Essays Tagged: "Chevron Corporation"

Management Planning and Ethics Paper

Management Planning and Ethics PaperCurrently celebrating its 125th anniversary, Chevron is the second-largest U.S.-based energy company and the fifth largest in the world, based on ... energy company and the fifth largest in the world, based on market capitalization. More than 50,000 Chevron employees work in approximately 180 countries around the world; take in to consideration leg ... sporting crude oil and natural gas, and marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products. Chevron is an international leader in finding, producing, and marketing oil and gas, as well as othe ...

(4 pages) 459 0 4.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Explain why Chevron was so successful in implementing these self-managed work teams.

eral questions about the operation and success of the idea of self-managed teams. This example from Chevron's Kern River project demonstrates the benefits of maximizing human resources mixed with tech ... t demonstrates the benefits of maximizing human resources mixed with technology and other resources.Chevron initially formed this type of a team in order to foster teamwork, increase the involvement o ...

(3 pages) 66 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Office Automation - describing automation inside a corporation

r an individual, to a halt with wasted man-power hours and labor intensive recovery from failure.In ChevronTexaco (CVX), we use several types of office automation and collaboration software. Several o ... t should not have been deleted.In conclusion, the office automation and collaborating software that ChevronTexaco utilizes have allowed hundreds of individuals to communicate from virtually anywhere i ...

(3 pages) 154 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Planning for the Future in ChevronTexaco.

ChevronTexaco's planning processes is a long and cumbersome one. Since ChevronTexaco is a multi-nati ... roup, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue in the future (Bateman and Snell, 2004). ChevronTexaco utilizes situational analysis and benchmarking to review up to five previous years as ... tal spent on neutralizing old assets, and the capital spent on operating the existing assets. Also, ChevronTexaco will forecast their planned growth for next year and the years beyond. Those forecaste ...

(4 pages) 70 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Organizing in ChevronTexaco.

As with many large corporations, ChevronTexaco is force to operate in diverse functional organization. Global upstream business and g ... s so that diverse markets or products can be effectively handled. In fact, to be completely honest, ChevronTexaco's organizational structure has diagrams that are Conventional, Functional, Centralized ... oration that has over 60,000 employees in over 180 countries, not just one structure is appropriate.ChevronTexaco is headquartered in San Ramon, California, with offices throughout the United States a ...

(3 pages) 56 1 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Internet Article

much should be produce and who it should be produced for. This paper will summarize an article from Chevron, and the supply and demand on gas and why prices increase.Throughout the years, the cost of ... causes the rise of gas prices. These can include natural disasters, or other factors. As stated by Chevron:Crude oil prices have risen dramatically over the last year, driven by strong global demand, ...

(3 pages) 116 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Chevron Texaco Merger

What do you think the real reasons for Chevron Texaco merger are? Unlike previous mergers in the oil industry, it appears that the Chevron- ... ies of scale is the reduction in the amount of labor needed to produce a given amount of output.The Chevron Texaco merger might also have been motivated by management?s gain perspectives. Top manageme ... more money.Management?s ego seems to have had a considerable weight in the process that led to the Chevron-Texaco merger. The reason why, in 1999, an earlier attempt of merger between chevron and Tex ...

(3 pages) 38 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Mergers and Acquisitions: Part I

chase mergers which is, as the name suggest, when a company simply buys another company. Since both Chevron and Texaco offered the same product, it only made sense to join these companies with a horiz ... ered the same product, it only made sense to join these companies with a horizontal merger creating ChevronTexaco Corporation, a business that ranks with the world's largest and most competitive inter ...

(5 pages) 104 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Chevron - The power of human energy

1st Year Project - Communication in OrganisationsChevron's Human Energy CampaignContentAbstract2Introduction4Background4Chevron Corporation4Perspecti ... ch5Delimitation5The Campaign ads6Change of wording6Versatile Campaign7What kind of Communication is Chevron using in their Human Energy Campaign?8Scientific Persuasion & Target Population9Mass Com ... of Innovations theory12Communication as strategic control13Communication as strategic ambiguity14Is Chevron and its Human Energy Campaign trustworthy?16Danish Survey Study16Is Human energy really that ...

(51 pages) 75 0 4.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Chevron: company overview-role of government regulations for oil company and issues and opportunities companies face

Chevron conducts business in over 100 countries and employs 68,000 people around the globe. The orga ... logy and alternative fuel that will push the organization into the future.History of the CompanyThe Chevron Corporation began in 1879 and was originally known as, Pacific Coast Oil Company. In 130 yea ... o 150,000 barrels of oil a day.In 1977 the company went through an organizational change and became Chevron USA. With the familiar logo, and a strong financial history, Chevron has remained a leader i ...

(6 pages) 26 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Hybrid Modes of Organizations

nds of gasoline (i.e. a gasoline station that sells the product of a major refiner such as Shell or Chevron Texaco) are operated by independent dealers. For example, in San Diego County, California in ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies