...Business and Society Social Performance of Organizations: British Petroleum (BP) Professor Jeannette Wood Christopher Casselman Week 4 11/02/2014 Social Performance of Organizations My chosen organization is British Petroleum. Nature of the Entity British Petroleum is one of the world’s leading international oil and gas companies. The company offers customers with fuel for transportation, lubricants to keep their engines moving, energy for heat and light, and the petrochemicals used to make everyday items. The company uses highly developed technologies and tried-and-tested solutions to find oil and gas beneath the earth’s surface. Structure of the Entity British Petroleum is present everywhere on the globe. From Europe to Africa and Middle East Asia, the company’s branches are operating effectively. The company has approximately eighty thousand employees, a turnover of $297 billion and operating branches in 100 countries in six continents. (Cambridge University Press, 1982) Types of products The principal activities of British Petroleum are exploration and extraction of natural gas and crude oil; refining the crude oil, marketing the refined product, supply and logistics; as well as production and marketing of petrochemicals. It also has a growing activity in gas and power, and in solar power generation. The group is organised into two major business sectors: i.e. Exploration, production, and Refining & Marketing. Exploration and Production The...
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...| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Assignment Cover Sheet – Internal | An Assignment cover sheet needs to be included with each assignment. Please complete all details clearly. If you are submitting the assignment on paper, please staple this sheet to the front of each assignment. If you are submitting the assignment online, please ensure this cover sheet is included at the start of your document. (This is preferable to a separate attachment.) Please check your Course Information Booklet or contact your School Office for assignment submission locations. Name: Xueying Sha | Student ID | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Email: shaxy008@mymail.unisa.edu.au | Course code and title: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING M | School: | Program Code: | Course Coordinator: Dr. ELVIA SHAUKI | Tutor: Elvia Shauki/Haniff Zainuldin | Day, Time, Location of Tutorial/Practical: | Assignment number: | Due date: May 6, 2013 | Assignment topic: The incorporation of social and environmental factors within external reporting | Further Information: (e.g. state if extension was granted and attach evidence of approval, Revised Submission Date) | I declare that the work contained in this assignment is my own, except where acknowledgement of sources is made. I authorise the University to test any work submitted by me, using text comparison software, for instances of plagiarism. I understand this will involve the University or its contractor copying my work...
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...OFFICE USE ONLY Submission date ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP) Please complete and attach this form to your assignment. All assignments must be submitted to lecturer on the stipulated submission date. Name | Nai Kar Ling | Student No. | 31612293 | Unit Code | BUS 223 F | Unit Name | Organization Theory and Behaviour | Class Code | BUS 223F | Local Lecturer’s name | Krishna Rajulu | Assignment No. (ie. 1,2,3) or ‘short answer’ | Assignment 1 | Your assignment should meet the following requirements. Please confirm this by ticking the boxes before submitting your assignment My assignment is double-spaced and clearly legible My assignment is written on one side of page only I have provided a wide margin (4 cm) on left-hand side of page The first page of my assignment is clearly labelled with my name, unit no, unit name and tutor’s name. I have retained a copy of my assignment I have completed and signed the declaration below ------------------------------------------------- All forms of plagiarism, cheating and unauthorised collusion are regarded seriously by the University and could result in penalties including failure in the unit and possible exclusion from the University. If you are in doubt, please contact the Unit Coordinator DECLARATION Except where I have indicated, the work I have submitted in this assignment is my own work. Signed: | Ling | Date submitted: | 25 January 2013 | ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...BUSC 440 WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS for WEEKS 1-6 IMPORTANT NOTE: Look ahead to the final assignment/project for the course due in Week 6 and get started on it early! You should work on the project weekly even though you don’t have to submit weekly assignments for the project. Some weeks in the course have only one written assignment to give you additional time to work on the project due in Week 6; please use this time wisely. Week 1 Assignments NOTE: The reading and viewing materials can be found in the LibGuide on Blackboard for this course. Read each of the following articles. * The Evolution and future of logistics and supply chain management - Ballou, Ronald. European Business Review19. 4 (2007): 332-348 DOI 10.1108/09555340710760152 * Logistics and supply chain management applications within a global context: An overview - Schoenherr, Tobias Journal of Business Logistics30. 2 (2009): 1-VII * Strategic supply chain management: Improving performance through a culture of competitiveness and knowledge development - Hult, G. Tomas M.; Ketchen, David J.; Arrfelt, Mathias Strategic Management Journal, Oct2007, Vol. 28 Issue 10, p1035-1052 * Supply chain management and its relationship to logistics, marketing, production, and operations management - Mentzer, John T; Stank, Theodore P; Esper, Terry L. Journal of Business Logistics29. 1 (2008): 31-VII * Supply chain management and retailing. - Sparks, Leigh Supply Chain Forum: International Journal...
