Essays on Horizon

British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon disaster

Deepwater Horizon disaster is the largest marine oil spill in the history. The oil spill resulted in hazardous chemicals in the seawater and killed thousands of marine creatures. The oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico region on 20 April 2010 due to Deepwater Horizon rig that was operated by Transocean and leased by British Petroleum. In response to the oil Deepwater Horizon oil spill, British Petroleum took actions to overcome the after effects of the disaster and made further changes in the code of conduct to avoid oil spills in future. Veil, Sellnow and Wickline (2013) criticize ...

Deepwater Horizon

Synopsis The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Transocean, a U.S owned company that specializes in deep water drilling equipment (Ingersoll, Locke, & Reavis, 2012). The $560 million rig was operated by a crew of 126 people (Ingersoll et al., 2012) roughly 45 miles off the Louisiana coast (Mullins, 2010). On April 20, 2010, the exploratory Macondo well experienced an explosion that not only created one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in U.S. history but killed 11 people (Barstow, Rohde & Saul, 2010). The environmental effects were devastating. It took 87 days ...

Forecasting methods in health services

Forecasting is a mathematical prediction process that uses the data from the past records to predict the future outcomes. In the case of the health services, it uses the number of patients visiting a given health facility for a given period of time, like, say, for a whole year or a month in order to predict the estimated number of expected patients in the following year. This helps the health facility managers to make a prior plan of financial and material expenditure for the year or month to come. In addition, forecasting helps to monitor the operational efforts in ...

Humanity and Morality

Friedrich Nietzsche The madman Where is God? he cried. I’ll tell you! You have killed him – you and I! We are all his murderers. But how did we do this? How were we able to drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Where is it moving to now? Where are we moving to? Away from all suns? Are we continually falling? And backwards Nietszche The Gay Science 125 The first important observation concerning Nietzsche’s text is that ...

A critical Evaluation of the response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Introduction The oil industry plays a significant role in providing the oil used as fuel in other major industries that drive the economy. Due diligence and utmost care are among the guiding principles that regulate the industry as any problem may have adverse effects on the environment as well as human and animal life. However, due to unavoidable circumstances, the oil spillage sometimes occurs with devastating results on the seabed and the animal life that lives under the waters. The Deepwater Horizon is one of the worst accidents that happened in the oil production and processing industry. It happened ...

Introduction

Emergency management has a place in the history of not only the US but its environs as well. The period between 1900 and 2010 has seen disasters that have ranged from earthquakes, drought, and hurricanes just to mention a few of the natural disasters that have marred the country. There are those disasters that have faced the country only that this time, they were deemed to be artificial in the sense that human factors had a hand in them. These include oil spills, terrorism, and human arsonists. It is critical to note that in the earlier times when disasters ...

ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

3. Analysis and Findings 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Analytical Tool – Regression Multiple regressions are performed to assess the relationship of single independent variable i.e. crude oil prices (on Brent benchmarking) with all four dependent variables including Indian GDP growth, Indian Balance of Payments, Exchange rate between INR and USD, and the inflation rate in India. 3.3. Measures for Independent Variable – Crude Oil Price Crude oil is the most commonly traded commodity in the international market. Crude oil price stands independent variable in the underlying study, and same is considered for this purpose of analysis. The Periodic time frame for change ...

Abstract

The current discussion is aimed at the dissection of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability of British Petroleum (BP) by taking the case of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in to consideration. By commencing the discussion with an overview of the externalities present in the oil industry, the pressures on oil companies are examined which is further evaluated through the application of stakeholder theory and the theory of utilitarianism. In the case of BP, it is revealed that the resort to CSR was primarily a reactive measure to correct its tainted brand image and save it from reputational risks. ...

A unit trust is a form of a collective investment scheme that allows investors to pool their money for the purpose of investing in the Malaysian stock market and other approved investment portfolios (Hassan, 2016). The unit consists of three parties, the fund manager, the trustee, and the unit holder (Hassan, 2016). A unit trust is governed by a trust deed that outlines the objectives of the fund, the investment style, and the relationship between the unit holders, the fund manager, and the trustees (Fabozzi and Markowitz, 2011). The fund manager is responsible of investing the funds of the ...

