PLEASE CHECK ALL ATTACHEMENTS AND GRADING RUBRIC
For this assessment, deliver a
short essay (+1500 WORDS) that analyze and comment on leadership
during a crisis, focusing on the case of BP and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster
in the Gulf of Mexico. Conduct research on this disaster and the
response of Tony Hayward as CEO of BP at that time.
Instructions
2. 1- Complete
background readings, listed below and/or any others you find relevant. (IN THE ATTACHEMENT) / (USE THE PROVIDED RESOURCES, AND ADD MORE RELATED RESOURCES)
3. 2- Conduct
further research, using online and other appropriate sources, to investigate
the responses and comments by Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP at the time of the
Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
4. 3- In your short
essay (approx. 1500 w.) you should discuss Tony Hayward’s actions and comments
and whether they were appropriate to the situation in view of his role as a
leader. Provide specific examples, including his responses at the Senate
Investigations hearing in Washington under Senator Henry Waxman.
5.
Your
essay must also discuss how, in your view, a leader should respond to a crisis
situation such as the Deepwater Horizon disaster. You may also discuss what an
organization and its leaders can do to help address potential risks and
communication issues with a view to preventing such crises. Thinking about
prevention is very important, and many articles about Deepwater Horizon address
this. Use the Internet to access some of them.
Justify your analysis, your discussion
and your opinions by drawing on your research, course concepts and frameworks.
You may also integrate your own beliefs about leadership. Cite sources as
appropriate.
Questions to guide your discussion:
1.
Using
the Internet, investigate the responses and comments by the CEO (Leader) of BP
at the time of the disaster in 2010, Dr. Tony Hayward.
2.
To what
extent were his actions and comments appropriate to the situation? Justify your
opinions.
3.
If you had
been the BP Oil CEO at the time, how would you have responded?