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...Presentation Overview Introduction Syllabus of Compensation and Benefits and PoA Methodology, Reference Text and Pre-read Evaluation Pattern and List of Assignments What is HR and HRD ? HR functions HR Philosophy and Approach for an Organization Human Resource Management Summary Tuesday, 29 July 2014 Self Introduction B. Sc. (Physics) and Masters in Administrative Management from JBIMS, Mumbai University IT experience across 3 organizations since 1985 Exposure in Manufacturing and Banking domains Career shift from technical to HR to operations Responsible for key client relationships and HR Currently working as Director for Nucsoft Ltd. Tuesday, 29 July 2014 Self Introduction Adjunct Faculty, Project Guide and Mentor at SIMSR Guest Faculty at FCRIMS, CIMSR, SSCMR and UBS Visiting Faculty for Compensation and Benefits at RIMSR, OIM, ITM, RGCMS and GNIMS Visiting Faculty for Organization Theory Structure and Design at RGCMS Visiting Faculty for Managing Change through Organization Development at SIESCOMS and OSB Visiting Faculty for Management Functions and Organizational Behavior at SIESCOMS and ITM Tuesday, 29 July 2014 About Nucsoft Started operations in Mumbai in 1994 Focus on BFSI Domain 350+ team and ISO 9001:2008 certified company Onsite/Offsite/Onshore/Offshore Software development and Production support Resourcing, Projects, Products and Solutions Major clients – Citi, HDFC Bank, Barclays...
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...com/downloads/acc-511-corpporate-governance-accountability-amaterial/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Table of content 1. Question 1 1. Introduce to Corporate Governance 2. Governance makes a Difference 3. Failures of Corporate Governance 4. Failures in Major companies 5. Reform of Corporate Governance 6. Conclusions 2. Question 2 1. Introduce to Cadbury Report 2. Conclusions 3.0 References Question 1 Based on the above it has been stated that “the problem is not a failure to comply with rules but a failure in governance practice”. Do you agree and why? (10 Marks) Introduce to Corporate Governance Corporate governance looks at issues pertaining to transparency, integrity, effectiveness and accountability in the management of the affairs, and all other activities of an organization. Management is concerned with the company’s operations, functions and financial performance; hence, corporate governance aims to involve the quality assurance of the operation of the board itself. The concern is for the welfare, good performance, corporate ethics and morality, as well as social and public responsibility for the good corporate citizenship. Corporate governance also involves in system to ensure that the organization’s obligations to its major stakeholders. The relationship among the many stakeholders and the way of corporation is directed...
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...Assignment 2: Professional Development Program Proposal Kenya Colter Strayer University BUS 520 Prof. Andrea Banto May 13, 2018 Assignment 2: Professional Development and Program Proposal Introduction The organization that I choose to focus on in assignment 1 was the North Charleston Police Department. The problem I choose to focus on was racism and the unjust killings of African Americans and the specific issue focused on was the killing of Walter Scott. 1. EI and Motivation Within emotional intelligence the specific building blocks that would help management improve an employee performance and job satisfaction include self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness and Relationship management. Self-awareness is the...
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...Natural Sciences HCS/531 Version 3 Health Care Organizations and Delivery Systems Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is a comprehensive approach to health care delivery systems that provides the student with an in-depth understanding of health systems and organizations. Students will examine historical evolutions of the health care industry and recent impacts that influence the delivery of health care. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Shi, L., & Singh, D. A. (2012). Delivering health care in America: A systems approach (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Assignment Breakdown Week One Individual Assignment: Significant Health Care Event Paper 10 Week Two Learning Team Assignment: The Evolution of Health Care Paper and Timeline...
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...submit your assignment. Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 2: Social Performance, Part 2 Due Week 8 and worth 250 points This is a continuation of your first assignment. Imagine your company does not currently have an ethics program and you believe an effective program is necessary. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations encourages firm to set up ethics programs. Review this Website, located here , prior to doing the assignment. Write a 4-6 page paper in which you: 1. Briefly describe your company and then benchmark the codes of conduct used by similar companies in the industry. Critique the codes of conduct of at least three (3) similar companies in order to write codes for your company. 2. Analyze ways ethical challenges affect your business and create a code of conduct for your company. Provide a rationale on how these specific codes enhance your company’s ethics program. 3. After reviewing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, explain how these guidelines influence the ethics program you created. 4. Anticipate where the challenges or setbacks may be in the adoption and enforcement of the codes of conduct for your company. Explain how you will address these challenges and anticipated setbacks. 5. Given the influences of changing economic, political, social, cultural...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Terry L Green THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | BTM8102-8 | Kris Iyer, PhD | | | Business Research Methodology | GreenTBTM8102-2 | | | <Add Learner comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ...
