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Royal Dutch/Shell Group

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C/OM/217. Service and operations management in Shell

WORDS:
1050
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper examines the approaches of Shell to operations and service management providing background information about the Shell Group, reviewing their operational objectives, describing Shell’s products and services, and discussing the benefits of servitization as an emphasis on service offerings.

 

KEYWORDS: Shell, operations management, service management, servitization,

 

C/B/2210. Corporate Social Responsibility of Shell in Nigeria

WORDS:
1300
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper examines the operations of Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria reviewing the history of the company’s presence in the country, providing a brief overview of Nigerian economy and oil production industry, and outlining successes and challenges of Shell in Nigeria. The company’s policy towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) and accountability is analyzed highlighting its inefficiencies and comparing it to the CSR policy of British Petroleum (BP).

 

KEYWORDS: Shell Nigeria, British Petroleum, corporate social responsibility, CSR,

 

C/M/1330. Risks of investing in Russian oil business: case study of Shell's Sakhalin II project

WORDS:
2100
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper looks at the challenges faced by Shell and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC) in their attempt to launch the Sakhalin II project in Russia. The areas of potential conflict related to investment into the Russian oil business are identified focusing on political risks, and suggesting recommendations about the ways to mitigate the risk of initial agreements and post investment problems.

 

KEYWORDS: Political risk, Shell, Sakhalin II, Russian oil business, Shell, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, SEIC,

 

C/B/2127. Strategic Analysis of Shell India

WORDS:
1150
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper looks at the operations of Shell in India describing the company’s background, conducting their PEST and SWOT analysis, examining Shell’s strategic management with reference to Porter’s Generic Strategies, considering the issues of their human resource management (HRM), and making conclusions about Shell’s strategic alignment with the Indian business environment.

 

KEYWORDS: Shell India, Organisational Analysis, PEST, SWOT, Strategic Management, HRM,

 

C/M/1290. Dissertation. Compliance with Health and Safety Standards in Oil and Gas Industry in Developed and Developing Countries

WORDS:
9100
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
99.99 GBP

The dissertation addresses the issues of health and safety (H&S) in the oil and gas industry. Case studies of Shell, British Petroleum (BP) and Statoil are conducted examining their H&S implementation in the developed countries (the UK, the USA, Ireland and Norway) and developing countries (the Philippines and Columbia). Literature is reviewed on the theory of risk management and assessment, the role of H&S standards, their importance in the energy industry, etc. The methodology of the research is based on the case study approach and analysis of qualitative and quantitative secondary data. Conclusions are made about the breach of health and safety standards in the studied companies and their varying compliance with H&S standards in developed and developing countries.

 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, Risk Management, Health and Safety, Oil and Gas Industry, developing countries, developed countries, Shell, BP, British Petroleum, Statoil,

 

C/HR/571. Dissertation. What measures can organisations take to engage and retain their workforce in diverse UK environment?

WORDS:
16350
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
169.99 GBP

The dissertation addresses the issues of employee engagement and retention (EER) examining the measures that could be taken by UK organisations to fully engage with their workforce and ensure the retention of talented employees. Literature is reviewed on the impact of the workforce on the organisational performance, the link between employee performance and payment, the importance of tailoring EER programmes, the EER programmes currently used in the UK, the importance of knowing competitive actions taken by other players in EER, etc. The research methods are based on secondary data obtained from related academic literature, company reports, press articles, etc. Case studies are conducted of EER practices in Barclays Bank, British Petroleum (BP), Cadbury, Deutsche Bank, Dow Chemical, Nokia, Philip Morris International (PMI), Royal Dutch Shell, and Unilever. Conclusions are made about the actions taken by the studied organisations in developing EER initiatives, recommendations are suggested about the ways to engage employees, to maximise their talents and abilities, and to minimise their turnover.

 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, human resources, employee engagement, employee retention, Barclays Bank, British Petroleum, Cadbury, Deutsche Bank, Dow Chemical, Nokia, Philip Morris, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever,

 

C/F/595. Capital Structure of Shell

WORDS:
2300
ADD-ONS:
Case Study
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper addresses the problem of equilibrium between debt and equity reviewing literature on the theory of capital structure and discussing the use of gearing (leverage) ratios in evaluating financial risks of the company. A case study of Shell is conducted to see how they maintain the balance between debt and equity using gearing ratios for 2004-2008 years.