1. Project Proposal 1.1. Research Background Media campaign has always been central consideration for any marketing plan. Trends of communication using different media have been undergoing steady evolution for the past several decades. Today’s marketing plan involves much more sophistications than ever before requiring companies to adopt state-of-the-art approach to it to maximize their chances of success (Napoli, 2011; Noll, 2007). The proposed research is going to revolve around the assessment of effective ways of collecting the required data for STA (a traveling agency) helping it develop its new marketing plan aligning to existing and emerging trends of ...

About the case:

Rodney Chu, the managing director of Sierra Capital Partners is interested in purchasing 60% equity interest in Arcadian Microarray Technologies, a biotechnology firm founded in the year 2003. At present, Sierra Capital Partners have offered $40 million to Arcadian for selling their equity interest. This amount will be used for expansion of the firm. While Arcadian management have forecasted an optimistic projection for their firm’s performance over the period of 11 years, however, Sierra’s projections reveal a conservative outlook. Therefore, Mr. Chu is interested in ascertaining the terminal value and discounting the cash flows and the terminal ...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill occurred in the location of Gulf of Mexico on April 20th of 2010 due to an explosion which took place on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig. Transocean, the operator and owner of the oil rig, is an offshore-oil-drilling company. However, it had been leased by BP Oil Company. A natural gas caused the blasting which caused a wellhead blowout. The blowout resulted in the worst marine oil spill in the history. Despite attempts to put a temporary seal to prevent the further oil spill, the equipment malfunctioned. The oil the contamination extended spill ...

Following the Napoleonic wars, there was a gentlemen’s agreement between both Britain and the French empire to largely stay out of one another’s way. Nevertheless, they still nearly came to blows on a number of occasions during the 19th century. Yet, the British and French Empires gradually came to see one another as potential allies, even if not as close friends. This relationship benefited both powers in very material ways. Both were concerned about the increasingly aggressive nature of Germany and the alliances it was forming, as well as the rising power of Russia under the Czar. ...

Salvador Dali (1904-198) was a Spanish artist considered to be the icon of the Surrealist movement. Probably the most universally famous and highly regarded of the artists of the twentieth century, Salvador Dali was born in the town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain where his father held the position of notary public. Although well known as a painter of the Surrealist Movement, he was also a gifted photographer and film maker. As a child, Dali was encouraged in his art by his family and in particular a friend of his father’s, a lawyer named Pepito Pichot, whose brother ...

Acknowledgements

The research was supported by [name of foundation] who provided the information on the company present and past. I would like to thank [name] for assistance with the information, sharing and evaluation the process of strategy building, sharing the ideas about the built strategy and telling what was done before to develop the company. I would also like to show my gratitude to [name] who gave some precious comments about the work of the company that helped to process the research and work out some ideas of improvement.

Approval Sheet

Executive Summary The case study of the Golden Horizon Placement Agency ...

The differences between the Christianity and Judaism lie in the differences of understanding, evaluation and apprehension of the Old Testament and the New Testament. To understand what happens then, we must first take into account the fact that, originally, the nascent Christian movement is fully Jewish. Jesus himself is Jewish. His disciples were Jewish. And all the great figures of the first Christian generation, Jacques, Peter, and Paul, to name a few, are Jews. Thus, the Christian movement was born and began to grow within Judaism. However, that Judaism was soon through a terrible crisis, caused by the destruction ...

Introduction

The Bank of America is one of the largest financial institutions in the United States of America. In accordance with 2015 reports, the company was the twenty-third biggest company in the United States in terms of gross revenue. When the company acquired Merill Lynch in 2009, it became one of the most significant wealth and investment management corporations in the world, demonstrating 10-12% increase of its assets and portfolio annually (Bank of America, 2016). Holding more than 14% of all banking deposits in the United States, the firm has presence in all regions of the United States and in ...

The Gulf of Mexico experienced a huge explosion on April 20, 2010, that caused the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killing eleven people in Transocean, an offshore oil-drilling company owned Deepwater Horizon Oil rig leased by BP (The Ocean Portal Team, 2015). The accident posed numerous environmental threats that affected marine life, businesses, and posed risks to human health.

