System Thinking for Managing Risk: A Case Study of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

This essay discusses the role of system thinking in managing risk, using the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as a case study. It covers topics such as organizational structure, risk management, portfolio management, and organization maturity.

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The essay mainly reflects on oil spill in Deepwater horizon which is considered as one of
the disaster which took place because of failure in system engineering. This particular case of oil
spill is taken to be largest oil spill in USA. Apart from that, it has also resulted in loss of life of
large number of people. Due to this particular event of Oil spill a commission was prepared
which is known as National Commission on BP Deepwater Horizon oil Spill along with offshore
drill. In the given case study that is Texas city and Deep-Water Horizon system thinking can be
considered to be a well-known process which is helpful for identifying and managing various
kinds of risk. It can be considered as a well-known tool which helps in faster respond at some
rapid kinds of changes.
In the coming pages of the essay an idea has been provided regarding general
management system, structure, forms and culture of organization in relation to system thinking.
After that an idea has been provided regarding risk management. An idea has been provided
regarding portfolio management, business value, process cycle for portfolio management and
lastly organizational maturity.
System thinking tool to General System management of project of Texas city and Deep
Water Horizon
System thinking can be easily defined as a proper kind of thoughtful tool that is mainly
used for establishing communication about various kinds of complexities and dependencies. The
project manager of project that is Texas city and deep water horizon can make use of system
thinking tool which is use for managing the system structure of the project. A list of qualities
can be considered to be useful for analysing various kinds of parameter. The language of various
kinds of system thinking is considered to have circular in spite of being linear value (Twisk et
al., 2015). It can easily effect the close dependencies which can easily discuss various kinds of

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influence like x and y. A large number of system thinking tools can easily result in various kinds
of loop diagram, behaviours over the time. It will ultimately help in having proper kind of
behaviour which is used for strong kind of structure component. It ultimately helps in clarifying
various kinds of issues or problem that are complex in nature. This can be achieved by adding up
it in concise and clear methods and various kinds of element in hold (Mutale et al., 2016). A
system diagram is mainly used for communication as it can be used for establishing
communication by the help of essence of large number of problems in a way that it can be
formatted properly so that it can be easily remembered. It comes up with rich kind of application
and insights.
Organizational Structure of Texas city and Deep Water Horizon
System thinking is considered as one of the most important kind of tool that is mainly
used for analysing various kinds of change around the world. Along with the other projects
system tools which can be used for managing the organization structure of project that is Texas
city and Deepwater horizon. The main application organization thinking is all about management
of organization and various kinds of change that mainly started in the 90’s (Ostuzzi, Dejonghe &
Detand, 2017). It needs to have a proper kind method for reconfiguration and increasing
productivity in various kinds of organization. Organization makes use of such kind of tools for
having a proper kind of idea regarding organizational change for a pain and how various kinds of
things are connected. It mainly helps in development, effective ways that is mainly used for
providing rapid kind of solution which can easily have negative as well positive kind of impact.
It provides a large number of benefits like optimization, problem loving, perspective from 3-D
dimensional, changing from linear to circular, interconnectivity and lastly creativity.

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Optimization: With the help of proper kind of idea about dynamics within a system, its
optimization can be considered a proper kind of solution which is available (Eilam, & Reisfeld,
2017). It mainly focuses on the fact that various organization and individuals can easily make
full advantage of any kind of element that is present in the system.
Problem loving: Inspite of avoiding various kinds of problem in the system, it can easily
help various kinds of system thinkers to have an idea regarding various kinds of opportunity and
various kinds of problems that are being offered for proper kind of innovation and creative kind
of development.
3-D perspective: A proper kind of system approach is considered to be looking into the
whole organism and ecosystem and not focusing on the individual kind of parts are available
(Nordby et al., 2016). It merely focuses on fact moving apart from siloed department.
Linear to Circular: The system produced by human are considered to be much linear in
nature. A system approach mainly allows various kinds of system for proper circulating of all the
products and various kinds of services that are mainly designed for various kinds of waste and
inefficiencies.
Interconnectivity: All the things available in nature is considered to be interconnected
for various kinds of human and its need for success. Creativity and productivity of various kinds
of things that is mainly interconnection (Keynan, Assaraf & Goldman, 2014). System thinking
mainly provides certain number of tools and techniques that is mainly used for various kinds of
practices.
Creativity: With increase in the development of connectivity for dynamic nature of the
organization and various kinds of creativity that comes up in the brain. It also kills various kinds

