September 2014 When a crisis becomes a catastrophe: Reflections on the Malaysia Airlines crises and implications for crisis management best practice By Tim Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Regester Larkin and Jacqueline Ratcliffe, Managing Consultant, Regester Larkin Asia Pacific © Copyright Regester Larkin 2014 All rights reserved. It is every CEO’s worst fear: an event resulting in mass loss of life that becomes indelibly associated with your organisation. Malaysia Airlines experienced
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risk and rewards. PPP is a way out to solve public deficit financing. It is done to give rise to speedy infrastructure growth. The Public Private Partnership has emerged as one of the most important models government use to close the infrastructure gap. For example, a city government might be heavily indebted, but a private enterprise might be interested in funding the project's construction in exchange for receiving the operating profits once the project is complete. Why PPP model? There
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As with all things, a person’s views on issues is based on their perspective, what they will gain or lose from a given situation. My perspective is one of a worker and social activist, which means I can speak to one side of the issue much better than the other. All of the items listed, jails, public schools, war-fighting, and state employment agencies, have a couple basic advantages which are the appearance of cost savings (I say appearance because in the long run I do not think and monies are saved
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the USP (unique selling proposition) of Blackberries and was a very attractive feature for corporates and governments that other phones didn’t have. As a result, BlackBerry became no.1 choice for enterprises and governments 2. Strong focus on narrow customer segment; Unlike other mobile phones and smartphones companies, BlackBerry tries to appeal for a narrow customer segment – governments and corporates. The result is a more focused approach to satisfying the needs of this narrow segment, something
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In the health care industry there are different types program sector organizations, which has its own uniqueness. The different sectors of health care are divided amongst the for-profit, non-profit, and government organizations because they all have a common goal but the financial aspect is the same when it comes to providing care to patients. Within the three types of organization types, the financial need is collected and reported differently due to the organization common goal, financial environment
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Although is too early to tell if the miners are safe, we are in the process of working with the government to assemble a rescue operation. We will be relentless in our efforts to exhaust every channel that may lead us to obtain more information about the condition of the trapped miners. Please refrain from answering questions to any media personnel. Media personnel are to be referred to our business affairs department. Please do not communicate any information to your family members as we need
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companies at discount rates. If you had a job and money under the Thatcher government, there was multitude of opportunities. Whilst those who were without jobs and were dependant on welfare saw industries such as manufacturing decreasing in size, welfare payment cut in size, training being either cut or unfunded. They were expected to pay catch up with the winners on their own initiative without much help from the government. Much of the opposition came from the left, who Thatcher herself had little
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an identity and citizenship. Are these functions being replaced by globalisation and business movements? The end of boundaries is not nigh. Firstly, one of the main functions of boundaries or national borders is, as said, the demarcation of the territorial limits of a state’s jurisdiction and authority. A state is sovereign by right. Borders are powerful symbols of the state’s power. It means that the government has the legitimate right to exercise coercion. When it comes to globalisation differences
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prevented had Kim not allowed the government to intervene and force him to overtake industries against their will. By using effective communication, collaboration, conflict management, and team work, Daewoo could have remained successful. At the time, Daewoo felt it was government guarded. It was provided extensive subsidies, excessive cheap credit and protection from foreign competition. However, after the international demand for free trade evolved, the Korean government was forced to open its market
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intervention of the Indian Government through its subsidies policy. These subsidies adjusted oil prices to suit the general public regardless of how it may negatively affected the oil corporations. General environment’s seven segment include: Economic, Physical, Sociocultural, Global, Technological, Political/Legal, and demographic. Economic segment includes: inflation rates, interest rates, trade deficits or surplus, budgeting deficits or surplus, personal savings rate, business saving rate, and gross
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