 

KEYWORDS: Shell, capital structure, gearing ratios, debt, equity,

 

C/B/1955. PESTLE and SWOT Analysis of Royal Dutch Shell

WORDS:
750
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

This paper presents SWOT analysis of Royal Dutch Shell (a strategic planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Royal Dutch Shell) and PESTEL analysis (which represents the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal frameworks affecting a macro-environmental company).

 

KEYWORDS: PESTEL, PEST, SWOT, Royal Dutch Shell,

 

C/B/1954. SWOT Analysis of Royal Dutch Shell

WORDS:
200
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

This paper presents a SWOT analysis of Royal Dutch Shell. SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Royal Dutch Shell.

 

KEYWORDS: SWOT, TOWS, Royal Dutch Shell,

 

C/B/1953. PESTLE Analysis of Royal Dutch Shell

WORDS:
500
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

This paper presents a PESTLE analysis of Royal Dutch Shell. PESTEL analysis stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal. It includes the analysis of a framework of macro-environmental factors affecting Royal Dutch Shell.

 

KEYWORDS: PEST, PESTEL, PESTLE, Royal Dutch Shell,

 

C/F/556. Benefits of entering alternative energy industry for BP

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper looks at the opportunities of British Petroleum (BP) to enter the alternative energy industry assessing the company’s current position in the oil and gas industry within the framework of ratio analysis, profitability, efficiency and solvency for 2007/2008 years using Shell as a benchmark. Modern portfolio theory is reviewed along with asset pricing models such as CAPM, arbitrage pricing theory and Fama-French three factor model.

 

KEYWORDS: BP, British Petroleum, oil and gas, alternative energy, portfolio management,

 

C/OM/161. Organisation management in Royal Dutch Shell

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper looks at the application lean principles (LP) by Royal Dutch Shell, a company in the oil and gas industry. The situation in the company is described highlighting the current problems and explaining how and why LP were or could be applied to address these problems. The outcomes of LP applications are outlined reflecting on the lessons that could be learned from the situation.

 

KEYWORDS: Royal Dutch Shell, lean principles, oil and gas,

 

S/B/510. Dissertation. Impact of newspaper publicity on social and environmental disclosures in annual reports

WORDS:
13800
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
139.99 GBP

The dissertation explores the outcomes of negative publicity received through newspaper articles on companies' disclosure levels. Literature is reviewed on the role of the media in shaping society attitudes reporting on the MNC exposed by the media, i.e. Cadbury Schweppes, GlaxoSmithKline, Royal Dutch Shell and Tesco. Content analysis is used as a preferred research methods, the relevance of newspaper articles for companies' exposure is studied. Conclusions are made about companies' responses to positive and negative media publicity.

 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, disclosure, negative publicity, legitimacy, annual report, climate change,

 

S/B/488. Corporate social responsibility and ethics: case study of Shell

WORDS:
1200
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper examines the issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethics within the multinational energy corporation Shell. The role of CSR in modern businesses is explored conducing stakeholder analysis of the company and analysing their CSR strategy.

 

KEYWORDS: corporate, social, responsibility, ethics, study, shell,

 

S/M/488. Strategic Management in Royal Dutch Shell

WORDS:
3000
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
39.99 GBP

The paper examines the African oil operations of the global energy corporation Royal Dutch Shell describing the setting, the structure and the strategies of the company. The external strategic environment of Shell in Africa is analysed using the stakeholder matrix, PESTEL and Porters five forces models, their internal environment is analyzed using SWOT and value chain models. The issues that the company could face in the next five years are indicated.

 

KEYWORDS: strategic, management, royal, dutch, shell,

 

C/F/407. Financial performance analysis: Shell vs. BP.

