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As a process, strategic management focuses on an organization’s planning and policy development with the purpose of achieving specifically stated objectives, allocation of resources (Raduan et al. 406). Strategic management mainly deals with such aspects as the development of strategy, planning and implementation. Moreover, strategic management evaluates and adjusts its plans and policies based on their success level. This paper discusses strategic decisions and responses of British Petroleum (BP) to a major accident known as Deepwater Horizon oil spill. British Petroleum is a public limited company recognized as one of the largest oil and gas corporations. The accident referred to as Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred on the 20 th of April of 2010 at a BP oil rig called Deepwater Horizon that was situated in the Gulf of Mexico (Deepwater Horizon accident and response par. 1). The accident happened because of the release of gas and the following explosion that led to the death of 11 workers and destruction of the rig. Deepwater Horizon sank and this resulted in the leakage of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This accident was accompanied by a variety of errors and failures such as the loss of hydrostatic control over the oil flow within the well, the failure to seal the well which made possible the ignition of the leaking hydrocarbons. The oil spill was massive and caused a dramatic damage to the environment. Prior to the Accident As showed by the investigation that followed the oil spill, the explosion happened because natural gas destroyed the concrete core set to seal the oil well, clearly the materials composing the core were not strong enough to prevent the gas from blasting through. Another accident of similar type occurred at another BP’s rig in 2008, the cause was the same – weak sealing concrete core (Pallardy par. 2). BP leaders characterized this accident as integrity failure, and in their report admitted that they missed a number of warning signs before the explosion at the rig, yet they emphasized that the other companies involved in the work of the well (Halliburton and Transocean) are more at fault. The tragedy could have been avoided if only the managers addressed the signs of upcoming core breach such as unusual pressure results of pressure test (Goldenberg par 3.) At the same time, Halliburton and Transocean pointed out that BP failed to report some of its other mistakes such as flawed design of the well and insufficiency of safety procedures (Goldenberg par. 6). This way, the key factors underlying the disaster at Deepwater Horizon rig can be characterized as the company’s focus on profit-maximization and competition – based as well as resource – based theories (Raduan et al. 406). In other words, the BP leade
Abstract Creative thinking is only possible when the right premises are provided for it. Unless every single element of the environment is in its place, the creative thinking process will not be fruitful. Because of the recent relocation and the disharmony between my own idea of comfort and harmony and the one that the previous tenant has, my ability to think creatively has been challenged. In order to solve the problem, I will have to redesign the room by using the minimum of financial resources. A change of the room’s color cast and some elements of decoration, as well as the use of some artworks as elements of the background, will help me retain my creative thinking abilities. Instead of using the money from my budget to buy new pieces of furniture, I hope to incorporate the old ones with the new stylistic choices that I am going to make and implement by applying a different color scheme to the already existing form. Introduction The creative thinking process must be one of the most mysterious and complex ones that a human mind can undergo. Originally, it was decided that to enhance my critical thinking process, I will have to change the environment in which I live by reconsidering its color and elements of decorations. Thesis Statement Despite the fact that the solution involving the redecoration of a part of my room by using the existing furniture seems a rather legitimate step to take, given the relatively small amount of money at my disposal, buying some elements of new furniture will be crucial so that the room could lose its teenage appeal and attain a more mature look. Critical Examination of the Best Solution: Not a Last-Minute Rapid Change of Plans It would be wrong to assume that I am going to reinvent the previous design solution completely. On the contrary, I am going to refine it. By spotting its weakest aspects and working on them, I will be able to reach my final goal and encourage my creative thinking within the new environment. As Ruggiero warns, it is important “not to settle for the first improvement that occurs to you” (Ruggiero, 2009, p. 201). Evaluation of the argument: color cast and the possible combinations I am going to use the theme that has been pre-defined by my predecessor in order to create a unique environment, which will spur my creative thinking and help me explore my capacities as a designer. The previous tenant was clearly aiming at adding a spirit of late-night partying to their room. Seeing how I am not a party animal, I believe that I will take out the bright and flashy elements, leaving the details that pertain tonight, which are the peace and quiet, as well as the bluish and grayish palette. The bright colors will be removed, while the blue and grey elements will have a much stronger emphasis on them. To avoid creating a gloomy atmosphere, I will use some white elements, for instance, white curtains or white bookshelves. Revised argument: how far the budget can stretch Creativity does not have a price tag, and the furniture that was provided by the previous owner can definitely be used in order to render the concepts that I
