Reddy et al. (2012) states that natural disaster is one of the most common phenomenon in the world of events which cannot be altered under any cost or circumstances. There is no control for human beings over the natural disaster which is there for the longest period in spite of being so scientifically alert. Natural disaster is one of the main concerns of the world in the times of crisis as with the effective maintaince of the scientific alliance to the disaster causing elements in the time. The overall natural disaster is there in the period of the span accounting to the disaster that has been Natural disaster can be caused by a multiple number of reasons which can cause damage to the people as well as the natural surroundings. However, when nature has been exploited by man in a number of ways which results in a number of disastrous events, then the disaster is huge which cannot be altered under any cost. According to Redmond and Valentine, (2012) that the BP Deep-water Horizon Oil leak case is one industrial disaster case in which the oil leak resulted in a number of causalities as well as the loss of a huge amount of monetary and financial stages. The incident was one of the most scientifically and naturally disturbing incidents that occurred in the span of the time and resulted in a number of false claims by the company as well as occurring in the time. The following essay analyses the BP Deep-water Horizon Oil Leak case along with its variables that had a significant influence and also the implications of the variables. The following essay describes the recommendations for the organizational behaviour that contributed to the Deep-water Horizon Disaster.
The event which is being described here is the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill which is also referred to as the BP Oil spill and the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill. This is one of the biggest industrial disasters that has occurred from the time of 20th April, 2010 in the region of Gulf of Mexico. This has been one of the most horrific oil spills which even after eight years of happening still has a fresh amount of sense in the minds of the people. The horrific oil spill case has tremendously affected the overall happening of the world events which has led to the fact that the gulf oil spill has been named as one of the worst in the history of disastrous events. Leifer et al. (2012) states that he event which resulted in the casualty of 11 people and also made 17 injured in the span of time resulted in the spilling of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the water basin. This spilling of oil into the water basin has led to pollution in the overall section not only in the water but also on the land and has affected the total ecosystem of the whole time including the marine or the aquatic water system. The overall system of spilling has made disastrous spilling in the time but there was some efforts to control the flow to make sure that the spilling can be controlled. After a number of efforts to control the flow and to maintain the response, the well was declared sealed on 19th September, 2010 (Allan, Smith & Anderson, 2012). However, according to the reports in the year 2012, indications were made that the well was still spilling resulting in more loss of oils which cemented the intensity of the oil spill for the part of the time. The oil spill was accustomed by a blast that happened in the era leading to the fact which made the overall section of the event have disastrous reactions in the span of the time. The blast and the oil leak in the section led to the indication of the amount of oil spill leading to the event which is still one of the most disastrous event in the span of time.
The overall spilling of the oil was dangerous for both the marine ecosystem as well as the coastal ecosystem that was heavily influenced resulted in the heavy pollution and massive effects on the fishing and tourism industry of the country that had tremendously affected the economy of the place. Marine ecosystem refers to the overall aquatic ecosystem that is there in the water of the every ocean or sea base accounting to the overall analysis of the sea base in the span of time. The aquatic or marine ecosystem is the primary base of the aquatic ecosystem which is related to the coastal ecosystem in the environment. The coastal ecosystem is one o the most diversified ecosystem which accounted for the overall prospect of the oil spill and was greatly affected for the situational oil spill in the span of the time. The oil spill led to the havoc on both the kind of ecosystems which has been deciphered in the span of time. Leifer et al. (2012) states that the marine and the wildlife of the place was extensively affected to the fact that that the place had been subjected to a number of disaster from the oil spill.
Allan, Smith & Anderson, (2012) states that the oil spill resulted in a number of events like the explosion and subsequent fire at the Deepwater Horizon Semi-Submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) which made the coastal region of Louisiana Coast affected and the overall area of 40 miles or 60 Kms got affected (Whitehead et al., 2012). The sinking and the blow out of the event made the largest accidental oil spill of the Gulf of Mexico as one of the largest man-made environmental disasters in the history of USA. The Gulf of Mexico is one of the prime agendas of the time making sure that the overall incident of the span of time has been in the news due to the spill of the oil for the span of time. The overall oil spill resulted in the malign of 60kms into the sea space which again made sure of the events that has been occurring in the time.
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill platform was created by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea in the year 2001. BP had a lease to the organization of this heavy industry module to have the business needs fulfilled in the course of time. Lin and Mendelssohn, (2012) states that the marine explosion and oil spill resulted in a number of problem in the overall sector as well as the incident. The oil spill incident has led to a number of effects which has a number of variables attached to it which are discussed as below. The overall effect of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill is one of the major instances of the Hyundai Heavy Industries that had to the lose the organizational business in the span of time and also helped to cope up with the problem in the facts of the time.
