Essays on Billiton

Health and Hospital Management

Numerous organizations have taken a holistic approach to health and healthcare system management as they seek to address the common problems related to the rising health care costs, need for insurance, and promotion of healthy staff. The organizations have sought to establish and implement health care plans for thousands of employees. The plans have raised the need to have administrative competence, excellence in case management, solid network of care providers and health care institutions and departments. Common health-related problems today require a continuum of care that is built upon the collaboration of several actors and institutions. For this reason, ...

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, COMMUNICATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS IN DISASTER TIMES – A CASE ANLAYSIS OF THE BENTO RODRIGUES DAM INCIDENT OF NOVEMBER 2015

Introduction On the 5th of November, 2015, the Bento Rodrigues Dam broke its bounds and flooded major settlements in Minas Gerais, in south east Brazil. The immediate result was due to an accidental leakage in the Bento Rodrigues Dam which caused the release of a large volume of toxic materials into the nearby Santarem River valley which flowed into the Doce River. The Dam is owned by Samarco which is owned jointly by Vale and British-Australian mining giant, BHP Billiton. The purpose of this research is to identify the major business and corporate communication issues that occurred in the ...