BP’s response towards stakeholder’s concerns

Stakeholders in the oil drilling company raised many issues concerning the issue whereby BP responded positively towards these issues and concerns. Many factors led to the conclusion that BP management was much concerned about the accident. First, BP ...

Visual Literacy: Thomas Hoepker 9/11 Photograph

According to Liu, the rapid advancement of science and technology is influencing significant transformation in human communication systems (1259). The visual element of communication is now being utilized widely with images, color, and other multimodal resources being used for more than entertainment and illustration (Harrison 46). Visual messages are being used to convey significant meaning (Liu 1259). The visual culture is becoming popular due to its ability to communicate instantly and universally via the Internet (Bamford 2). As such, people should be able to decode and interpret the various visual images that are exposed to them every day to ...

Introduction

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill started in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the British Petroleum-owned Macondo Prospect. Taking after the blast and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil fix, an ocean depths oil gusher streamed for almost 90 days, polluting the sea water with crude oil and killing off most of the plant and animal life in that ecosystem. Current BP authorities wouldn't remark on the record for this story. Be that as it may, individuals acquainted with within BP's emergency control exertion and outside specialists say at an early stage, BP didn't have an advertising ...

Executive Summary

The report is designed to develop the strategic marketing plan for Vertical Horizon Company for its coming three years. The company was founded in 2003 in New Zealand,and it offers adventurous services. The major activities of the company include Team building, Training of leadership, camping, camps for children, adventurous activities, Family get-togethers and reunions, parties, events and celebrations and Catering, Venue and accommodation services. Based on the situation analysis, strength and weaknesses of Vertical Horizon are found along with the future opportunities and threats to the company. Keeping the analysis in mind, the three marketing objectives are designed ...

‘Just a great expanse of black mud’ Hurson (p225) the story explains the gender duties and relationships between female and male counterparts in the society Janie Crawford is the main character who was against the devalued race men had on women in the family. Nanny her friend, in her statement, said that Janie need to get married to a man, not for love but good protection and wanted her to domesticate all, her responsibilities in a silent and responsible way. Throughout the narration, Janie was looking for her identity that was not ready to follow traditions but is an ...

Part 1.

These paintings come from a ten-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with a fairly severe cause of autism. He has to have someone sitting next to him if he is going to make art. He was supplied with a variety of sponges and paint to make patterns. Their repetitive nature comes from the fact that if you do not prompt him in a different direction, he keeps doing the same thing over and over. When I look at the paintings at lower left, lower right and upper right, I am somewhat surprised that this is only a ten-year-old making ...

QI: Comparing Opinions of CEOs and the CIO

Technology contributes to improvement in hierarchical, a functional structure. It also can significantly improve internal and external processes of a company. In many situations, the goals and objectives of a commercial organization are different from the ones that Chief Information Officer (CIO) sets for the technical side of the business. The reality shows, however, that the only effective way to build on the sustainable growth of a company is to ensure that collaboration and transparent communication process define the way CIO and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) work together. With that in mind, setting the budget and defining strategic goals ...

The company made an attempt to differentiate itself from the competitors in the industry; the company created a strategy that saw the change of the name from British Petroleum to Beyond Petroleum. Public relations and advertisement strategies were put in pace to ensure the company changed the image that people already perceived the company to be. Adequate planning was suitable in that the awareness of the company drastically grew from 4 % to 67% in the year 2007. The company was able to win the Gold Award from the American Marketing Association (Mejri & Wolf, 2013). In the previous years and ...

The role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic management plan while considering stakeholders needs and agendas

Introduction Ethics are the code of conducts or the rules placed to govern certain processes. Ethics vary from place to place depending on the environment, cultural, social and religious practices among others. Ethics, therefore, dictate how people should behave in certain situations. Social responsibility, on the other hand, is what companies or firms do to show that they are concerned about the society in which the company or business is set up. An example of social responsibility is when a corporation participates in a fundraising that is conducted to help improve the lives of people living in a particular ...

