The Brent Spar was an oil storage buoy located on the Brent oilfield in the North Atlantic Ocean‚ which was operated by Shell UK. It was used to store oil that was extracted from the under sea oilfield until an oil tanker transported the oil to land. The Brent Spar became obsolete around 1991 because of the building of an underwater oil pipeline that took the extracted oil directly to land. Shell UK then did a scientific‚ economic‚ and environmental study pertaining to the eventual disposal of
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The Brent Spar Case [1] What is the key learning’s from this Incident? List at least 5 and explain your reasons? -In February 1995‚ the British Government approved a proposal by Shell UK for deep sea disposal of the 14‚500 tone‚ 463ft Brent Spar oil storage and loading buoy in the north Atlantic. There followed a sustained‚ highly publicized campaign by Greenpeace‚ backed by European governments and public‚ which included occupation of the oil platform by Greenpeace activists. The incident proved
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By Agency Situational Analysis‚ Key Issues & SMART Objectives 19 March 2013 Andrea Seegers - 12018037 Phumelele Msomi – 12018099 Sbongiseni Skweyiya - 12007206 INDEX i. Introduction – Pick n Pay Page 2 ii. Situational Analysis Page 2 * Macro Page 2 * Micro Page 4 * Internal Page 7 iii. SWOT Analysis Page 9 iv. Key Issues Page 10 v. SMART Objectives Page 10 vi. Conclusion Page 10
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POST-GRADUATE CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH A RESEARCH ON “COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SPAR AND BIG BAZAAR‚ MANGALORE” SUBMITTED TO MRS. SEEMA SHENOY MBA FACULTY SUBMITTED BY JAWAHAR D’ SOUZA MITHUN N TAUSEEF AHMED M 2nd ND YR MBA – SEC A SDM‚ MANGALORE Table of content No. | Index | Page No. | 1 | Introduction | 1 | 2 | Industry Profile | 2 -7 | 3 | About Spar | 8 – 11 | 4 | About Big Bazaar | 12 – 15 | 5 | Research Design | 16 – 19 | 6 | Research Analysis
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Introduction The Brent Spar was a storage buoy‚ commissioned on 1976 for oil storage and subsequent transfer to tankers. It was located in British territorial waters. This buoy belonged to Shell U.K. and Exxon; Shell was in charge of the operations. By 1989‚ Shell U.K. and Exxon finally had an operational pipe line so the Brent Spar was no longer useful. Both decided to decommission the Brent Spar on 1992 and Shell U.K. was going to be in charge‚ being the one who handled operations. Shell U
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2 Spar Applied Systems Spar Applied Systems (A): Organizational Change and Team Management Everybody is familiar with the cliché that the only constant in this world is change. In today’s fast-evolving environment‚ people attempt to manage change in their everyday lives‚ seeing its potential and enormous benefits. For business organizations managing change has become an important strategy to achieve competitive advantage and to position oneself on top of the competition. One of the critical success
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CASE STUDY Shell Oil Company and the Brent Spar Shell Oil Company and the Brent Spar 1. The company failed to consider public reaction to their proposal of sinking the Brent Spar in June 1995 in Northern Scotland. They failed to look at how others would react and feel and neglected to take into consideration others’ point of views. They did research impacts and found this would be the best option and assumed everyone would agree and didn’t stop to think about how environmental
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Management. University of Bolton Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Structure of the report 4 3. Organization and supply chain background 5 4. Review of Business Strategy 5 4.1 Market Penetration 5 4.2 Strategic alliances 6 4.3 SPAR: expansion and growth. 6 4.4 System. 7 4.5 Market Research 7 4.6 Supply Chain 7 5. PESTEL ANALYSIS and SWOT analysis 8 5.1 PESTLE ANALYSIS 8 5.2 SWOT Analysis 11 5. Porters five forces 13 5.1 Barriers to entry 13 5.2 Threat
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Debora Miranda 84-267 Capitola Avenue Coachella‚ CA (760)534-94-14 Mirandadebora18@yahoo.com September 27‚ 2013 Director‚ Human Resources John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 47111 Monroe Street Indio‚ CA 92201 To whom it may concern: As a Health Academy student at Coachella Valley High school‚ I am interested in a job shadowing opportunity with John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital. I have been preparing for this great opportunity since my sophomore year. I have experience working with people and
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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 THEORETICAL DISCUSSION 4 2.1 INVENTORY 5 2.2 PRICING AND ASSORTMENT 5 2.3 WHY PLACE SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON MERCHANDISE MANAGEMENT 6 2.3.1 Interception Rate 7 2.3.2 Shopper Syndromes 7 2.3.3 Children as Shoppers 7 3 METHOD APPLIED 8 3.1 Direct (Reactive) Observation 9 3.1.1 Continuous Monitoring: 9 3.1.2 Time Allocation: 9 3.2 Unobtrusive Observation 10 3.2.1 Behaviour Trace studies: 10 3.2.2 Disguised Field Observations: 10 3.3 Conclusion 10 4 OBSERVATIONS
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