Academic Honesty Statement I declare that this is my work and has not been submitted in part or whole to any other learning institution. Abstract Water is a limited and threatened resource that is required for the sustenance of plant and animal life. A worldwide water crisis exists as shown by roughly 2 billion people who do not have access to clean drinking water. It is projected that a substantial fraction of the global population will face an acute water shortage in the coming decades. Additionally, the population and economic growth observed in recent years, coupled with lifestyle modifications and high living standards have increased the global water use threefold. Household activities lead to the generation of large quantities of wastewater. Greywater is wastewater produced from household and office uses that do not cause fecal pollution. Examples of household activities that generate greywater include bathing, hand washing, and washing of clothes by hand or machines. As a result, greywater is relatively safe for reuse because it contains fewer pathogens than black water. In the face of the current water shortage, there is a need to safeguard clean water resources by reusing water. The purpose of this project is to develop a greywater recycling system for landscape irrigation in hospitals and hotels. The system will be made up of a filtration component, a reverse osmosis system, and an ultraviolet disinfection unit. The entire project is expected to run for 20 weeks. It is expected that the successful installation of the proposed greywater treatment plant will produce high-quality greywater that meets British standards for recycled greywater use. It is hoped that using recycled greywater for landscape irrigation will improve the overall health of plants in the selected hospitals and hotels. Most importantly, it is anticipated that reusing recycled greywater for landscape irrigation will reduce the clean water demands for these institutions and avail clean water for potable uses. Introduction Greywater refers to wastewater generated by everyday uses that do lead to contamination with fecal waste. On the other hand, water generated from toilet use is regarded as “black water.” Everyday activities that produce greywater include taking a bath, washing hands, and doing laundry. As a result, it is safer to reuse greywater than black water because greywater contains few disease-causing microorganisms. Greywater can be treated and used for agricultural purposes, flushing of toilets, landscaping, and other non-potable uses. Other terms used to refer to this type of water include sullage, gray water, greywater, and greywater. The term greywater will be used throughout this project. Greywater contains low levels of pathogens and organic matter, which implies that it can be recycled without extensive treatment processes. Greywater composes more than half of the total water used in a home setting. However, it contains approximately 33% of the total organic matter and nutrients that are typically present in other forms of wastewater (Fountoul
Executive Summary The determination of whether an organization is on track or not in terms of meeting its key deliverables and objectives calls for the evaluation of employees’ performance and appraisal by the organizations’ managers. Using the National Bank of Kuwait as a case example in this report, the report reveals that there exists a dissonance or rather conflicts between employees and the evaluation managers on matters of appraisal. The report therefore recommends that organizations’ managers should guide employees in order to make their appraisals high. Besides, the management should give employees some goal that they should achieve every year. Above all, organizations should test and hire good quality human resource managers to help in bringing on board a promising workforce. Introduction and Overview The report addresses the problem of employee appraisal, bonuses, and conflicts in organizations. The research goes deep into carrying out a research interview with the human resource manager at the National bank of Kuwait. The research adopts the use of questionnaires with close –ended and open-ended questions as research tools. From the findings of this interview, the research adopts various variables as parameters of organizational behavior. These variables include interpersonal skills, accountability, attention to details and quality focus, teamwork, customer focus, attitude, commitment, and sense of energy. The research proceeds to weigh the scores from each variable on the scale of 100% comprising (A+) for ‘outstanding’ for scores above +100%, (A) for ‘exceeds expectations’ for scores between 100%- 90%, (B+) for ‘meets expectations’ for scores between 89%- 74%, (B) for ‘below expectations’ for scores between 73%-63%, and (C) for ‘unsatisfactory’ for scores between 63% and below. The research goes on to evaluate various motivational methods applied by the National Bank of Kuwait especially the use of bonuses. These include December bonuses, March special bonuses, and April promotions. The impact of the appraisal and the bonus program is also evaluated. After analyzing the findings, the report offers several recommendations directed towards elimination of the problems in question. Problem Statement In many organizations, employees do not appreciate the results of appraisals carried out by the human resource managers in their organizations. Employees will therefore discredit the competence of the human resource manager who carried out the evaluation instead of focusing on the results and their failures. On the other hand, human resource managers face tough times in their bid to explain and convince employees to accept the results of their appraisals. This report hypothesizes that employees in the National Bank of Kuwait disregard the results of their performance appraisals due to the incompetency of human resource managers. Failure of employees to appreciate performance appraisals is rooted on the idea that management does not provide employee with guidance towards organizational and individual goals. As Baroda, Sharma, and Batt put it,