Value-at-Risk

Introduction Risk assessment is essential in portfolio management. A portfolio manager has the duty of maximising returns of the portfolio of the assets for each level of risk. Alternatively, a portfolio manager should minimise the risk of the portfolio at any level of return of the portfolio. Several models are used in assessing the risk involved in a portfolio of investments. Value-at-risk is widely applied in determining portfolio risk. We explore the concept of value-at-risk and its usage in portfolio management.

It is a model that measures how much the value of a portfolio could fall over a specified ...

There are many hundreds and thousands of talented artists, but there are only several whose name is known to all people around the world. Claude Monet, father of the Impressionism movement, is one of them (Fitzgerald 181). He started from caricatures in his notebooks and grew into one of the renowned artists, whose talent and ability to see nature in its most astonishing manifestation inspired generations of artists. Throughout his life, he experimented with various techniques in order to find his vision. With help of Eugen Boudin, his mentor, who taught him techniques of outdoor painting, Claude Monet soon ...

I would meet up with the top management and inform them of the problems that the project was facing. I would explain to them that the cost they had estimated was off by $1,250,000. It is important for the top management to know because they had made wrong estimates before taking time to investigate whether the product could be produced at a cost less than $200. The excitement of availing a color laser printer to the market overshadowed the reality of the costs that would be incurred. The brainstorming meeting held with significant stakeholders yielded numerous suggestions. ...

Executive Summary

Financial planning is both a science and an art. To properly determine the viable asset allocation for each individual, their time horizon and life goals are given prime consideration. In this case, the near retirement couple would be suitable for investments that provide a fixed return. Since they expect to derive income from their retirement fund, it should likewise be able to create a positive fixed income stream. Meanwhile, the risk level of their fund should be at the low end. The couple does not have the chance to recover losses if any, as compared to when they were ...

Report:

Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Nationality: EnglishDate: 1563 Title: Tower of Babel Genre: Religious Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 114 x 155 cm (Tower of Babel, 2016). Pieter Bruegel Pieter Bruegel I, referred to as Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a notable artist from the southern Netherlandish family of artists that were active during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Bruegel, the astoundingly inventive painter, ushered in a humanizing spirit with his works. He was born between 1525 and 1530 in or near Breda. His compositions were sophisticated and brilliantly organized . There is very little known bout Bruegel as the ...

Deepwater Horizon was an oil platform built in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 miles from the Louisiana coast and the Mississippi River delta (Department of Justice). Deepwater Horizon was operated by the global petro-chemical giant British Petroleum. On April 20, 2010, the platform caught fire and exploded killing eleven workers on the platform. The explosion also significantly damaged the platform base and foundation. By April 22, the platform crumbed to the sea and sank. Consequently, the pipes the were pumping oil into the platform were severed and oil began flowing in the Gulf of Mexico. By the time ...

What is the basis of hermeneutic inquiry?

The basis of hermeneutic inquiry is the use of methods that allow for a deeper level of connection with the content. Rather than being based on a critical inquiry, hermeneutics are developed through a more basic method. Hermeneutics moves beyond simple descriptions in an attempt to better understand what is being communicated or represented within a text. The focus is therefore on making the effort to commit to viewing the content from the point of view of the author. This is done through the establishment of principles that allow for the researcher to develop a more profound attachment to ...

After a massive methane gas leak, Governor of California, Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, January sixth, 2016. The methane leak had taken place near the Porter Ranch that neighbors the North West part of California. The governor cited the reason that the government was not protecting the safety and health of the public by letting the gas flow to the atmosphere for more than eleven weeks, and he wanted the California Gas Company to be accounted for all the violations and costs. According to an official coming from the California Air Resources Board, the leak ...

(Teacher Name)

An earthquake is any seismic event that causes seismic waves. These can be caused by human activity or natural causes. For example, fracking often causes earthquakes which are human caused. Earthquakes often shake or displace the ground or surface of the earth near the epicenter and if the displaced earth is under the ocean, it will usually cause a tsunami. Most earthquakes are caused by geological faults but they can also be caused by landslides, mine blasting, and volcanic activity. Earthquakes are measured by overserving seismometers that are set up across the globe in strategic places for ...