Part A – Variables that led to significant influence on the organizational behaviour at the oil leak case at BP Deep-water Horizon
There are a number of variables that has led to the episode of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which have affected the lack of organizational behaviour of the span of time. The oil leak case had a significant influence on the overall impact of the business as well as the economies of the country.
Poor Risk Management – One of the major variables that has led to significant influence in the oil leak case of BP Deepwater Horizon is the value of poor risk management. Risk management is defined as the way in which the organizational and operational risk of an organization is being managed and made sure to have ample results from the overall matter. The poor risk management of the organization is evident of the fact that the amount of risk in the overall process is not looked upto which has resulted in massive oil spill (Passow et al. 2012). Every incident is backed by some of the events and incidents that has led to the risk of the situation in the matter. The risk management of the company that had access to the oil spill situation is way too less for the whole scene which gave chances for the working of the whole matter. The amount of risk taking abilities is way lesser than the standard case that led to the following disaster. According to Passow et al. (2012), the theories and models of risk management like the Enterprise Risk Management theory is not being employed in the whole case which can make sure the risk management process that is to be handled. Risk management is one of the major instances in the industrial instances of an organization which has led to the overall analysis of the fact in the span of the time. The risk management is surely one of the prime strategies for the making sure of the risk management plan in the place.
In the model described in Appendix 1, the risk is to be identified and then analaysed according to the various variables that are there in the process of the overall matter. However, in the case of Deepwater Oil Spill case, the whole of the risk management has not been following any sort of model and also the overall analysis of the risk management strategy has not been followed. It has been seen in the case of Deepwater Leakage case that the overall strategies for the risk implementation as well as risk management plan has not been there which means that the overall analysis of the risk management technique has not been followed for the limited span of the time.
Planning changes – The last minute changes in the operational and strategic planning is there for the BP Deep waters Oil spill case which led to the disaster as mentioned in the case. Planning is a major part of the operational management team which needs to be ensured that is perfect and meets the major attributes of the overall work that is being conducted in the matter (Dubinsky et al. 2013). The planning changes can be either good or bad and this has resulted in worse in the case of oil spill in Deep-waters oil spill. The planning changes that occurred in last minute made sure to made the disaster even more harmful. Planning change always means adherence to something not worthwhile and which has led to the fact that the non-adherence to the disaster management technique in the span of the Horizon oil spill has made sure of the fact that the overall mechanism of the planning is one of the crucial instances of the time.
Poor execution to planning – The poor execution in terms of planning is another variable that has led to the Deepwater oil spill resulting in a number of causalities and injuries in most of the period. The planning is supposed to be one of the foremost arenas in the matters of planning and so if the planning of any of the event is done in a poor manner and which is to be adhered to the changes, then the disaster is sure to be present. The Deepwater oil spill is one of the most disastrous cases that is resultant of the poor execution in the matters of planning. The Deepwater Oil spill is one of the examples of the poor execution to the planning as this led to the overall span of the time. The poor execution to the planning is there in the whole matter which means that the administrators who were in charge of the planning had little or no knowledge about the planning of the place for the oil spill and the dangers that were there in the span of the time.
Observational problems – The observational issues that are there for the Deep waters Oil Spill case is there for the lack of observation in the matters related to the strategic and operational decisions. The organization needs to have an expert team that specialises in the observation of the whole matter which is the missing part in the case stated (Dubinsky et al. 2013). The problems related to the observational issues are related to the disaster that are there due to the case of oil spill. There were specific problems regarding the observational power of the fact which made sure that the observational cases in the span led to the problems. The issues that led to the spill case were the total fault of the authorities which means that the overall observational issues of the time is there in the span of the time.
Critical issues and impacts – The critical issues of the Deepwater Oil spill case are not dealt in a proper manner and so the critical issues and impacts of the overall case are not adjusted to the situation. The critical issues of the situation help to make sure about the impacts that are being faced in the wholesome matter. The critical issues and impacts of the company are not taken in a serious manner and thereby not acted upon in a major manner. The overall issues regarding the critical matter is to be addressed primarily with the aim of reducing the overall impact of the disaster that is there for the Deep water oil spill case.
Lacking in infrastructure – The lacking infrastructure is one of the major variables that has led to the problem of spill oils. Infrastructure being one of the primary agendas of the any organization is required to have amount of success in any case which is lacking in the Deepwater Oil Spill case (Reddy et al. 2012). The lacking infrastructure is one the prime reasons for the Deep-water oil spill case. Loss of infrastructure is there in the resultant case and also in the matters related to the overall matters of the oil spill issues. The lacking of infrastructure is one of the major instances that led to the spilling of the time which means that the lacking of infrastructure led to the enormous amount of the infrastructural issues in the span of the time. The lack of infrastructure is there in the sectional time which means that the overall analysis of the time is for the measurement of the oil spill case.
