How BPX implemented dual-career ladders
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The massive reorganization and culturalchange undergone by BP Exploration and how it attempted to avoid the pitfalls of other dual career ladder systems are described. In a dual career ladder system, individual employees such as technologists and research and developmentspecialists could climb up the corporate ladder as far as managers. Pitfalls ofother dual ladders can range from lack of commitment from senior executives, managers and individual contributors to difficulty in making the scientific/technical ladder parallel to the management ladder.
Publication Name: Research-Technology Management
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0895-6308
Year: 1993
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Sudden destruction
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The destructiveness of an earthquake depends on its location, size as measured by seismographs, time of day, degree of economic disruption and human behavior. In particular, earthquakes are likelier to kill many people in regions with poor building standards. This explains why the Dec 7, 1988 earthquake in Armenia killed far more people than earthquakes of similar magnitude in California in 1989 and 1992. Hence the enforcement of rigorous building codes is the best way to plan for earthquakes.
Publication Name: Geographical Magazine
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0016-741X
Year: 1992
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What's the plan?
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Women tend to be haphazard about career planning, while men map out their careers early on and usually achieve what they expect to. Social and psychological reasons for women's floundering about on the career path are analysed. Several personal narratives illustrate the discussion.
Publication Name: Mademoiselle
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-9394
Year: 1992
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