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Management Challenges in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Coursework Instructions:

Your task is to create a report that explains the many challenges faced by management during the BP oil spill crisis and report on what other theories/strategies could have been used and what alternative actions manager and executives should have taken.
Overview:
You are now ready to apply the theory you have learned in lessons 3-2, 3-3 and 3-4.
Scenario:
You are the President and owner of a consulting company that has been hired to prepare a report for BP on their handling of the oil spill disaster. BP plans to give your report to new managers so that will be better able to approach major decisions and challenges.
Your task is to create a report that explains the challenges faced by management during the BP oil spill crisis and suggest what theories/strategies should have been used for better results.
Instructions:
Please download and read the case study: "BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010".
Create a report that discusses all the management challenges that you were involved (perception, conflict, motivation challenges).
For each challenge, explain the situation, explain what alternative measures you would have taken as a manager (based on the theories involved in this section), and explain possible outcomes of your decisions/actions.
The report can be presented in any format that you like: formal business report, three paragraph essay, podcast, Google slide presentation, video, Prezi, etc.
Save any files on your computer so that you have a copy of your completed assignment. Submit the assignment for marking.
More Information:
If you would like to read more about the BP oil spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, the following sites contain information about the event:
• http://news-basics(dot)com/2010/oil-spill-in-the-gulf/
• http://en(dot)wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
• http://ocean(dot)si(dot)edu/gulf-oil-spill
• http://www(dot)counterspill(dot)org/article/bp-oil-spill-brief-history

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Management Challenges: Case Study
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster clearly shows how a company’s management can bring a company to its knees. Even before the occurrence of the disaster, BP had been marred by a number of safety concerns that threatened to jeopardize its operations. An explosion at its Texas City Refinery in 2005 left 15 people dead and several others injured while 200,000 gallons of oil poured into Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 2006 (Ingersoll, Locke and Reavis 5). The Deepwater Horizon Disaster revealed significant management issues at BP including inexperience, poor communication, sheer negligence, and deficient decision-making procedures. Following the disaster, the company’s management had to deal with key challenges that include death and injury of crew members, environmental damage, and frustrated shareholders and the public.
A key management challenge that the company faced immediately was the death and injury of its crew members. 11 crew members died while 17 others sustained injuries. It is important to note that these were the individuals that made the operations of the company at the well possible. It is without a doubt that colleagues and family members were extremely devastated by the death of the crew members. As such, it is deducible the disaster resulted to stress among members of the workforce, particularly those that worked closely with those that had died. As a manager, I would send a message of hope and togetherness to members of the workforce as well as family members. I would also ensure working safety measures are put in place and every member of the workforce is engaged in the safety procedures through regular communication. This would make the employees feel part and parcel of the firm and would also motivate them to keep the operations going.
Following the disaster, the management of the company also faced d...
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