Introduction

In this strategic management module, it lays out on how to determine the strategic dilemma to form a corporate level strategy of an organization. Organizations with a strategic corporate level strategy tend to be more competitive and out perform their competitors in the market. As such, these organizations have clear path of how to position their business in the market and maintain certain advantage over their competitors. Furthermore corporate level strategy usually is in a 1 to 5 years horizon, it involves significant amount of resources and are not easily reversible. Therefore, it is important for an organization to ...

Introduction

The landscape has often been used as a descriptive element and to create an atmospheric perspective in art work by different artists since ancient times. Beautiful landscapes are believed to detoxify the spirit and mind, and carry a healing power as stated by Andrews (1999, p.53). They are an effort by the artist to capture the fleeting moment of nature in time on the canvas.Thesis “The Shore at Trouville Sunset Effect” by Courbet, who is known to initiate the Realist movement in 19th-century that bridged the Romantic Movement and the Impressionists (The Shore at Trouville Sunset Effect, 2016). The ...

Investment Goal:

The overall objective of this portfolio is to earn a sustainable return by assuming average level risk over the period of 10 years. The eventual objective of this portfolio is to fund my post –retirement life, however, I am keeping the time horizon here up to 10 years for now as with me still being in a young age, I opt to assume average risk. However, in order to avoid payment of taxes on my cash inflows, I will solely be investing in mutual funds suitable for IRA investment

Investment Style:

Considering my average risk tolerance and investment period of 10 ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take photographs of a movie while you are watching it? Well, that is how the famed photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto got his start. He was in a theatre that happened to be showing an Audrey Hepburn flick, and so he took some still shots of the movie as it was playing (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, web). That was just the first instance of Sugimoto finding innovative ways to represent the reality he sees in the world around him. It was when Sugimoto was 28 years old that his first formal ...

Research Methodology

A research methodology states the general approach that guided the research on the effect of training on employee motivation and job satisfaction in the hospitality industry. The methodology entails the research philosophy, approach, methods, strategy and tools employed in the research. Also, the methodology specifies the applied time horizon in the case study of Ritz Carlton Hotel. The methodology elaborates the underlying concepts and theories to support our choice of approach as shown below:

Research philosophy

This research was guided by the realism philosophy which postulates that entities and associations exist as given and are independent of theories and perceptions about ...

Christopher Columbus was quite sure that it was possible to sail to East Asia and India by heading to the west from Europe. His convictions were based not on obscure and legendary news of the discovery of Finland by the Normans, but on the considerations of Columbus' genius. The warm voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to the western shore of Europe evidenced of the existence of a great land in the west. Vincent, the Portuguese skipper, caught a piece of wood in the sea near the Azores (Eckhart 88-89). which depicted figures carved on it. The carving was ...

Objectives

CN Tower is located in Toronto, Canada. CN Tower was established in 1976 and stands one hundred and forty-seven stories above the ground (Green, 2004). Scenic views, exquisite restaurants and thrilling activities at tremendous heights and are the favorite experiences on the tower, therefore, it is Canada’s national heritage and a consistent tourist attraction. Major tourist attractions to CN Tower entail the thrill of living and observing the city at high heights. A competitive analysis of CN Towers experiences is the basis for this study. Innovative tower experiences in the world have posed a stiff competition towards the ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to provide a detailed analysis of Nike Inc’s stock for the client of our company. While the eventual objective is to provide a rational and non-bias recommendation on the stock to the client, however, adhering to the professional standard of performing the analysis with due diligence, selecting the stock as per client’s suitability and supporting our recommendation with appropriate research work, we aim to be comprehensive in our analysis approach while appraising the company’s stock. Therefore, before initiating the financial analysis of the company using financial ratios and stock price analysis, we ...

Trump, Turner, Winfrey

Donald Trump Donald Trump needs little introduction. He is a celebrity well known for his real estate deals; TV reality show, “The Apprentice”; and megalomaniac utterings on just about everything. As the head of The Trump Organization, LLC, Donald Trump has investments in hundreds of subsidiaries in dozens of industries around the world.