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...Square is one of the wealthiest and most successful companies in Bangladesh. Even more important, from a human resource perspective, is the fact that Square is an employee-driven organization. While other organizations base their success on better manufacturing techniques, or better technology, Square success is based on the effectiveness of their employees. Essentially, Square value their staff and realize the importance of their staff. This focus on employees may, in the future, expand to all organizations. Square then, is worth studying as an example of best practice in human resource management. Square Textile Ltd. started its operation in 1997. It was enlisted in Dhaka Stock Exchange & Chittagong Stock Exchange in 2002. The business lines of Square Textile Ltd. are manufacturing and marketing of yarn. Its factory is located in Gazipur, Dhaka. The manufactures 100% Cotton Ring Span Yarn or Hosiery, 100% Cotton OE Rotor for Hosiery and Knit Fabrics for 100% export oriented readymade Garments Industry. The strategic Goals and Objectives of the Company are to strive hard to optimize profit though conduction and transparent business operations and to create more competitive in the internal and external market. In home, customer of Square Textile Limited is export oriented readymade Garments Industry. The Company also exports its products to the market of Europe & USA. The export sells increased by 19% in 2003 over the previous year. Competition level is increasing...
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...Week 8 Assignment 2 Clifton Bland Professor Hughes BUS 325 March 1, 2015 Introduction Human resource management refers to the exercise or function through which an organization will be able to maximize the productivity of its employees through set strategic objectives. Human resource management determines the motivation that employees of an organization have to work at the employing organization. This is because human resource management deals with all aspects that pertain to the workplace environment including salaries and wages. Therefore, it is important for an organization to perform quality human resource management right from the recruitment of an individual to the retirement of the individual. In the case that an organization mistreats its employees, the employees will not perform to their maximum potential thereby reducing the productivity of the organization and by extension, the organizations profit margins (Hurn, 2007). Human Resource Management as a Strategy Organizations use human resource management as a strategy to improve its productivity in terms of volumetric production as well as quality production. This is simply through the motivation of the employees to help improve the corporation’s productivity. In simple terms, happy employees contribute to the success of the company because of their motivation to work. Performance, productivity, quality, and specialization qualities will improve once they are happy. In addition, human resource management is...
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...Rationale of the assignment: This piece of course work has been designed keeping in view the need 1. To understand the strategic role and analyze the information requirements of an organization operating in a competitive global environment. This in turn will require an 2. in depth understanding of the decision making at each of the managerial levels and thereby, 3. Help appreciate the critical relationship between the Business strategies, IS strategy and the IT strategy in an organization. 4. Recommend Information Systems at each level of decision making, justify how these Information Systems would benefit the organization. 5. This assignment also helps the student examine the latent ethical issues of information systems. Assignment brief: Consider a successful Business organization in the UK or in a country of your choice. For this organization, you are required to do the following- 1. Analyze the goals and objectives using the mission statement as the basis. 2. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses, taking into consideration all the environmental factors. 3. Evaluate the strategic model of the organization and identify at least four key performance indicators for the organization. 4. To measure the key performance indicators selected in (3), identify the information requirements for the key decisions at the various managerial decision making levels. 5. After mapping the information requirements to the key decisions and the managerial levels, recommend...
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...franchise sales organization, providing brand marks, comprehensive training and marketing support for the CENTURY 21® System. The System is comprised of more than 102,000 affiliated sales professionals in approximately 6,900 offices in 75 countries and territories worldwide. CENTURY 21 Real Estate is recognized as a leader in e-marketing and has received numerous awards. The Companies System is actively increasing its presence globally, with international operations throughout Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. The world's largest residential real estate sales organization, with more approximately 7,100 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices. I report to the owner of the franchise, which is the head broker. My Positions is Real Estate Agent, been with the company 8 years, the team consist of 10 people all independent agents, we all come to together when it’s time, to discuss ways of working to together on projects, and making the office run more efficient. Our executive officer which is the owner is always open for new ideas. International Headquarters 175 Park Avenue Madison, New Jersey 07940 Contents Assignment 1.2: Organizational Profile Part 1— Description of your Company 3 Assignment 2.1: Organizational Profile Part 2—Alignment of Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategy 4 Assignment 2.2: Stakeholder Analysis 5 Assignment 3.2: Organizational Profile Part 3—Cultural Analysis 6 Assignment 4.2: Alignment...
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...Table of Contents 1. Understand the relationship between organizational structure and culture: 2 1.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structure and cultures: 2 1.2 Explain how the relationship between an organization’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business: 4 1.3 Discuss the factors which influence individual behavior at work: 4 2. Understand different approaches to management and leadership: 5 2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles in different organizations: 5 2.2 Explain how organizational theory underpins the practice of management: 5 2.3 Evaluate the different approaches to management used by different organizations: 6 3. Understand ways of using motivational theories in organizations 7 3.1 Discuss the impact that different leadership styles may have on motivation in organizations in period of change: 7 3.2 Compare the application of different motivational theories within the workplace: 8 3.3 Evaluate the usefulness of a motivation theory for managers: 9 4. Understand mechanism for developing effective teamwork in organizations 10 4.1 Explain the nature of groups and group behavior within organizations: 10 4.2 Discuss factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork in organizations: 10 4.3 evaluate the impact of technology on team functioning within a given organization: 11 References: 12 Introduction: Organization is the combination of people for...
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