Particular attention should be given to the development of extensive reading skills (ER) in the case of young learners (YLs) (Al-Jardani, 2012). The learners’ identity characteristics and learning patterns can either hinder or assist: YLs tend to be more quickly distracted and their attention span is shorter than that of older students, especially when tasked with difficult topics (Hakim, 2015). In addition, children are less capable of abstract thinking about language, and when provided with rules, they may choose to disregard them and rely instead on their own explanations (Al Malihi, 2015). Children also require greater support and need extra motivation (Briggs, 2016). These characteristics are, however, general: the possibility of such generalization suggests that YLs need a particular teaching approach, which can be developed with the aid of these generalizations (Thomas & Reinders, 2015). The purpose of the study is to prove that Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is applicable to the work with YLs and that TBLT provides an opportunity to apply learners’ skills in a motivational and engaging way. Study Aims The possibility of application of TBLT to develop ER skills in Arab YLs requires a thorough consideration of the learners’ specific needs and capabilities. The aims of the study include a number of specific areas to research, for instance:   * investigating the effects of the environment on the reading skills of YLs;   * researching the teaching implications for YLs and Arab students specifically (Shabani & Ghasemi, 2014);   * investigating the relevance of TBLT in relation to YLs;   * developing specific examples of effective tasks for promoting students’ learning;   * developing curriculum guidelines for the emergence of sustainable ER skills in YLs. Applied Linguistics and TESOL Concepts The study will be carried out in accordance with the key concepts of applied linguistics and TESOL tenets. Thus, the research objectives include the L1 and L2 students’ acquisition and learning. The study considers how to promote the conjunction between task and orientation and task and meaning (investigating patterns) (O’Keeffe & McCarthy, 2016). In addition, it is essential to find out how the educator can track and differentiate what was taught to YLs’ and what was learned. Theoretical Framework The research will include a thorough analysis of current literature in the field. Contemporary texts regarding reading comprehension and the usability of extensive reading enrichment programs will be analysed (Ahmed & Rajab, 2015). Different methods and tools to promote the required skills will be considered, for instance, the efficiency of introducing stories in English to YLs (Al Harrasi, 2012). Further,
Introduction First of all, it is necessary to mention, that the matters of freedom and determinism had been viewed by lots of philosophers, theologists, who are known as determinists. The term determinism states, the all the processes in the world are determined beforehand, and only chosen may see or determine the future. The key opponent of determinism is freedom. It would be necessary to note, that the notion of freedom is much more optimistic, as it states that fate is changeable, and it is possible to avoid lots of troubles. Analysis of the movie To clearly define the problem with the relation to the movie, it would be necessary to give a summary of the plot. It starts like any other drama, with a picturesque life of the ordinary teenager Donnie. But soon, strange things start happening in his life. The world is going to end in about twenty-eight days. Donnie Darko knows this as Frank, the human-sized rabbit (his hallucination) told him so. The Darko family lives amid suburban Middlesex. Donnie is troubled. He is schizophrenic, not taking his medication, and up to this point, is inclined to antisocial behavior and sleepwalking. This all changes when a jet engine crashes into their residence. The only problem is that no airliner is missing an engine. Aside from his mental problems and violent tendencies, Donnie is different from others. He can see beyond the surface and owns the skill to think. That’s why he violently dislikes his teacher Kittie Farmer and her blind esteem of self-help spiritual leader Jim Cunningham, who divides the world into love and fear. As the claimed end of the world nears, Donnie’s condition gets worse. His delusions are more bright, and his actions more unsafe. He is either on the verge of losing his mind or on the breakthrough of some grand epiphany. The story ends on the morning after the jet engine accident. Donnie is dead and his body is removed from the house as his family mourns. As all the people upon whom Donnie’s actions had an impact (or rather, would have had an impact upon) sit stunned, Frank, with a prototype bunny Halloween mask, subconsciously