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of creativity that is mainly used for overcoming crisis (Boehm & Mobasser, 2015). System
thinking generally helps in activation of new kind of neurological development which mainly
enables various kinds of dynamic and divergent kind of thinking.
Risk management in the project of Texas city and Deep Water Horizon
System analysis tool can be considered to be much useful for reducing various kinds of
risk project and problems in large application (Ika, 2014). Project manager of Texas city and
Deep Horizon can easily make use of various tools of system thinking for properly managing the
different projects. It can be easily defined as a complex system which is mainly used to be
efficient as well effective in overcoming large number of problems. The effectiveness of present
risk management can be considered to be proper kind of framework which is large scale
management. Present kind of research in project management mainly helps in analysing various
kinds like improper kind of project management literature which mainly checks a list of factor
like non-reactive nature, improper kind of forecasting and inefficient kind of nature which is
used in present network that is mainly used for risk analysis methodologies and various kinds of
causes that can easily result in project management risk (Liu, Forrest & Yang, 2015).
Forecasting can be stated as one of the important tool that is mainly used for analysis of
various kinds of risk management techniques in domain of project management (Morandi et al.,
2014). At present there are large number of existing tool that can be used for proper management
of large number of things like cost benefit analysis, demand for cost. The major kind of issue is
risk management technique that it can be used for optimistic and overconfidence and related
forecasting. So, it is considered to be an important factor that can be used for understanding
various kinds of cost and challenges that are benefited from the project.

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Portfolio management of Texas city and Deep Water Horizon
System thinking and portfolio management is mainly used for understanding the basic
kind of problem and its related context which mainly helps in having a full scope which needs to
be defined. Great amount of stakeholder value provides a better kind of shared understanding of
the various kinds of problem and solution with respect to requirement and increasing of business
value (Dalkin, & Lhussier, 2016). Anticipation of planning helps in having kind of idea that is
mainly used for addressing problems and various kinds of scope with the complexity of a project
that needs to be addressed in proper way.
Business Value of project of Texas city and Deep Water Horizon
Process improvisation mainly begins by proper identification of various kinds of tools
and opportunities that needs to be addressed in a proper way. It mainly used for assuring the fact
that proper kind of methods are provided that is needed for improvement of whole system which
are in proper kind of progress (Sharma & Matheson, 2016). Various kinds of systems and
environmental factors which are mainly outside the change control is mainly considered to be
hard. It mainly requires proper kind of method that can be used for development of influence and
political capitals that are mainly outside any organization. System thinking can be easily stated
as a strong concept. The breadth of idea or vision that is mainly provided helps in addressing
various kinds of aspects of small processes which are considered to be on hold. Focusing on
narrow value of concept can be useful as it can easily provide enough kind of information which
can affect the experience of customers along with experiences (Suomi et al., 2017).
Improvisation of delivery processes mainly aims in providing a large number of methods for
customer’s satisfaction. The last point mainly focusses on certain area or zones that can be used

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for large number of things. Proper building of blocks of processes and human debt can be easily
used for focusing a large number of things that needs to addressed properly.
Portfolio management cycle process of Texas city and Deep Water Horizon
System thinking when aligned with planning anticipates various kinds of problems which
mainly focus on large number of aspects that ultimately leads to better kind of acuate result. Risk
planning and proper kind of planning is mainly required for analysing the fact that it can easily
result in better kind of results. It ultimately helps in overcoming any kind of unintended kind of
consequences that are mainly used for avoiding and mitigated in a proper way (Chunlin & Chan,
2015). System thinking when aligned with portfolio management as it can provide a large
number of help like proper alignment with various kinds of objectives of organization. It also
aims in portfolio relationship and its dependency with various kinds of external elements. It also
aims is focusing of portfolio governance. Apart from that it also aims in proper identification and
given priority to large number of objectives.
Organization maturity of Texas city and Deep Water Horizon
The idea of Eco cycle mainly focuses on having proper kind of research on the
complexity of various kinds of natural systems. The provided research can be considered as an
effective tool that mainly helps in having proper kind of understanding that mainly helps in
having a proper kind of idea regarding periodic and various kinds of natural processes that can be
used for closed cycle loop, maturity, destruction and renewal on periodic basis (Chunlin & Chan,
2015). Ecocycle mapping can be easily defined as a proper kind of method that can be easily
used for plotting an organization in various aspects like efforts that are needed for proper

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management of framework. A broad kind of portfolio is considered as a high value of degree that
is mainly used for analysis for large number of organization.
Different system thinking tools and techniques for the project manager of Texas City and
Deepwater Horizon
The project manager of Texas City and Deep Horizon should follow six steps for
overcoming issues:
 Telling or Narrating the whole story of this project to the team members.
 Drawing a graph for behaviour Over Time
 Focusing on statement of the given project
 Identification of structure of the project
 Focusing on the various kinds of issues.
 Planning for an intervention.
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From the above discussion it can be concluded that this essay is all about a proper
analysis on National Commission on BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and off drilling. The
following essay has been prepared by taking into account of large number of sources. After that a
concept has been provided role of project managers and various system thinking tools for proper
management of project. An idea has been provided regarding the fact that how the provided
content is useful for addressing a list of question that have been provided System thinking can be
defined as a proper kind of tool that is mainly helping a large number of people. It is broad kind
of perspective that is mainly inclusive of overall structure, patterns and various kinds of the tool
that is mainly used for addressing the overall the structure, patterns and various kinds of cycles

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that are available for use. In the above pages of the essay various required terms like general
management system, structure of organization, risk management, alignment with portfolio, value
for business, process cycle for portfolio management and maturity of organization has been
discussed in details.

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