John Browne

III. Discuss and evaluate the leadership of change: a.) When it comes to BP and the changes that were made in the post-crisis era since the oil spill it is very important to reference their history of safety violations. The oil spill of project Deepwater Horizon was one largest examples of their previous lack of care and respect to safety and the earth. Previous to the spill they have been in trouble with the authorities for illegal dumping of waste products in northern Alaska as well as being

his current employees seemed to suffer the most. The next leader in line had a more innovative sense of where he should take the company. Leadership takes skill. John Browne was appointed CEO in 1995. The operator of a “two pipeline” company, was now the leader of a globally known business (O 'Regan, & Ghobadian, 2010). Browne was known for taking advantage of the low cost of oil around that time and using it to merge the company with other oil companies playing the field at that time (O

1. Do you agree or disagree with Tony Hayward’s quote at the end of the case? Was this disaster strictly a BP failure or an industry accident? (One of my biggest mistakes was that I allowed myself to become the lightning rod for hatred and anger.” He went on to say, “I genuinely feel that this could have happened to anyone. This is not BP. It is an industry accident.) I mostly agree with Tony Hayward because an accident of that size is a result of a complex combination of mechanical failures,

“BP is a multinational energy business that has 92,000 employees and operates in 175 countries. When a new chief executive was recruited internally at BP (Tony Hayward), he promised to improve the company’s disappointing performance by quickly changing its culture to become more innovative and responsive to its customers.” Q: How easy do you think it is for a new chief executive to change the culture of an organization quickly? Justify your answer with reference to BP &/or other businesses

history. Photographer Malcolm Browne captured Duc’s final moments in his iconic photo that earned him a Pulitzer prize as the World Press Photo of the Year in 1963, and forever changed the way the American public viewed the escalating crisis between the Vietnamese communists and the Buddhist monks (Browne 179). Former President Kennedy said, regarding this photograph, that “No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one” (Browne 175). This quote certainly sums

British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum October 30, 2011 Abstract The image as well as the operational business reputation of a corporation is critical to the survivability of the corporation in today’s business world. This reputation is even more critical when a business has is known globally with holdings and operations around the world. Such is the case with British Petroleum (BP) as it actively explores

What makes us tick? The question intrigues me because of the power its answer holds. On the individual level, the things which we enjoy seem personal and specific. We proudly pursue our passions publicly in follows on Instagram, retweets on Twitter, and likes on Facebook while displaying them on t-shirts, mugs, and key chains. These overt expressions of interest are so common that the mere phrase “I love Chick-fil-A” is mundane and unimportant. “Of course you love Chick-fil-A,” we say. “Doesn’t

Most of modern society is familiar with, or even uses on a daily basis, some of the following: caller ID, traffic signals, air conditioning, light bulbs, and home security systems. However, most of society is not aware that these inventions were either developed or improved by African Americans. We can't ask generations to know the inventors of all things, because that is simply illogical. However, society should realize that the accomplishments of some contributors have been overlooked simply because

Under her leadership, the NSF funded a summer institute for secondary school teachers of mathematics for thirteen years, for which Dr. Browne also authored four sets of lecture notes. The Marjorie Lee Browne Colloquium was established in 1999 in the Department of Mathematics in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The colloquium brings a distinguished speaker to campus to present a talk that highlights their research

legendary British rock band from Liverpool, England that left an impression to the Sixties Era. The “Fab Four” are John Lennon, singer and songwriter, Paul McCartney, singer and songwriter, George Harrison, songwriter, guitarist, and musician, and Ringo Starr, drummer, singer, songwriter, and actor, sold more than a billion records in April 4, 1964 (Simon 1). The Beatles’ composer, John Lennon, had a stunning gift for writing songs. Because rock and roll is considered a structure of harmonies the Beatles