Change in the organization structure poses a new external and internal environment that calls for measure in the organization on means of response to these threats. It calls for change of mission, strategy and ultimate goals not ignoring the need for changing the organizational culture. Change of mission and goals in organization changing its operations, it’s not an easy path to follow and it demands the engagement of all stakeholders including the suppliers, the customers, the community and government, as well as the managers and it entails striking a balance between all this stakeholders (Schein, 2004). Under new management of John Browne, BP as a result of changing from being a governmental organization to a nongovernmental one, several remarkable strides of achievement have been realized to a point of becoming a major producer in the gulf. The achievements can be measured courtesy of proper redefinition of mission of the entity with a strategy of striking a balance from stakeholders of all perspectives. The mission of the entity changed to ensuring every stakeholder is taken consideration of. For instance, the managers were assigned with shared common goals, each with a defined means of achieving the goals, improved the shareholders position through investments, and generally the mission changed in a way it was geared towards safeguarding the welfare of the society at range. On the other hand, the successive progress of the BP as non-governmental organization started to take on a reverse path. This alludes to poor culture change of the organization of which John Browne acknowledge that failure of the firm to realize its desired mission is because there lacked proper organization structures which is authoritative, with top m... ... middle of paper ... ...bama and the congress saw Hayward as incompetent. In accordance to my opinion, I don’t think Hayward handled gulf oil spills poorly. These seem to be an issue of whole oil industry involved, and not necessary putting all the blames to the BP’s alone. This is due to the fact that BP was lessee of deepwater horizon platform which was built by Hyundai industries and was owned by Transocean. Before drilling process, an extensive study on blow out plan was undertaken by the US department of interior. His competency for instance can be gauged on his performance before the gulf spill. Before the explosion, his performance was remarkable enough to scale the company ranking for years ahead. On the other hand, firing of him seems justifiable, for certainly when crises arose, leaders are supposed to take in charge of the situation, step in and address sensitive situations.
In my opinion, BP's response to the oil spill wasn't the best. Plus their spokesperson Tony Hayward's comments did little to help the situation. The response should have been about damage limitations. Hayward's responses made the company seem aloof and unconcerend about the environmental damage being done. When they gave an amout of barrels that were leaking into the ocean, they gave the wrong amount which hurted their credibility. They deflected the blame for the accident. BP would call the oil spill the "Gulf of Mexico oil spill" while the rest of the world called it the "BP oil spill." They might have took the blame but they said it wasn't their accident however they would take responsibility to clean it up even though it wasn't their fault. I think the fact that they used social media to show show updates and progress was a smart move since it is probably now the biggest media median. However, everything else was not the best way to handle this whole situation.
In the Macondo blowout case, (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill), leaders within Transocean and British Petroleum (BP) processed a “by any means necessary” mentality as well. The company cultures promoted doing whatever was possible to enhance profits. This oil leak and explosion, resulted in the loss of 11 lives, destroyed beaches and wetlands, and killed multiple wildlife species. The most telling piece of information throughout this case is that the oil spill and explosion could ...
The oil spill disaster exposed the major factors in BP’s external environment. Those key factors are government regulation and shareholders. The reason that government regulation is such an important external factor for BP is because those regulations can decide the economic feasibility of projects and the related penalties for violations. Had BP been aware that it would be assessed nearly $18 billion in penalties related to regulation violations, they may have decided to comply or possibly not drill in the Gulf Coast region. However, BP ...
The Deepwater Horizon was a dynamically positioned drilling rig which owned by Transocean and it was chartered to BP from 2008. On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig exploded, the explosion was the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry as the oil leaked 205.8 million gallons of crude oil into Mexico Gulf Coast and BP spent 86 days to cap the well, stopping the oil flow into Mexico Gulf for the first time. This report covered some facts about the BP oil spill scandal and its influence to stakeholders. The article also includes the analysis of oil spill from accounting, legal, ethical and corporate governance aspects. Furthermore, a comparison between The BP oil spill and Enron scandal is for analyze the similarities and differences of these two cases, and explore any improvement and change on legislation, accounting standards, code of conduct etc. The purpose of this report is reveal to directors what did BP do wrong in the past and what aspect the firm could do better in the future.
In the Leadership Challenge, 4th edition, it is Kouzes & Posner (2007) intention to present a road map for individuals to follow on their leadership journey. The authors stress that “leadership is not a gene and it’s not an inheritance.” Leadership they assert is “an identifiable set of skills and abilities that are available to all of us” (p. 23). They make clear that the “great person” theory of leadership is “plain wrong.” Leaders are our everyday heroes who do extraordinary things on a regular basis (p. 23).
