Knowing your ideal work culture is beneficial in every area of the work place. Organization‚ values‚ vision and work language are all‚ different forms‚ of work culture. This essay will examine the work culture; appropriate channels for communications‚ ways to improve the quality of the work culture‚ and steps that can take to create a better work culture. The first question we examine will be how can knowing your ideal work culture help you in determining appropriate channels for communication
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Advanced teamwork Assessment 2 Matous Pav Task 1 How might Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats be used as a technique of improving the brainstorming process? This propsal anlysis tool invented by Edward de Bono isparticularly useful for evaluating innovative and provocative ideas. As participants wear each hat (white‚ red‚ yellow‚ black‚ green‚ or blue) they all must think a certain way at the same time. Six Thinking Hats Six distinct directions are identified and assigned a color
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Understanding the objective‚ having the proper resources‚ and trust within the team are some. Having trust is one of the most important factors in team success. Trust within the team can lead to everyone being comfortable knowing the project will be accomplished and knowing assigned parts will be completed. Distrust within the team can lead to personal problems and can hinder the project not being completed. Working on teams can be very stressful. A team member has to meet the team‚ discuss
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The 2010 BP Oil Spill allowed about 5 million barrels of oil to flow into the Gulf of Mexico before the gush was capped. Unfortunately‚ the explosion killed 11 people and injured several others (Benoit‚ 2011). To claim its ultimate negligence and reduce the pollution of the spill‚ BP created a multi-page website entitled “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” to communicate its message to the public. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to repair its reputation: displaying
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Page 35 TNK-BP: TREAD WITH CAUTION Christopher T. Bluhm‚ Saint Mary’s College of California Mary Vradelis‚ Saint Mary’s College of California Catherine Li‚ Saint Mary’s College of California Brett Threlkeld‚ Saint Mary’s College of California J. Tomas Gomez-Arias‚ Saint Mary’s College of California CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case concerns the management of international joint ventures. Secondary issues examined include: business in Russia; government’s intervention in
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| BP Amoco/Arco Merger | Merger and Acquisitions Term Paper | | | 12/10/2012 | | Contents Time Line of Events 3 Introduction 4 Industry Analysis 5 Overview of ARCO ’s Business 7 Overview of BP Amoco’s Business 7 Value Creation from the Merger: 8 Competitors Analysis 9 Antitrust Issues 11 FTC Arguments 12 What Happened? 14 Divestitures 14 Phillips Acquires ARCO Alaska 15 FTC dissent 16 Performance and key Financials 17 Annual Shareholder’s meeting:
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1. TEAMWORK: Would you identify and describe the various existing types of groups and teams in your organization? How do you identify if these groups or teams are effective as a work group? Explain the meaning of this sentence‚ “All teams are groups‚ but not all groups are teams.” How do you comment to this “Speed‚ Teamwork and Flexibility are the order of the day.” How do you manage the On-Site-Teams as well as Virtual Teams? How do you address or manage a Self-Managed Work Team? Explain
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Complex World MBM500: Semester 1‚ 2013 Author: Daniel Smith – 5549426 Title: The Analysis of BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 Due Date: 5/5/13 Word Allocation: 2193 excluding executive summary‚ headings‚ tables‚ references and appendices Executive Summary This report provides an examination into British Petroleum (BP) and the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. It looks specifically at the functional area of organizing
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References: * Robbins‚ S. P.‚ & Judge‚ T. A. (2011). Organizational behavior (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. * Teamwork in hospitality. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=41138&loid=91496 * Knapp‚ M. & Hall‚ J. A.‚ (1992) Nonverbal communication in human interaction (3rd ed.). Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich
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Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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