...INTERCLEAN BENCHMARKING PAPER Great Team University of Phoenix InterClean Benchmarking Today's organizations thrive on benchmarking to find best practices or solutions to a company's problems through outside industries or companies. This paper highlights some of those issues focusing on how other companies have implemented plans to handle those issues. The issues facing InterClean highlighted in this analysis are human resource philosophy, employee retention, mergers and acquisitions, human resources product handling and servicing. Benchmarking was conducted to evaluate how other companies had handled situations similar to those of Interclean. Outside companies evaluated for comparison come from the mortgage industry, pharmaceutical industry, oil industry, specialty eatery industry, technology industry, airlines industry, chemical industry, insurance industry, and home improvement retail industry. The companies evaluated in this paper were Guardian First Funding Group, Trinity-Chiesi Pharmaceuticals, BP Amoco, Starbucks, Google, Northwest Airlines and Delta Airlines, Rohm and Haas Company, Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Pepsico, and LOWE’s. Evaluation of these companies showed several concepts used in handling the issues and how the companies used these concepts. Situational Analysis Retaining Employees Guardian First Funding Group - Guardian First Funding Group (GFFG) is a mortgage company exclusively involved in the reverse mortgage business. They have been selling...
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...Company background 2.1. Amoco Oil Amoco Oil, previously known as ''Standard Oil of Indiana'', started of small in 1889; consisting of only one faciliy near Whiting, Indiana, but with a huge name backing it up – John D. Rockefeller. By Decemeber 1997, when the talks of a merger/joint venture started Amocco had $32.4 billion in assets and operated in 30 countries with 43,400 employees. The company's business consisted of three main segments: A) Exploration and production sector B) Refining and marketing sector C) Chemicals sector Exploration and production sector had the task of exploring, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas around the globe. Focusing on Amoco's proven developed reserves which were at the time 1,766 milion barrels of oifl and 13,904 milion cubic feet of natural gas. Refining and marketing sector of the company was among the largest sellers of gasoline in the United States through its 9,300 retail outlets. From their five refineries through 15,000 miles of owned or simply operated pipelines Amoco transported crude oil, refined products, carbon dioxide and natural gas. Their chemicals sector produces industrial and commercial chemicals. These three sectors combined generated $36.2 billion in sale in 1997, 78 percent of it was generated in the United States. In it's petroleum business; which generated approximately two thirds of its revenue and less than one fifth of its operating profits, Amoco ran a head-to-head with Royal...
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...C H A P T E R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business ethics. • Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures. • Identify five strategies to strengthen an organization’s culture. 16 S I X T E E N 496 T o an outsider, PeopleSoft is one of the loopiest places on the planet. The Pleasanton, California, business management software company has nerf ball shootouts and minigolf tournaments in the hallways. Dress-down day is every day of the week. A white collar is usually a T-shirt. The bagels and gourmet coffee are free. Having fun is so ingrained that many employees—called PeoplePeople—say it’s the best place to have a bad day. PeopleSoft also values egalitarianism— treating everyone with respect and minimal status differences. Executives don’t have secretaries, special perks, or grandiose offices. “Don’t kiss up and slap down,” PeopleSoft cofounder Dave Duffield reminds everyone. In other words, give the bagel delivery guy the same respect as the company president. PeopleSoft is also extreme on...
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...Leavitt (with contributions from Cynthia Raybourn and Cindy Hubert) The oil and gas industry has taken advantage of knowledge management (KM) developments for more than a decade. In that time, the industry has experienced rapid changes and so many mergers that a oneworded petroleum company name now seems like an oddity. Throughout the rapid advance of technology, an extension of offshore drilling, numerous acquisitions, the growing reliance on foreign oil sources, and a focus on environmental issues, KM initiatives have played a part in making operations more efficient and effective. For instance, when oil and gas companies have been faced with new technology, outsourcing, new partnerships, and government regulation, their KM teams have provided support through technology and knowledge transfer, as well as asset management. When business issues involved capacity management, cost reduction, and the environment, KM played a part through forecasting/scheduling and process and technique innovation. And to improve speed and convenience, KM initiatives have expanded to address point-of-sale technology adoption and procedure effectiveness. Undeniably, KM has been proven to increase stock market valuation, assist in growth through acquisition, lead to better-developed products, and encourage intelligent leadership for tenacious early adopters. Chevron's (now ChevronTexaco's) definition of KM is apt for much of the industry: processes, tools, and behaviors that deliver the right content...
