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Improvement Project of Science Construction CS

Abstract Science Construction’s business is in planning, developing and building road projects. The major of its clients are municipalities, city governments, and other public sector entities. While the bankruptcy rates for these clients is very low, when economic downturns happen, their ability to pay in a timely fashion also suffers. This leads to businesses such as Science Construction needing to take on additional debt and to find creative methods in order to stay afloat during times of recession. Methods such as selling accounts receivables at discounted rates and taking larger lines of credit through banks and other lending institutions are some of the ways organizations can remain viable when their cash inflows have turned into a trickle. Science Construction is asking the Turkish Courts to postpone their bankruptcy proceedings for a year while they attempt to restructure. Through this, suggestions such as forcing shareholders to pay their debt to the organization, gaining credi

BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Introduction This paper is a discussion for the case study “BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010” (2012). We will focus on the organization culture towards change, rather than the engineering flaws which lead to that disaster. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was a result of adopting the wrong leadership style relating to the organization’s critical industry, hierarchal structure, and crisis management. There would have been significantly important approaches to be followed such that to create radical changes within the organization. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is considered one of the most significant environmental and management crises. Also BP’s reaction will be always remembered as an example of the worst crisis management as well. I think that BP failed to deal with this disaster by all means, especially the response of their CEO at that time, Tony Hayward. He showed unethical, selfish and irres

Turnaround and Transformation of ICA

Case Study: Transformation Jill Medvedow stepped in and turned the failing organization, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston around. Through vision, determination, and tenacity, she was able to make it profitable and establish a cultural legacy for the city. In this case study, I will demonstrate where she used different leadership styles to get things done, and how different leadership styles were successful in those circumstances. Issues Facing the Organization Issue A When Medvedow took over as leader of ICA, the organization had a small budget of less than $1 million a year and an attendance of 25,000 visitors. These are both meager in relationship to other art museums (Reavis, 2010). Issue B Due to the limitations of the building, lack of interest, and inadequate funding, ICA didn't have a permanent collection. ICA lacked brand identity; it failed to build patronage of donors and draw repeat visitors (Reavis, 2010). It was attempting to compete with other wellfun

Case Turnaround and Transformation

Introduction Identifying the critical issues/problems in the case and analyzed the key facts related to the issues/problems Jill Medvedow became the director of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in 1998 at a time when the Museum was facing significant challenges in its operations. During this time, the Museum struggled with visitation, funding, membership, and also a collection of antiques. Moreover, ICA was operating from a building that was converted from being a police station within the streets of Boylston, which had been purchased through public donations. However, before Medvedow's leadership, Boylston Street lacked an appeal and thus becoming less of the visitors' choice. Medvedow reign changed the ICA museum through innovative and transformation leadership (Ifeanyi George Ogbonna, 2013). The organizations significant challenges Discuss the facts which affect these issues Before Jill Medvedow's leadership, the organization was facing significant challe

What Should be the Leadership Style for Success?

Abstract In some scenarios, leadership is about creating change in both individuals and the communities in which they live, through inspiring positive change through authentically motivating and influencing people to achieve what they never thought possible (Transformational Leadership, n.d). In this paper I will briefly describe the critical issues outline in the case study and then identify and discuss different leadership theories as well as leadership styles demonstrated by Jill Medvedow. Keywords: Leadership Leadership Styles for Success In this paper I will discuss the case of “Turnaround and Transformation: Leadership and Risk at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art” by Reavis (2010), specifically focusing on the leadership styles of Jill Medvedow in her role as Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). Following the identification of her leadership styles, I will conclude with a strategy that can be considered to develop future leaders in the contemporary art scene

The Deepwater Horizon Case Study

In this case study, we will analyze how BP caused systemic damages to a lot of stakeholders through the Deepwater Horizon crisis. We will analyze how the organizational culture of an organization shapes the behavior of its people and in order for this to change, the management team needs to take the right actions. In addition, we are going to think about how we should proceed if we want to implement a radical change program at BP following such a crisis.                                       Keywords: leadership, management, crisis, radical change. Considering the leadership styles from this week’s reading, evaluate which one would be the most beneficial to execute radical change within the organization as it is described in the case study. According to Rowe, Reardon, and Bennis (1995) who developed the Leadership Style Inventory (LSI), there are four leadership styles: commanding, logical, inspirational, and supportive. In this given organization, there is a need for a leader who h

British Petroleum and Deepwater Horizon

This paper discusses a case study about the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster that occurred in 2010. It will present a summary regarding the work culture and leadership that existed at the time of the event within the British Petroleum organization, and how this directly impacted the disaster happening. Additionally, it presents the issues that lead up to the disaster, identifies stakeholders, and explores how radical change might be implemented within British Petroleum if the same culture were present today. Keywords: leadership style, radical, change Background British Petroleum (BP) is a multinational company based in the United Kingdom, as of 2018 the company had over seventy thousand employees, and total equity at over $101 billion U.S. dollars. In April 2010, BP’s Macondo oil well located in the Gulf of Mexico blew out causing the Deepwater Horizon rig to explode. The result was seventeen injured, eleven dead, and one of the world’s worst environmental disasters that laste