THE NEW ENERGY FUTURE BY 2050 Rising energy demand, supply pressure, climate change 9 billion people, 75% living in cities (2 billion more than today) 2 billion vehicles (1 billion at the moment) Many millions of people will rise out of energy poverty; with higher living standards energy use rises Energy demand could double from its level in 2000.. .. while CO2 emissions must be half today’s to avoid serious climate change Twice as efficient, using half the energy to produce each dollar
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Strategic management Why strategy? Important simultaneous changes • Terra trends (e.g. aging populations, climate change) • Economic trends (e.g. debt crisis, unemployment) • Technology trends (e.g. nanotechnology, 3D printing, cyber physical systems) • Meta trends (e.g. religions, multiple modernities) Informed customers • More transparency, more information Smart competitors • Innovation, efficiency and surprises Aggressive new global players • China, Hedge Funds Increasingly
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followers are more likely to imitate this behaviour and conform to similar values and beliefs explicitly delineated by their leaders and organisations (Shin, 2012). However the major challenge encountered by organisational leaders is about gaining the trust and commitment of followers to conform to the ethical standards required to achieve strategic objectives of their organisation (Caldwell, Hayes & Long, 2010). In this report, we define ethical leadership by looking at business ethics and leadership
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” The Army has evolved into a profession that is endlessly changing and through time getting more advanced. Being in the Army requires balance, professionalism, trust and respect for operations to run efficiently and effectively while upholding and protecting all standards. Every profession consists of a specific culture and climate related with and ingrained within. Service members and occupations within the Army all have a specific purpose and role in order for the Army to be effective and
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pressured Alliance to purchase the shares even though the company was on the downfall. The actions of both these individuals caused Alliance to be charged with "breach of contract, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary trust, negligence, gross negligence.” Injured Parties and Effects The purchase of shares in Enron by Alliance caused Florida State’s Pension Plan to lose over $334 million after they bought and sold Enron stocks right before Enron declares bankruptcy
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him late in his sleek book-lined office overlooking Lake Washington, outside Seattle – is the hacker's notion that the code for these problems can be rewritten, that errors can be fixed, that huge systems – whether it's Windows 8, global poverty or climate change – can be improved if you have the right tools and the right skills. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organization with a $36 billion endowment that he runs with his wife, is like a giant startup whose target market
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Making Awareness of various decision making methods can help a team make efficient decisions. 4-Positive Atmosphere An effective team has an open climate where member’s are comfortable with each other and aren’t afraid to take risks. Creativity is expressed and laughter is shared. Trust is a key element is creating this atmosphere. What builds trust? Honesty,
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the modern neglect and apathy towards the environment, which has suffered immensely with the advent of the industrial and technological revolutions. Scott Pruitt has nonchalantly remarked, “[The E.P.A. will commence] a red team-blue team review of climate change that puts experts in a room and lets them debate” (Talbot 2018)—in other words, a direct disregard to an issue that threatens the future of humanity’s existence. Why has the Executive Branch strayed so far from the
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1 Oil’s Troubled Water British Petroleum (BP) is one of the biggest oil and gas industry in the world. They owned 21,000 services stations worldwide and their brand is most trusted in the world. Then an incident occur in 2012, where BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig has exploded that causes 11 deaths and oil slick at the Gulf of Mexico. BP is being fined billion of dollar by the US government and need to compensate the others that affected by it. 1.1 Political Factors Most of the oil reserved in the
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According to the Huffington Post, there is a discrepancy between the call scientists are making and the belief of the Republicans in Congress. The article by Carolyn Gregoire points out that, “Although 97 percent of climate scientists insist climate change is real and caused by human actions, 56 percent of Republicans in Congress deny these atmospheric changes” (Gregoire). There is physical proof of temperatures rising and CO2 levels skyrocketing since the Industrial Revolution,
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