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...Leavitt (with contributions from Cynthia Raybourn and Cindy Hubert) The oil and gas industry has taken advantage of knowledge management (KM) developments for more than a decade. In that time, the industry has experienced rapid changes and so many mergers that a oneworded petroleum company name now seems like an oddity. Throughout the rapid advance of technology, an extension of offshore drilling, numerous acquisitions, the growing reliance on foreign oil sources, and a focus on environmental issues, KM initiatives have played a part in making operations more efficient and effective. For instance, when oil and gas companies have been faced with new technology, outsourcing, new partnerships, and government regulation, their KM teams have provided support through technology and knowledge transfer, as well as asset management. When business issues involved capacity management, cost reduction, and the environment, KM played a part through forecasting/scheduling and process and technique innovation. And to improve speed and convenience, KM initiatives have expanded to address point-of-sale technology adoption and procedure effectiveness. Undeniably, KM has been proven to increase stock market valuation, assist in growth through acquisition, lead to better-developed products, and encourage intelligent leadership for tenacious early adopters. Chevron's (now ChevronTexaco's) definition of KM is apt for much of the industry: processes, tools, and behaviors that deliver the right content...
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...For exclusive use , 2015 9-201-067 REV: MAY 4, 2010 BENJAMIN ESTY MICHAEL KANE BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields One of the many challenges facing the Finance Group after the BP/Amoco merger in 1998 was to evaluate and, if necessary, restructure the company’s global investment portfolio, including its 34% share of the Azerbaijani International Oil Consortium (AIOC). The 11-firm consortium was in the process of developing oil fields in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea (Exhibit 1 identifies the AIOC members). As of March 1999, AIOC had completed the $1.9 billion Early Oil Project, which was producing 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd). The next three stages, known as the Full Field Development Project, were expected to cost an additional $8 to $10 billion and would bring total production to 800,000 bpd by 2005.1 Before the merger, BP and Amoco held the two largest interests in AIOC (17% each), yet they had chosen different strategies for funding their shares of the Early Oil Project. Whereas BP had used general corporate funds, Amoco was one of five AIOC partners that had raised $400 million of project finance with assistance from two multilateral agencies. Now, as a merged entity, the Finance Group had to reassess the firm’s financial strategy for the Early Oil Project and determine the best way to finance the Full Field Development Project. While it was possible to continue with a dual financing strategy,...
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...BP From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision, accepted on 2 October 2010.Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the energy corporation. For other uses, see BP (disambiguation). For information on the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig, see Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP p.l.c. Type Public limited company (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) Industry Oil and natural gas, alternative fuels Founded 1909 (as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company) 1954 (as the British Petroleum Company) 1998 (merger of British Petroleum and Amoco) Headquarters London, United Kingdom Area served Worldwide Key people Carl-Henric Svanberg (Chairman) Tony Hayward (CEO) Bob Dudley (Director, CEO (appointed)) Byron Grote (CFO)[1] Products BP petroleum and derived products BP service stations Air BP Aviation Fuels Castrol motor oil ARCO gas stations am/pm convenience stores Aral service stations solar panels Revenue US $246.1 billion (2009)[2] Operating income US $26.43 billion (2009)[2] Net income US $16.58 billion (2009)[2] Total assets US $236.0 billion (2009) Total equity US $101.6 billion (2009) Employees 80,300 (Dec 2009)[3] Website BP.com A 1922 BP advertisement.BP p.l.c.[4][5] (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world measured by revenues and is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors".[6][7] ...
