision to use technology to improve the work efficiency in the school by purchasing new software. In his plan, the new software would help the accounting department, admissions department, development department and administration department. This was a noble idea and he formed a steering committee and a redesign team that would oversee the redesign process.

2-Does it begin with a vision statement?

Yes, the steering committee had a vision statement. 3-Are the goals and objectives clear and measurable?
The ...

International Finance

A floating currency refers to a system of currency valuation where by the exchange rate of a country’s currency depends on the supply and demand of that currency relative to foreign currencies. Floating rates of exchange usually vary freely because they are determined by trade activities in the forex market. A floating system of currency valuation is the complete opposite of the fixed rate of exchange. The fixed rate of exchange regime is where by the rate of exchanging the currency in relation to other foreign currencies is set at a constant rate.
Countries can either choose the fixed rate ...