Ted Turner

Ted Turner is well known as the former CEO of the Turner Broadcasting Network and the creator of the Cable News Network (CNN), the first ever twenty-four-hour global news network. The Turner Company currently has over one hundred of the world’s best known brands in ...

The United States of America Maritime company under consideration is the company Matson, Inc. The most important companies of maritime transport of the world have headquarters outside the United States of America. A.P. Moller-Maersk is the most important company in the world according to its annual transport capacity of 2.8 million twenty-foot containers, its headquarters are in Copenhagen, Denmark. The second company is Mediterranean Shipping Company from Geneva, Switzerland with a capacity of 2.4 million twenty-foot containers. The third company is CMA CGM from Paris, France with a capacity of 1.6 million twenty-foot containers (Moggomcom, 2015). Matson Inc. is ...

Introduction

Decisions on new investments entails considering various aspects of a project. In that respect, the cost and return aspects of a project are key to an investor and there are various methods of analyzing the value expected from such projects. With that, capital appraisal is a crucial process for businesses and investors and this report presents an analysis of the Deluxe case that considers introducing a new range of clothes to address the market changes. Capital budget appraisal, referred to also capital budgeting primarily is a process facilitating firm’s investments determination concerns for both long-run and short-run. It ...

Successful projects ensure maximization of wealth to investors minimizes negative environmental impacts to the society and enables positive contribution to the community. The first step to achieving these goals requires the consideration of due diligence in business operations. Due diligence involves the identification and assessment of risk to ensure the viability of financial project. Therefore, risk management is an important function in business management that enables the achievement of due diligence (Sadgrove, 2008). Business are required to incorporate due diligence in their risk management processes because it present several benefits (Sprinkle, & Maines, 2010). Even so, most business chose not ...

Abstract

People travel frequently, to various locations, and on multiple reasons; this makes the hospitality industry a critical driver of the economy growth for any country. Today, the concept of hospitality management implies a severe concern of sustainability in social, economic, environmental domains of business making. This international hospitality strategy focuses on providing excellent visitor service, achieving financial targets, and reducing negative effects on the local and global environment. Because of the lack of empirical research dedicated to environmental management in hospitality industry, the proposed study aims at investigating environmental management and its impact on the organizational performance of the ...

Following the occurrence of the deep water horizon disaster, this case study is to evaluate the possible factors that contributed to the disaster at Deep Water Horizon, Crisis communication. This would help in coming up with recommendations and crisis management of such cases.

Organizational factors The deep ocean water was preventable had there been existing practices and progressives guidelines to be followed. Those catastrophic failures was because of multiple violations of laws governing the public resource development and the proper regulatory oversight. Due to occurrence of this deep ocean water disaster, additional weaknesses in the barriers of the system ...

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CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 Introduction The chapter three is comprised of the research approach that will be applied in order to examine the factors of attractiveness of Kuwait shopping malls from the shoppers’ perceptions. In this manner, the current study aims to analyze the accessibility, parking, store tenant mix, atmosphere, orientation and infrastructure facilities of Kuwait's shopping centers and their relation to the shoppers’ perception of the mall's attractiveness. The current research will also enlighten the problem statement, research objectives and research questions. Afterwards, the research will incorporate the research design in accordance with its purpose and methodology. The structured ...

1.0. Research Methodology As name implies, research methodology refers to the set of methods and techniques utilized to undertake a research (Kothari, 2004). So this phase of discussion sets out to describe and analyse all the tools and strategies relating to the study in hand. 1.1. Research Question A research question is the initial consideration or basic idea behind any research project. It describes the issue, idea, or concern that aims to be researched (Kothari, 2004). As for the underlying study, the research question is as follows:

How the trade dispute between Europe and China is influencing the economies of both the regions?

1.2. Research Objectives These are the projected outcomes of any research to ...

British Petroleum (BP) is an energy company, ranked as the third largest in the world. It undertakes oil exploration, refining, and the sale of oil products. The energy industry exposes the company to numerous risks and uncertainties in the exploration, extraction, refining, and sale of products (Bamberg, 2000 p.34). BP has however managed to maintain its top position in having a 100% oil reserve replacement for 17 years. Despite the efforts to maintain safety precautions, unfavorable events have followed the company’s operations. One instance is the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico where the company was drilling in ...