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...Mergers and acquisitions 1 Mergers and acquisitions The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity. In the most simplest way, Merger can be defined as how a "Marriage" is whereas an Acquisition is referred to as an "Adoption" of a child Acquisition An acquisition, also known as a takeover or a buyout, is the buying of one company (the ‘target’) by another. Consolidation is when two companies combine together to form a new company altogether. An acquisition may be private or public, depending on whether the acquiree or merging company is or isn't listed in public markets. An acquisition may be friendly or hostile. Whether a purchase is perceived as a friendly or hostile depends on how it is communicated to and received by the target company's board of directors, employees and shareholders. It is quite normal though for M&A deal communications to take place in a so called 'confidentiality bubble' whereby information flows are restricted due to confidentiality agreements (Harwood, 2005). In the case of a friendly transaction, the companies cooperate in negotiations; in the case of a hostile deal, the takeover target is unwilling to be bought or the target's board has no prior knowledge of...
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...General: Process of attaining close and seamless coordination between several departments, groups, organizations, systems, etc. 2.Companies: Merger of two or more firms resulting in a new legal entity. 3.Contracts: Amalgamation of two or more agreements into one contract that serves as a full expression of the intent of the contracting parties. A term used to describe the use of the Internet to replace physical components of a company with information. A business engaged in virtual integration owns only their brand and their clients. This eliminates the need to physically produce, ship or handle any products as they are now outsourced. Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/virtual-integration.html#ixzz3EphPUex0 ://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/integration.html#ixzz3EpfP12T2 DEFINITION of 'Vertical Integration' When a company expands its business into areas that are at different points on the same production path, such as when a manufacturer owns its supplier and/or distributor. Vertical integration can help companies reduce costs and improve efficiency by decreasing transportation expenses and reducing turnaround time, among other advantages. However, sometimes it is more effective for a company to rely on the expertise and economies of scale of other vendors rather than be vertically integrated. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Vertical Integration' Backward and forward integration are types of vertical integration. A company that expands backward...
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...FI561- Mergers and Acquisitions Week 5 Case Study: DuPont Divestiture of Conoco November 27, 2011 . Abstract In this paper, we are examining the 1998 DuPont spin off of Conoco by analyzing the transaction itself. Then, I look at one of the possible alternatives to the chosen transaction and compare that alternative with the actual long term impacts of the sale. I will then decide and recommend which option would have been the best utilized by DuPont over the long-term in order to generate the most revenue from its ownership of Conoco. DuPont purchased Conoco in 1981 and it was the largest merger in corporate history at that time. The purchase gave DuPont a secure source of petroleum feedstocks needed for many of its fiber and plastics operations. Conoco also manufactured profitable commercial petroleum products and coal, produced by the wholly owned subsidiary Consolidated Coal Company. (“DuPont” 2011) Introduction Over the last several years, corporate America has often turned to spin offs as a way to increase their bottom line numbers. This has proven to be an effective tool in helping a firm to both divest itself of an unprofitable division and to raise large amounts of new investment capital. This money can be used to help repurchase stocks or make strategic acquisitions that will allow the firm to adapt with the changes that occur within their market place and allow it to continue to compete within that marketplace. Additionally, after such an event...
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...Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School MJensen@hbs.edu Abstract The interests and incentives of managers and shareholders conflict over such issues as the optimal size of the firm and the payment of cash to shareholders. These conflicts are especially severe in firms with large free cash flows—more cash than profitable investment opportunities. The theory developed here explains 1) the benefits of debt in reducing agency costs of free cash flows, 2) how debt can substitute for dividends, 3) why “diversification” programs are more likely to generate losses than takeovers or expansion in the same line of business or liquidationmotivated takeovers, 4) why the factors generating takeover activity in such diverse activities as broadcasting and tobacco are similar to those in oil, and 5) why bidders and some targets tend to perform abnormally well prior to takeover. Keywords: Dividend policy, Corporate Payout Policy, Optimal Capital Structure, Optimal Debt, Reivestment Policy, Overinvestment © Copyright 1986. Michael C. Jensen. All rights reserved. American Economic Review, May 1986, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 323-329. You may redistribute this document freely, but please do not post the electronic file on the web. I welcome web links to this document at http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=99580. I revise my papers regularly, and providing a link to the original ensures that readers will receive the most recent version...