Control less structure – The structure of the organization lacking control is one of the prime reasons for the disaster that is there for the period of time. The lack of control is there for the infrastructural factors and also for the fact that has led to the disaster in the period. The overall lack of control in the organization in the parts of risk management and in the operational changes are there which has led to the incident resulting in the loss. There are a number of structures for the control less in the overall span of the time. The lacking of control made sure that the lacking of the infrastructural cases led to the overall implementation of the needs in the span of the time. The lack of control in the infrastructure is there for the well-being of the people involved in the span of the time.
Emergency issues tackling problem – The failure of the organization in tackling the emergency issues of the organization in terms of management failure is there for the disaster that is happening in the concerned place (Reddy et al. 2012). The issues that require emergency attention need to be tackled keeping in mind the solutions as well as the disaster control measures. There were less people involved in the emergency issues tacking problem in the spectrum of the time. The emergency issues that arised had no or limited resources to manage the problems that were there for the span of time which made the overall analysis of the emergency issues to be at their core.
Construction defaults – The use of poor quality of cement in Deep waters well is one of the prime causes leading to the leak of the well and spilling of the oil on the floor of the ocean. The defaults in the construction level is one of the prime matters leading to the spilling of the oil and resulting in disaster. There were defaults in the construction level of the work which made sure that the overall analysis of the time is there in the time of making of the well as well as in the time. The construction defaults is there in the poor quality of cement and other techniques that are being used for the matter of the time.
Lack of training – The lack of training to the personnel’s for handling emergency situation is definitely one of the prime variables for the disaster leading to loss of both monetary and human resources. There is a perspective of lack of training material in the whole employee agency of the Deepwater oil spill in the spectrum of the time.
Operational mismanagement – The behavioural mismanagement of the organization is definitely one of the major variables for the lack in management and the resulting disaster of the organization (Apeti, Lauenstein & Evans, 2012). The operational mismanagement is there for the operating sources and also for the people who are managing the operations of the people.
Budget issues – The budget issues is one of the variables that contributed to the oil leak as the required amount of budget was not present for the working of the authorities and they had to compromise on the quality for the price.
Ethics of the company – The unethical means that the company had for the working is one of the prime matters that led to the oil leak disaster due to the loss in monetary and other resources from the public. The ethics of the company have not been able to make sure about the disaster management skills that are there in the organization (Apeti, Lauenstein & Evans, 2012).
Integrity of the organization – The lack of integrity is one of the major variable that made the disaster of the Deepwater oil spill case possible. The organization lacked the amount of comprehensive attitude that was required for the controlling and preventing the disasters in the period of time.
Lack of technical innovation – According to Wang et al. (2013), the lack of technical innovation is there for the working of the organization and also for the management of the disaster in the Deepwater oil spill and explosion. The whole occurrence of the technical defaults led to the explosion.
Part B – Implications of the variables on organizational behaviour contributing at the Deep-water Horizon Disaster
There are a number of implications that has contributed to the disaster at Deep-water Horizon Oil spill and explosion disaster which can be stated as follows –
The lack of risk management techniques that is there in the Deepwater oil spill is one of the chief variables that resulted in the disaster of the organization. The effect of the lack of risk management technique is there which resulted in the lack of control over the incident and also on the implications that resulted in the matter. The risk management technique is one of the major needs for any organization dealing in the properties of risk management ways and so the adherence to the theories of risk management is there in the case.
The operational changes as well as the failure of making considerable decisions is surely one of the prime objectives that resulted in the disaster of the event and resulted in deaths and injuries for a number of people (Wang et al., 2013). The implications of any of the events lies in the fact that the causes for the events affect directly and indirectly to the end result that affect the overall occurrence of the event in the period of time. The implications of the Deepwater oil spill and explosion case is the result of the infrastructural defects as well as the lack of proper planning in the occurrence of the events.
There are a number of effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill case on the coastal as well as the marine aquatic system. The overall implications of the case had its effect on the tourism and marine industry that included the aspects of fishing which also made sure to have enough importance to the matter in the period of time. Wang et al., (2013) states that the number of animals that resided in the coastal region had suffered the most due to the oil leak and the pollution that caused due to the explosion. The animals that were principally effected by the explosion and oil spill are the periwinkle snails, fiddler crabs, white and brown shrimps, flounder drum and forage fish and also the near shore oysters. All the animals died a painful death which resulted in the misbalance in the concerned system of the place (Chanton et al., 2012).
