Organizational Design
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A 9 page essay that investigates this statement: 'The constraints on organization design are so binding that management really only has scope to get it basically right or basically wrong.' The writer focuses on mechanistic versus organic design and efficiency versus effectiveness to reach a conclusion as to the validity of this statement. No sources listed.
Filename: OrgDesi.wps

RONDELL DATA CORPORATION AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT MODEL
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This 10-page paper, using a case study of the Rondell Data Corporation, demonstrates some theories of organziational conflict and how they can impact a corporation. Pondy's theory of organziational conflict is discussed in this paper, as is the narcissistic theory, as it applies to organizations. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: MTroncon.rtf

THE CONCEPT OF DOWNWARD COMMUNICATIONS
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This 5-page paper covers downward communciation, a theory of organizational communication. The essay examines the concept, discusses its use and then weighs the pros and cons of such a theory. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MTorcodo.rtf

Organisational Culture
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This 12 page paper looks at the relevance of corporate culture in the modern business world. The paper discusses the idea and interpretation of corporate culture, its' formation, development and the requirement of some organisations to change it. The paper then goes on to examine the way in which culture can be used to benefit both the organisation and the wider business environment. Throughout the paper examples of actual companies are cited to enhance understanding. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEorgcul.rtf

Exxon's Response to Competitive Pressures
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A 5 page paper discussing Exxon's wooing of Saudi Arabia. The decade of the 1990s has been the decade of the merger, and for more than a year the world's largest merger has been underway, that of Exxon and Mobil. Exxon Corp. CEO Lee R. Raymond and Mobil Corp. CEO Lucio A. Noto are actively marketing the new company to the former and future oil powers of the mideast in the meantime. The entire industry is in flux as Asia becomes more important in the world oil market and as profits continue to decline along with world oil prices. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Ksexxon.doc

Company Overview Of B.P. Oil
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses competitive environment, mission statement, organization chart, total quality management, business plan, government regulation, licensure, certification and accreditation as they relate to B.P. Oil. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCbpoil.wps

Exxon-Mobil Corporation
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This 10 page report discusses the merged energy company giant of Exxon-Mobil. In December of 1999, the US Federal Trade Commission voted to allow Exxon Corp. to acquire Mobil Corp. (the number one and number two American oil companies) for $81 billion. The merger will create the world's largest energy supplier behind Royal Dutch Shell. Both Exxon and Mobil trace their roots to the late 19th century, when American industry was booming in steel, railroads and banking. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWexmobi.wps

Intellectual Property Management
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This 3 page paper takes a look at the importance of intellectual property in the oil industry. Information about a research lab, associated with an oil company, as provided by a student, is used as an example. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA009oil.rtf

John D. Rockefeller & Standard Oil Company
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A 7 page paper on John D. Rockefeller's life in America's infant oil industry and his contributions to the rise of that industry. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company became Standard Oil Trust, and was the first amalgamation of its kind. Contemporary of Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller developed from a 16-yr-old bookkeeper to the owner of the country's oil monopoly before the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 made such things illegal. Still, Rockefeller and his contemporaries exemplified the American dream, though their methods were sometimes ruthless. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Rockfel.wps

John D. Rockefeller and the Oil Industry
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A 7 page paper which discusses the involvement of John D. Rockefeller in the oil industry. The paper discusses his youth as it applies to his innate business abilities, and discusses his early involvement with the oil industry. These are presented to help illustrate his role in the creation and success of Standard Oil. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RArockfel.wps

Oil Company Patents
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This 6 page paper looks at the number of patents registered by some major oil company up until July 2000, and the number of which were actually registered in 200. The paper then goes on to investigate the available figures for research and development and income from royalties of the same oil companies. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEoilpat.wps

OPEC and Oil Production Agreements
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This 20 page paper looks at the background to oil production and considers the influence of supply and demand. It looks at the politic and economic disagreements within OPEC and the way they have impacted on the prices of the oil and petroleum market in the late 1990's and the way in which oil prices have again been increased through agreement. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEopecpr.wps