In today’s climate of economic turmoil, price volatility and market uncertainty, and with globalism making our lives more interconnected and complicated, it is increasingly necessary for companies to identify and develop managers with a broad understanding of the issues facing the international oil and gas industries and with the skills necessary to manage effectively over a wide range of operations. This program is designed to provide managers with the necessary skills and knowledge and to prepare them for more senior responsibilities within their organizations
Gain a broad understanding of the petroleum industry and the companies that make up this industry
Learn about the important issues facing our industry and strategies used to address these issues
Gain specific skills in strategic planning, setting goals, budgeting, and finance
Learn the characteristics of an effective leader and understand how leaders motivate, delegate and inspire
Understand how projects are organized and managed
Understand the management and allocation of resources (money, time, people, tools and technology)
Gain skills in managing project costs
Deal with project risks through finance and project execution strategies
Make effective management decisions using deterministic and probabilistic models
Compare international legal systems
Learn how to work with international contract law and understand methods of dispute resolution
Learn about the legal issues surrounding global supply and transportation
Business Development Professionals
Corporate Planners, Investment Analysts, Oil & Gas Directors who would appreciate the gist of a full Oil & Gas energy MBA study program
More senior Oil & Gas executives intrigued by the concepts of an MBA but lacking the time for a full MBA
Managers in the Oil & Gas energy sector that want a ‘taster’ to see if a full MBA might be for them
Professionals who have already done a generic MBA but want to relate those processes to the Oil & Gas industries
Managers in industries and professions supplying or serving the industry who would like a deeper understanding of oil and gas, e.g. bankers, lawyers, analysts, service majors, etc.
Project managers, Engineers, Supply Planners & Scheduling Professional
Origin, source, and nature of hydrocarbons
Exploration – how hydrocarbons are found
Production operations
Field processing operations
Transportation of crude oil
Downstream processing
Marketing
Economics
Operating companies and service companies
Local, national, and multinational oil companies
Integrated and non-integrated companies
Production sharing agreements
Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Issues facing the oil industry
Strategic planning
Corporate culture
Corporate mission statements
Vision and values
Communicating the mission and the business model to stakeholders
Achieving stakeholder alignment
Implementing strategies through financial planning and budgeting
Example of capital budgeting through peer groups
Understanding corporate cash flow and project financing
Evaluating capital projects by cash flow analysis
Characteristics of an effective leader
Team building and employee empowerment
PMI’s definitions and list of key skills
PMI’s knowledge areas
How projects are organized and how a leader motivates, delegates, and inspires
The project charter and critical objectives
Managing available resources (finances, time, people, tools, and technology)
Fundamentals of cost and time management and project quality control
Managing project risk
Project communications
The Scope of Work
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
The WBS as the basis for estimate development and cost control activities
WBS as the basis for planning and scheduling
The project execution cycle
Scope development and estimate bases
Estimates and budgets, the concept of contingency
Estimates and probability
Project cost control and change management
Scope changes and cost trends
Project schedule control
Quality management
The role of probability in decisions
Mathematical modeling of business processes
Making management decisions under conditions of uncertainty
Making management decisions under conditions of certainty
Optimization of mathematical models and interpretation of results
Comparative legal systems
International contract law
The concept of legal jurisdiction
Dispute resolution methods and resources
Global supply and transportation, title and liability issues
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology, and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively.
As a supervisor, the success of your organization rests in your hands. This course provides you with the opportunity to develop highly effective and essential supervisory skills that will strengthen teamwork and organizational success. Also, this course will help you manage everyday operations with greater ease. Furthermore, it will help you leverage both your managerial and people skills to meet your new challenges as the 21st-century supervisor.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
A five-day course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline design, integrity, maintenance, and repair. The participants will obtain an in-depth understanding of the ASME B31 code rules and API standards, their technical basis, and practical application to field conditions.
Corporate/Public governance and risk management are critical There is increasing attention being paid to corporate governance and risk management in business schools and among legislators.