Reliance About the Company: 1991, Reliance industries set up a new subsidiary, Reliance Refineries Private Ltd. The subsidiary later changed its name to Reliance Petroleum Limited, and in 1993 launched a public offering, which at that time was India's largest ever IPO. Reliance continued to pioneer financing channels in India. In 1993, for example, the company became the first Indian company to raise capital on the foreign market, through a Global Depositary Receipt(GDR) issue in Luxembtheirg
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its widely-known safety and environmental policy issues. An explosion at one of its Texas refineries caused fifteen deaths, 170 injuries, and a violation of the Clean Air Act in 2005. Years of neglecting pipeline corrosion led to its violation of the Clean Water Act in 2006 when Alaskan oil pipelines leaked crude oil into the tundra. The following year, another BP spill occurred near Prudhoe Bay, leaking toxic chemicals into the tundra and thus killing wildlife and vegetation (“BP Gulf Coast Disaster
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benefits of large organizations, 1215 companies participated in an empirically driven and ranked competition for a diverse workplace. It was carried out to help acquire and retain a multicultural workforce. . Competition got assessed on the talent pipeline, equitable skill development, CEO commitment, and supplier diversity. The top ranking companies had 76 percent more African- Americans on their Board of Directors. They also had 54 percent more women on their board
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healthcare industry, estimated at US$ 50 billion, is expected to reach over US$ 75 billion by 2012, and US$ 100 billion by 2015. Talent Challenges While specialised talent is critical for any knowledge industry, it is more so within the pharmaceuticals industry. Companies gain competitive advantage through primary or applied research and thus the need for specialised talent has become even more acute. The industry being a Research & Development (R&D) driven business, there is a high need for
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DESCRIPTION: Baker decided to initiate a job performance discussion in his waning days at the facility in Barracania with Rennalls to discuss the issue that Rennalls treats the European employees differently than the Barracanian employees. However, in Rennalls’ eyes, Baker’s own repressed sense of race consciousness, and his portrayal of the company’s views and stance on diversity, effectively caused Rennalls to resign. DIAGNOSIS Baker’s idea that Rennalls and the rest of Barracania, have had
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corruption affect Petrobras: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. is a Brazilian based multinational company that explores, produce, transports, distributes oil and natural gas. Petrobras owns and operates biofuel, oil tankers, fertilizer plants and distribution pipelines across Brazilian territory. Petrobras is one of the largest producers of oil in the world and the biggest company in South America (employs over 80 thousand people) with a market value above $30billion. Most importantly, Petrobras has more than half
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" By Joe Mullich [pic] t the IBM Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, scientists develop specialized technology that is the lifeblood of the company’s future products--and profits. The center depends on a constant influx of high-level talent, from computer programmers working on speech-recognition products to engineers fabricating semiconductor devices. Ironically, amid all this high-tech gadgetry, some of the hardest jobs to fill have the ring of rust-belt manufacturing. Like most
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what’s been happening in the world whilst I've been asleep! * Read an article each from the latest editions of The Economist and Harvard Business Review * Scan google alerts for key words I track such as employer branding, employment branding, talent management, employee engagement, etc
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Abstract The fast food industry mostly known as a quick service industry, is constantly growing at a rapid pace in hopes of keeping up with the demands of the market. As the routines of families and single family households have become more and more chaotic, they are looking for quick meals as a substitute for dining out and cooking at home. Due to such craze, fast food restaurants such as Taco Bell, have gained a top position in the industry where customers can have a hot quick meal in a flash
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CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive-Summary: For several years now, 'employee engagement' has been a hot topic in corporate circles. It's a buzz phrase that has captured the attention of workplace observers and HR managers, as well as the executive suite. And it's a topic that employers and employees alike think they understand, yet can't articulate very easily. employee engagement as "a heightened emotional connection that an employee feels for his or her organization
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