S w 9B09M035 TALISMAN ENERGY INC.: THE DECISION TO ENTER IRAQ Natalie Slawinski wrote this case under the supervision of Professor Pratima Bansal solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Ivey Management Services prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmittal without its written permission. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Ivey Management …show more content…
Yet, despite the conflict, some analysts had seen great profit potential for Talisman in entering Sudan. One analyst had noted that the project would “generate a lot of cash flow, and [would] be a very economic project, with a lot of exploratory upside.”1 Buckee himself had argued that the security situation was acceptable given that the Sudanese government protected the site and a fledgling peace treaty had recently been signed. He had felt that Talisman’s share price would recover once investors saw the long-term potential of the project.2 Finally, the United Nations had recognized the Sudanese government, which provided legitimacy for the regime and helped reduce Talisman’s political risks. Buckee and the board had decided that the in-country risks were manageable. For Talisman, the bet on Sudan had initially paid off. GNPOC extracted its first barrel in July 1999. Success, however, came at a cost. Shortly after investing in Sudan, numerous international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) accused Talisman of fueling the civil war, believing the Sudanese government was using oil revenues to purchase weaponry. These NGOs accused Talisman of being complicit in the genocide that was taking place at the hands of the Sudanese government.3 The brutality of the conflict in Sudan had drawn enormous media attention. Since 1983, an estimated two million people, most of
The facts in this case are that Harvey Pierce ambushed and shot Robin Kerl and her fiancé David Jones in the parking lot of a Madison Wal-Mart where Kerl and Jones worked. Kerl was seriously injured in the shooting, and Jones was killed. Pierce, who was Kerl’s former boyfriend, then shot and killed himself. At the time of the shooting, Pierce was a work-release inmate at the Dane County jail who was employed at a nearby Arby’s restaurant operated by Dennis Rasmussen, INC. Pierce had left work without permission at the time of the attempted murder and murder/suicide. Kerl and Jones’ estate sued DRI and Arby’s, INC. As in pertinent to this appeal, the plaintiffs alleged
7/13 Worker went to the home of Crystal Sebastian. Worker knocked on the door and Crystal greeted the worker and invited the worker in. Crystal had a quarter sized hicky on the left side of her neck. As the worker and Crystal walk into the apartment Crystal shows the worker Josilynn's hover board for her birthday. The apartment was unorganized and messy. Worker and Crystal sat down in the living room to discuss court, ACR and Services. Crystal is working for the news paper route currently and seeking employment. Worker spoke about visitation and gave Crystal the 502 forms to fill out. Crystal spoke about visitation supervised and unsupervised. Worker stated that the worker did not have the man power, but it was an option to look into.
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Roma and Clint Underhill had both had a long day. They were the owners of a successful real estate
The Data that has been collected, read, and analysis was to determine Miguel’s strengths and challenges (weaknesses). According to Miguel’s Data his strengths are Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Vocabulary. In the phonemic awareness: The student is scoring very well in phonemic awareness/oral language. He was able to get 10 out of 10 in sounding out words. He was also able to
Mark volunteered to help with the community arts festival; he was supporting the not-for-profit organization as he had in the past. However, he did not know his good intentions as a volunteer would cost him his job as an assistant manager. The retail store’s phone number was printed in the festival advertising in error and ticket requests overloaded the phone lines, causing loss of business and annoyed the store manager. As a result, Mark was seen as the cause of the problems and terminated.
Before entering Iraq, Talisman must do their due diligence in order to maximize profits and minimize risks. Due diligence would require a thorough review of both surface and subsurface risks to successfully extracting oil from Iraq and bringing it to market. It is important that they clearly indicate what needs to be done. Given Talisman’s background in Sudan: 1) Being accused of indirectly giving weapons to the Sudanese government by the NGOs which created lots of media attention and bad press. 2) Talisman used their influence and adopted steps to stop human rights abuse in Sudan, leading them to become the largest independent oil and gas firm on the basis of revenue. 3) NGOs and Sudanese people formed a lawsuit
This ethical issue that I have decided to write about is a matter that has occurred in many medical facilities across the world. I have made up some names for this case study but the incident is real. This case study involves a physician named Derek Johnson M.D. This physician worked with numerous of nurses and other health care professionals and most of them believed Dr. Johnson had a narcotics problem. The health care providers did not know for sure if this physician was using narcotics they could only speculate and they had some evidence that Dr. Johnson was illegally using the narcotics. The health care providers thought Dr Johnson was illegally using anesthesia. The reason the other health care
A shocking video has been released from a hidden camera which has captured three Calgary care workers who brutally assaulted an elder resident. This elder resident died a month later from the incident. This incident happened in Garrison Green CareWest facility in Calgary on March 12, 2015. The camera captured that the three health care workers abused the elder client. Not only this, they threatened him by pouring urine over him while emptying his urine bag. He told his family that the staff is abusive towards him. Then, a hidden camera was installed in his room by his son. This camera captured all the incidents of abuse towards the 92- year- old man.
Jennifer is a 2nd grader being referred for possible learning disabilities in reading. Jennifer has always attended Sand Hill Elementary and has not repeated a grade. She is eight years old. She has been screened for vision and hearing problems and was found to have normal vision and hearing. Her teachers have described her as cooperative and likable. She does not exhibit behavioral problems.
The authors do not intend to iIIustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have
Case Name The Smithson’s Mortgage Case Study Teams This case is designed to be conducted by a team of students. The discussion, questioning, and resolution of differences is an important part of the learning experience. Another significant advantage is the sharing of the workload in preparing the final case study report. Knowledge Background This case draws heavily on the material presented in Chapters 2 and 3 of Principles of Engineering Economic Analysis, 4th Edition by White, Case, Pratt, and Agee, particularly Section 3.4 (Principal Amount and Interest Amount in Loan Payments). To a limited extent it draws on concepts from Chapter 4 (Measuring the Worth of Investments), Chapter 5 (Comparison
Following that, the expected values for decision nodes 6 and 7 should also be calculated. The following results were obtained:
Downsizing has become a commonplace strategy for organizations to adopt in an effort to cut costs, eliminate redundancies, and streamline organizational systems. Over the last 15 years, many organizations have engaged in downsizing more than once. Most companies have learned from the mistakes of the past, but some companies are still trying to use the same tactics today that were used in the mid 1980s, that leave employees reeling.
1. Jerry Kline and Grace Gallo are too eager in getting customers and reaching their quotas without thinking what would be its effect to the company. They focus more on money instead of having a good