Figure – Effect of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill on animals
(Source – White et al., 2012)
The place of occurrence of the incident was the home of a large number of aquatic animals and species which also had economical influence over the country in terms of the fishing industry that the country had. According to the opinions of White et al. (2012), the oil spill resulted in the place full of pollution and also the oil that was floating all over the water surface made the water of the area devoid of oxygen and also sunlight which made the whole of the system difficult for the marine animals to survive.
The fishes and animals that habituated over there were killed at a mass level due to the pollution effect including the dolphins that constituted a major portion of the animal habitat. The dolphins were killed nearly double of what is generally killed due to marine activities. The killing of the animals as well as the lack of economic sustainability over the place of oil spill resulted in the loss of economic balance of the county.
According to the views stated by Chanton et al., (2012), the coastal areas and regions that primarily developed over the marine and tourism industry including the fishing industry had a considerable downfall after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident and measured the overall attributes to the fact. The overall impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is mentioned in the Appendix 2 which is stated below.
The figure in Appendix 2 states that the amount of oil that has been dispersed has been effected to a lot of changes. There are different types of implications of each of the effect like the amount of oil which has been dissolved has affected the water quality as well as increased the pollution level in the span of time. The amount of recovered oil is the only amount which has been redeemed whereas there are about 30% of the oil for which no trace has been found. The portion of chemically dispersed oil has affected the overall portions of the water quality as well as the aquatic animals living on the planet.
In the figure described in Appendix 3, the figures of the economic impacts of the oil spill of the Deepwater Horizon is demonstrated based upon the population, GDP, employment and the rate of unemployment in the sector. The overall figures state the amount of area that is being used up by the oil spill and the impacts that the overall event has caused on the different variables.
Dietrict et al. (2012) states that due to the oil spill, along with the natural ecosystem loss, the employment of a number of persons included in the tourism and fisheries department was deeply influenced to make sure that the overall impacts of the economic influence on the matter can be established to the fact that a number of people catering to the total disaster is there for the influence on the life of the people adhering to the matter. The overall disaster of the oil spill resulted in mass unemployment of the people of the specific arenas and for the people who are involved in the marine and other forms of work environment (Dietrich et al. 2012). The oil spill resulted in a number of job loss and even the people who were involved in the maintenance of the whole of the matter resulted in a legal battle that made the overall matter of the scene at its worse.
These implications when acted upon the people of the events involved in the matter made sure that the effect of the case can be acted upon. The overall effects of the matters related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill case is to be made sure to have certain environmental as well as the economic implications which made the event a historical one in a sense of negativity.
There are a number of recommendations that can be measured to make sure of the fact that the effects of the oil spill in the province of Deepwater Horizon can be utilised. One of the principle recommendation is to have scientific innovations of the technologies that will help the people involved in the overall sector to make changes for the different kinds of maintenance required for the matter. In addition, the technical innovation for the benefit of the overall project in removal of the excess oil still floating on the water surface can be made.
The second innovation for the oil spill case is the safeguarding of the marine animals and aquatic flora and fauna that helped to make sure about the different varieties of facts in the matter. The flora and fauna of the area is one of the prime matters that helped to make sure about the level of environmental balance that is present in the area.
The third recommendation for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill case is to have detailed analysis for the amount of the spill case that is there. The Deepwater Horizon Oil spill case is one of the prime events that has occurred in the history of USA and which needs to be assessed as per the requirement of the event. The proper analysis of the fact in association with the events and the graphs are required and is to be recommended to make sure of the fact that every event as well as the implications of the variables are measured using the access to the event.
The fourth recommendation is to establish organizations for the unemployed youth of the country and the people who are being associated with the marine and the tourism industries. The overall development of the economy is there with the development of the youth as well as the people who are looking for a job and who are unemployed. If there is a provision for the people who are unemployed to have in their required span which will help them get a proper job as well as the amount of financial help from the required sources. The overall sources for the recommendations lies in the fact that the employment opportunities for the people is one of the utmost necessity for the people for the economy and time.
At the end of the analysis, it can be stated that the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill case is one of the most eventful matter in the marine history of the United States of America. The report that is being concerned here deals with the number of variable that is being implied for the different types of events concerning the Deepwater Horizon case of the concerned matter. The report also analysed the implications that each of the event had and the effect on the human as well as the natural events that resulted in the matter. The recommendations for the best efforts of the events as well as the ways in which the events can be made great has also been considered in the matter. The overall essay deals with the case of Deepwater Horizon Oil spill and blast that affected the environment in a negative manner.
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