WORDS:
2600
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper analyses the financial performance of Royal Dutch Shell and British Petroleum which are two major oil companies of Europe. It tends to compare different financial ratios for both companies, examining their progress in 2007 as well as discussing the share performance of that year. It takes into consideration a number of financial ratios which are essential while scrutinizing a company's growth and grouped into three main categories which are liquidity, safety and profitability. After the financial analysis the share-holder ratios are being discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: f, financial, performance, analysis, shell, vs, bp,

 

C/B/1083. Carroll's Model of CSR: Case study of Shell

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper examines the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) applying Carroll's model to the CSR practices of the oil giant Shell. Shell's economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic approaches to CSR are critically evaluated discussing their overstatement of oil reserves and human rights abuses in Nigeria. Recommended are suggested to improve the company's poor CSR image.

 

KEYWORDS: CSR, corporate social responsibility, Shell,

 

C/B/892. Culture change and diversity management in Shell

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper addresses the problems of culture and diversity management in a multi national organisation reviewing theoretical approaches to corporate culture and analysing the practices of Shell during the company's culture change including the creation of a diversity-planning team, diversity councils, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Culture, change, diversity, Shell,

 

C/F/411. Strategic Financial Management: case study of Shell

WORDS:
3400
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
39.99 GBP

The paper explores the financial situation of Shell and its value analysing the company's capacity for creating and delivering value to shareholders. The evolution of the Shell equities over 2007-2008 is examined.

 

KEYWORDS: Shell, TSR, NAV, PER, Oil prices, equity, shareholders,

 

C/HR/261. Analysis of leadership styles in Shell and Daimler Chrysler

WORDS:
2500
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper considers Vroom and Yetton's decision making model and how it contributes to the leadership and decision making theory. Comparisons are drawn with other decision making theories, i.e.Vroom and Jago's decision model, behavioural theory, etc. The applicability of these models in organisational setting is considered.

 

KEYWORDS: Leadership, decision making, Vroom and Yetton, behavioural,

 

C/B/634. ICI: An Analysis of ICI's Environmental Policy

WORDS:
1900
DATE:
2007
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The ICI is a relic of an old industrial corporate body. Its environmental policies have room for modernisation. This leaves the ICI vulnerable to environmental scrutiny. This report relates the ICI's environmental policies against those of BP and Shell petrochemicals and establishes methods for policy improvements.

 

KEYWORDS: ici, ici, environmental, policy,

 

C/M/638. Critically evaluate the role of leadership in effective change management process based on (Shell, Siemens and DaimlerChrysler: Leading change in companies with strong values)

WORDS:
960
DATE:
2007
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

The paper offers a critical evaluation of the role of leadership in effective change management looking at Shell, Siemens and Daimler Chrysler's experiences of change management to explore the theories and practices in managing change. Approaches to cultural change are examined including the views of Lewin, Schein, etc. Theoretical underpinnings are applied to the companies under study.

 

KEYWORDS: Leadership, change management, Shell, Siemens, Daimler Chrysler,

 

C/B/388. Corporate Social Report of Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria

WORDS:
1500
DATE:
2006
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

Royal Dutch Shell plc is one of the most world's most respected companies, mainly due its wide global presence and its focus on sustainable environmental and community development. This report uses the basic framework of the stakeholder theory to analyse Shell's contribution to stakeholder involvement in Nigeria and the role of the government as well as local community in aiding Shell to promote ethical business practices in the region. The Ogoni issue and Niger delta remediation issues are discussed and Shell's role in community development and increasing stakeholder participation has been analysed. The report identifies relevant stakeholders (related to their operations in NIGERIA) and analyses the impact on them. Also it identifies the measures taken by the company (in regards to environmental and social issues toward OGONI people in Nigeria/how did Shell respond?) and evaluates their effectiveness

 

KEYWORDS: corporate, social, royal, dutch, shell, nigeria,

 

P/B/864. Shell Oil: environmental and social performance

WORDS:
2500
DATE:
2006
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper reports on the environmental performance of the Shell Oil Company reviewing theoretical approaches to sustainable development, environmental performance indicators, etc. Social evaluation of the company is presented discussing the impacts of their activities on human health. The significance of environmental and social reporting is highlighted.

 

KEYWORDS: Shell Oil, environmental, social reporting,

 

P/HR/231. Health and safety policy: economic, psychological and legal aspects

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2006
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper examines the issues of health and safety (H&S) contracts reviewing the breaches of H&S in Shell, discussing the nature of a psychological contract, legal requirements in regards to H&S, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Health and safety, psychological contract, Shell,