...to regulate itself. They should increase their own standards and donate a portion of their profits to trying to fix the devastation in the gulf. They should be seen trying to clean up the gulf. They should as donate a portion of their proceeds to developing new technology that will aid in the cleanup of spills of this nature. They should be open with their business practices in the future and become a responsible partner in environmental efforts. They should avoid areas with volatile environments that aren’t conducive to safe drilling until they develop the technology to do so safely.
Although, British Petroleum is one of the most well-known oil companies throughout the world, they have had many problems in their past. “In Alaska, home to one of BP’s longest-standing and most important business units, the company produced nearly twice as much oil as ConocoPhillips, the other major company operating there, but since 2000 it has also recorded nearly four times as many large spills of oil, chemicals or waste” (Lustgarten 2). That was just one example of how BP has bee...
At the four year mark of the Deep Water Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allows British Petroleum (BP) to drill for oil in the gulf once again. Many consumer advocate groups, chiefly Public Citizens, have voiced concerns over this decision. The lack of corporate accountability and oversight makes this decision seem unethical to these advocates groups. However, the company agrees to follow the agency’s ethic and safety procedure given the new leases. Yet, a series of accidents on its infrastructure makes reform seem doubtful for the company.
Leadership is being able to direct or guide other people by either your own actions or by actually guiding them into the right direction (Acumen). Inspiration to be a leader might come from many different areas like your family, friends, peers, or even teachers. My inspiration didn’t really occur to me until I started attending college in August 2013. In all actuality I never even thought of how to be a leader until I was in Mrs. Moore’s Perspectives class. I now have a desire to be a great leader, and the inspiration has come from Mrs. Moore, and my family. I am the first to attend college out of my family, so in a away I have already started leading my siblings in the right direction. Being a leader means inspiring others to pursue their dreams, and aspirations and helping throughout the journey to success. Being a leader has nothing with authority or being able to tell other what, and how to do things, it’s about having people who look up to you and want to follow your example.
What is a leader? Who are chosen to be leader, and why are they chosen? What set these certain individuals aside from everyone else? A leader is someone who can encourage even those with feeble hearts, insecure souls and self-doubting minds. A leader takes not only their vision but everyone’s vision and create one beautiful creation that is seen throughout the world. My experiences with leadership range from the worst to the best. Once holding a great leadership position myself, I can testify the benefits of great leadership and the disadvantages of horrible leadership. Through my experience with great leadership and the effects on the people, it seemed to the naked eye that everyone was thinking the same thing at the same time. In actually it was the leader uniting the members together on one common chord to produce a sound that would remain in the souls. A leader is someone who not only leads, but also encourages people to do their best, share a collectively common idea or passion with a group, and challenge the process of a traditional style.
Another problem that Pacific Oil Company faced was their own internal research and development of expanding the ...
This paper will be broken down into six sections profiling each critical part of implementing and managing change in an organization. The sections included are; outline for plan creating urgency, the approach to attracting a guiding team, a critique of the organizational profile, the components of change, and how to empower the organization.
The idea of change is the most constant factor in business today and organisational change therefore plays a crucial role in this highly dynamic environment. It is defined as a company that is going through a transformation and is in a progressive step towards improving their existing capabilities. Organisational change is important as managers need to continue to commit and deliver today but must also think of changes that lie ahead tomorrow. This is a difficult task because management systems are design, and people are rewarded for stability. These two main factors will be discussed with reasons as to why organisational change is necessary for survival, but on the other hand why it is difficult to accomplish.
...adership Practices in Relation to Productivity and Morale." In D. Cartwright and A. Zander, Group Dynamics: Research and Theory, 2nd ed. (Elmsford, NY: Row, Paterson, 1960)
The Deep water horizon catastrophe is the result of the systematic failure within the major corporation to be ethically socially responsible for its stake holders involved. The company clearly mishandled operation of rigs just focussing on profits and neglecting its people. I will employ utilitarian theory as the moral support for this position. The utilitarianism states that we get pride from the acts and deeds. The characteristics of utilitarianism are that the moral good is judged by pleasure (Zuniga y Postigo, G. 2105). Make the best options that help us achieve those goals. Purpose is to maximize the benefits and reduce suffering (Zuniga y Postigo, G. 2105). The best characteristics explained here are we need to stand by the people in order to keep them secured even it costs our life’s and group , society , community , country is more important than the individual (Fieser, J. 2015). This theory though provides insightful perspective to BP practices from a consequential point of view. The theory “Greatest amount of good for greatest amount of people” is well suited when we consider that the company had made many steps to upscale its production at the cost of the lives of people community and live stocks and generated profits and created lot of livelihood to people and created infrastructure for future well being.