Introduction

The world never saw a rainbow until long after most of the Gods on Olympus and the heroes of the land were tales told by grandmothers to the eager faces of their grandbabies looking through sparkling eyes looking at the old but still beautiful face of Chloe. Her strong but soft voice filled the quiet room aglow with the golden and orange light from the warm crackling fire at the hearth in the main room of the small but clean and welcoming house on the hill along the cliffs overlooking the Aegean Sea. Chloe loved telling these old tales ...

The Tree

That old tree looks on to the world around as time passes by, It can hear the beauty of the horizon as the children engage in frolic beneath. It can see the birds fly in joy. It can taste the dusty air as the pebbles thrown by the kids-

Hit the skin, it can smell the muddy path that meanders around the bark.

It recalls in view those past times, as it hears the knell at the cemetery yonder. It remembers all the things gone, all the years spent. Like Socrates of Greece, it stands and wonders! The tree is too young to leave the world. Not old at all for sure.

It was beautiful time when the couple got married, and they smiled in joy at the altar,

Shit! ...

Through the discussion of this case analysis we were able to enrich our learning experience. Working with this case has been very different compared to the individual case analysis. In contrast to Zappos, which was a success story, the case study on the BP and Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 shows the negative dimensions and impacts that a mislead and contradictory organization can impose. The most important lesson that can be learned is how in order to be authentic, effective and ultimately successful; companies need to align every little component of their organizational set up. A crucial aspect for ...

Liu Kuan-tao (date of birth is unknown), probably lived from 1264 to 1294, a native of Hebei province of modern China, was a famous court painter in the early years of the reign of the Mongol Yuan dynasty. In 1279, he was appointed to the post of superintendent of the imperial wardrobe of the emperor. In his paintings in the genre of "religious attributes", "figures of people and animals" he used mainly manner of painting adherent to preceding Jin and Tang dynasties; in genres of painting landscapes he copied realistic styles of Li Cheng and Guo Xi. In the ...

IT Today is a startup venture that intends to provide 24/7 customer service to those who deal with newest technological gadgets. It will give technological assistance along with assistance in networking across the globe. This paper will make a situation analysis for the company using certain popular industry analysis tools.

Market Segmentation

There are mainly four types of market segmentation through which a company can identify its customer needs and define its market segments. In the current scenario, it is advisable for ‘IT Today’ to adopt behavioral segmentation to define its market segments. As Goyat (2011) defines, behavioral segmentation is the ...

Business and Employment Law

Question 1 3 Issue 3

Application 4 Conclusion 5 Question 2 5 Issue 5 Law 6 Application 7 Conclusion 7 Qustion3 7 Issue 7 Law 8 Application 8 Conclusion 9

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Question 1 Issue The main issue in question is whether the exemption or exclusion clause that was incorporated in the contract between Jag and ED can have any effects on Jag’s possible right to sue ED for the loss of his garden. In this contract, it was specifically states that the supplier would not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by any products sold, which in ...

1.0. Introduction According to the findings of the most recent research, the UK is one of the most attractive abroad destinations to be considered for study by international students. Around 4,30,000 students study in the UK every year belonging to 180 different nations around the globe. The total number of students getting education over there is on steady increase (i.e. 3% growth from 2013 to 2014) (UK Council for International Student Affairs, 2015). 1.1. Research Aim

1.2. Research Objectives

Some of the core research objectives are as follows:

2.0. Philosophical Considerations for Study in the UK There are several philosophical explanations to be taken into account ...

Introduction

On the wake of 20th April 2010, the deepwater oil rig of the coasts of the Venice exploded and caused a huge fire. In what could later be termed as the BP Crisis of 2010, about eleven of the workers who were at the plant at were burnt to death. In addition to the death cases, the explosion led to flow over 4.9 million barrels into the sea for three months. Upon expansion, the spill expanded to cover an area of over 70,000 square miles of the sea surface. The BP crisis has been considered as one of ...