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...strategies reveals that the organization is in a ripe form for change of structure, business process, Human Resource (HR) alignment, communication process and employee management. A change is inevitable; the successful management of a change with buy-in from all affected quadrants is the ideal situation for InterClean to achieve the merger with EnviroTech. Such a solution can be found with the right implementation of the HR domain statement, nine step problem solving process, effective change management and conscientious decision making. The paper tries to identify the various issues related to the merger, challenges, opportunities, solution paths, time lines and risks associated with the implementation of solutions. The paper also provides a set of timelines and metrics for measurement of the outcomes. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification InterClean belongs to an eight billion dollar industrial cleaning and sanitation industry. As per the scenario, the principal stakeholders are trying to increase the profitability of the company through change in the business strategy and by the acquisition of a new company EnviroTech, an acquisition that is in-line with new business strategy and bound to achieve the targeted profitability of 40%.(University of Phoenix, 2008). Based on the decisions of David (President and CEO), the HR have taken immediate steps at performing skill gap analysis and identifying the best strategy for staffing the organization. This knee jerk...
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...THE EFFECT OF MERGER AND ACQUSITION ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE. (A case study of Equity Indemnity Insurance Co. Ltd) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Every organisation is set up with a vision to be profitably productive so that the interest of every stakeholder is satisfied; consequently the performance of every organisation is graded on various performance parameters to determine how well the company is doing when compared with its set goals and the performance of other companies. The following are areas of expectation of good performance. o The organisation’s vision objective and associated plan – how much of this is seen in reality of the organ’s operation / result. o The organisation’s structure, values and culture – which are what, distinguish one organisation from the other even though they are in same market/industry. o The sector and market in which the organisation operates and the organisation’s share of the market. o The organisation’s competitive strength this being able to take more share of the market and determine price movement. o The financial strength and investment potential of the organ to venture into new areas/ development of existing market and pelt. Many organisations have had problems in driving the above fully to the advantage of their organisation hence have consistently not improve in their performance when assessed by the stakeholders in the organisation. The Annual General Meeting...
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...FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES FIRST YEAR REQUIRED COURSE PACKET Quarter III, Spring 2010 FACULTY Section I: Section II: Section III: SectionIV: Section V: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES Quarter III, Spring 2010 Elena Loutskina Marc Lipson Robert Conroy MarcLipson Elena Loutskina IMPORTANT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT: Thursday, February 19 is a DAY LONG exercise that requires your participation until 5:30pm that evening. By compressing the exercise into a single day we were able to designate Friday as a Reading Day. Please DO NOT schedule any travel until after your obligation for the exercise ends at 5:30pm Thursday evening. COURSE DESCRIPTION First-Year Financial Management and Policies (FMP) reflects three important features of the Darden MBA Program: (1) it is a general management program; (2) the program, through its frequent use of the case method of instruction, has a practical, pragmatic bias and a decision- orientation; and (3) the first-year program provides the basic training on which students can build in the second-year. Consistent with the first-year program, FMP aims to provide: 1. An Introduction. The course provides the basic framework necessary to pursue further study in finance in the second-year of the MBA program and on his or her own thereafter. This framework is an orientation towards valuation. 2. Basic Mastery. The course emphasizes essentials, the tools and concepts that every general manager, entrepreneur, or manager in other functional fields...
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...THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RICE UNIVERSITY THE INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BY AMY MYERS JAFFE WALLACE S. WILSON FELLOW IN ENERGY STUDIES JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RONALD SOLIGO, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, RICE UNIVERSITY RICE SCHOLAR, JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ENERGY STUDY SPONSORED BY JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER AND THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY NOVEMBER 2007 International Oil Companies THIS PAPER WAS WRITTEN BY A RESEARCHER (OR RESEARCHERS) WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE JOINT BAKER INSTITUTE/JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER POLICY REPORT, THE CHANGING ROLE OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MARKETS. WHEREVER FEASIBLE, THIS PAPER WAS REVIEWED BY OUTSIDE EXPERTS BEFORE RELEASE. HOWEVER, THE RESEARCH AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED WITHIN THIS PAPER ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHER(S) AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY NOR THOSE OF THE JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER. © 2007 BY THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY OF RICE UNIVERSITY THIS MATERIAL MAY BE QUOTED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION, PROVIDED APPROPRIATE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR AND THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY. 2 International Oil Companies ABOUT THE POLICY REPORT THE CHANGING ROLE OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY...
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