Management of Shell Company
Executive Summary
The report investigates on how Royal Dutch Shell should reduce the issues of oil spill by utilizing two managerial functions which are leading and controlling. This problem is primarily due to the operational failures, such as equipment failure and human error. It is found that Shell has been engaged in solving issue that significantly disadvantageous for Shell. In response to these incidents, Shell was forced to solve these issues as soon as possible. This report includes investigation of relevant theories and concepts selected from leading and controlling to improve the quality of the equipment and infrastructure, followed by the controls needed to solve this problem and achieve its goal by 2011. Based on the investigations, recommendations would be provided for Shell to perform.
This analysis is carried out to respond to the ethical issues and practices using the leading and controlling function. Motivation from the leading function shows that motivated employees can bring out the best in the organization. To solve the ethical issues and practices, the motivating function theories was undertaken. Some includes the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that is to satisfy the needs of employees for them to be more productive in their job, Goal-setting Theory where Royal Dutch Shell should impose difficult tasks to challenge the work of employees and McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y where employees who have specialized skills are to be rewarded for employees to be motivated. Using these approaches, problems in the organization is detected and the leadership theories are crucial for the Royal Dutch Shell Company to maintain good relationship between employees and employers.
Evaluation from controlling includes comparing and taking managerial action as control process; implementing feed-forward, concurrent control and feedback control. Sufficient analysis showed that taking basic corrective action as a control process would be a better alternative to
The report investigates on how Royal Dutch Shell should reduce the issues of oil spill by utilizing two managerial functions which are leading and controlling. This problem is primarily due to the operational failures, such as equipment failure and human error. It is found that Shell has been engaged in solving issue that significantly disadvantageous for Shell. In response to these incidents, Shell was forced to solve these issues as soon as possible. This report includes investigation of relevant theories and concepts selected from leading and controlling to improve the quality of the equipment and infrastructure, followed by the controls needed to solve this problem and achieve its goal by 2011. Based on the investigations, recommendations would be provided for Shell to perform.
This analysis is carried out to respond to the ethical issues and practices using the leading and controlling function. Motivation from the leading function shows that motivated employees can bring out the best in the organization. To solve the ethical issues and practices, the motivating function theories was undertaken. Some includes the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that is to satisfy the needs of employees for them to be more productive in their job, Goal-setting Theory where Royal Dutch Shell should impose difficult tasks to challenge the work of employees and McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y where employees who have specialized skills are to be rewarded for employees to be motivated. Using these approaches, problems in the organization is detected and the leadership theories are crucial for the Royal Dutch Shell Company to maintain good relationship between employees and employers.
Evaluation from controlling includes comparing and taking managerial action as control process; implementing feed-forward, concurrent control and feedback control. Sufficient analysis showed that taking basic corrective action as a control process would be a better alternative to