touches his right eye. Gretchen is alive and rides by on her bicycle. A lot of themes and symbols may be found in the plot of the movie, but the main one is that knowledge of the future kills. Ancients also believed that, as they animated time, and considered, that it cruelly dislikes, when someone wants to see the future, especially if it were fatal. As for the issues of freedom and determinism, here we can see, that this division is as right as nothing else. It is explained in the example of Darko’s illusions. Donnie could not get rid of his ugly imaginary friend Frank, who followed him everywhere, and became the slave of Frank’s will (some may argue that the will was not Frank’s will, but Donnie’s as Frank was just the result of Donnie’s deceased imagination). It is also necessary to highlight, that the principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific
Victor H. Bausch has worked as a sergeant in Vietnam and now working as a librarian at a library in California. “Victor Bausch served in Vietnam from 1967–February 7, 1968” (Bausch, para.1). Many poems describing the Vietnam war have been credited in his account of poetry. ‘Uncle Herb’ and ‘Unfriendlies’ are two poems from his poetry. ‘Uncle Herb’ is a poem that gave an identification of the situation that prevailed during the Vietnam War. It is stated that the narrator’s uncle named Herb was a martyr of war about whom his mother always speaks with sorrowful words, but she could not keep even her son away from war. The fact about the national feel to serve the nation is exhibited, though there was no surety of a return back to home. He describes his uncle as a hero who was not able to see the face of a firstborn child. Here, the narrator signals the necessity of serving the nation which brings about many losses in one’s life. But no man can get exempted from serving because it was fought for their freedom which is clearly stated from the words that say about the narrator moving to Vietnam to serve his nation. They knew the impact of it, lust to serve cannot be wiped out. The part which describes his mother’s words about her small brother is a bit interesting because it clearly mentions the usual tint of a woman’s speech. In that, she says how Herb has reached martyrdom after escaping many critical situations before. The confusing phrase was the mention of the boxer’s stance of uncle Herb. The poem as a whole creates an atmosphere in the reader’s mind regarding the sorrowful acceptance of one’s duty. The narrator, at his camp, phones his mother with real terror in his mind and voice; mother reassures him of his safety though both know a
Introduction In the 18 th century, India was a chief actor in the global textile export market. However, by 1850, it had lost not only a substantial share of its export market but also the local Indian domestic market. Other than the textile industry, other local industries also suffered some decline. As a result, India was forced to undergo a secular de-industrialization. In 1750, India produced 25 percent of the worlds industrial output. Surprisingly, by 1900 it was only able to produce 2 percent. Deindustrialization of India’s Economy The decline of indigenous industry was associated with the British rule. The nationalists argued that competition with cheap British mill cloth drove Indians out of the handloom industry and into agriculture. A few contended that this shift was an inevitable result of the cost advantages of British mechanized cotton spinning and weaving, while most pointed to low tariffs on British imports, implicitly suggesting that protection might have promoted the development of an indigenous mill industry. Indias de-industrialization is premised on two theories. One theory contends that de-industrialization was driven majorly by the fall of the Mughal Empire that resulted in supply constraints in home manufacturing. The other theory suggests that the de-industrialization of Indias economy was a result of the British victory in foreign markets for cottage made manufactures, followed by its penetration in the India’s home market with cheap factory produced manufactures. Therefore, India suffered negative globalization price shocks in key manufacturing goods. According to Roy (2002, p.4), the latter theory is common among Indian historians. Decline of the Mughal Empire The decline of The Mughal Empire stretched over a long period. The political and economic stability it had provided reached its lowest point in middle 18 th century. This decline negatively impacted on India’s agricultural productivity. As a result, the grain prices increased compared to tradables like textiles. The first widely known report of Indian de-industrialization seems to have come from Sir William Bentinck, the governor-general of India from 1833 to 1835. Somewhat later, in the New York Daily Tribune , Marx (1977) referred to “the British intruder who broke up the Indian handloom” (Harnetty 1991, p. 455). There seems to be plenty of evidence of economic decay in India across the 18th century, and given the huge size of agriculture in all pre-industrial societies, the decay must have had its main source there. This weak and crumbling empire invited invasions both from without and within. In addition, later historians have equated The Mughal Empire decline to its sharp downward trends in the economy of India while assuming that by the middle of the 18 century, the empire had reached its lowest ebb. The empire was characterized by war and anarchy for long period with poor economic results being the outcome (Raychaudhuri 1983, p. 5). As a result of the internal and external wars, regional trade an