Pedro B. Agua

Pedro B. Agua has his PhD, MBA, CENG. He holds Senior leadership and management positions in Naval Defence, ICT companies and Tier 1 Subsea Oil & Gas engineering companies. He is a Technology manager experienced in identifying business opportunities, with a proven track record of technical innovation, systems engineering leadership, project management (PMP®/PMI certified), project governance, PMO and organizational development. He has been Senior Manager within the Subsea Oil & Gas industry in UK, with cumulative responsibilities for project engineering, systems engineering and analysis teams´ leadership, planning & business development support. He is also a PON Research Center & Council board member. Lecturer. He also serves as a Deputy Director at the PRT NRC.

Publications

Business Policy: A Systems Approach to Corporate Governing
Business Policy: A Systems Approach to Corporate Governing
Pedro B. Água, Andre Vilares Morgado. © 2024. 24 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to explore improvements in existing corporate governing practices that are currently being implemented through methods that lag behind most of the...
Innovation, Strategy, and Transformation Frameworks for the Modern Enterprise
Innovation, Strategy, and Transformation Frameworks for the Modern Enterprise
Anacleto Correia, Pedro B. Agua. © 2023. 431 pages.
Many organizations struggle to advance their businesses due to a lack of knowledge of innovative strategies and ways to transform their business to remain relevant. Innovation...
Innovation Leading Organizations
Innovation Leading Organizations
André Nogueira, Pedro B. Agua, Anacleto C. Correia. © 2022. 23 pages.
Innovation is one of the most likely factors to boost effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of an organization, regardless of its sector of activity, as for instance, the...
Strategic Procurement Negotiation
Strategic Procurement Negotiation
Pedro B. Agua, Anacleto Correia, Armindo S. Frias. © 2022. 23 pages.
The challenges facing procurement managers across industries and public services are quite important. Businesses need to take care of the bottom line while public services need...
Virtual Training for Scuba Divers
Virtual Training for Scuba Divers
Anacleto Correia, Pedro B. Água. © 2022. 13 pages.
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that is becoming more common for applications in the field of education and training. VR can be used to create simulated two- and...
Negotiating Across Cultures: Insights for the 21st Century
Negotiating Across Cultures: Insights for the 21st Century
Pedro B Agua, Armindo S. Frias, Anacleto Correia. © 2022. 19 pages.
The 21st century accentuated the globalization, regardless of some cases apparently returning to the previous regionalization paradigm. In both cases, human communication has...
Risk Governance: The Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach
Risk Governance: The Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach
Pedro B. Agua, Anacleto C. Correia. © 2022. 22 pages.
The current worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 confronts all industries with considerable economic challenges. This text analyses the subject of organizational risks from the...
Organizing for Innovation in the Armed Forces: A Logical Thinking Process Approach
Organizing for Innovation in the Armed Forces: A Logical Thinking Process Approach
Pedro B. Água, Anacleto Correia. © 2021. 23 pages.
Innovation is one of the main factors in driving any organization's effectiveness and sustainable competitiveness. Lack of innovation may affect organizations in several...
Event Generation for Emergency Scenarios Simulation
Event Generation for Emergency Scenarios Simulation
Anacleto Correia, Mário Simões-Marques, Pedro Água. © 2021. 22 pages.
Natural and technological disasters have been part of the daily life of societies in recent decades, causing harm and disruption in different parts of the world where they occur....
Optimizing Supply Chains Through System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation: Lessons From the Navy
Optimizing Supply Chains Through System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation: Lessons From the Navy
Pedro B. Agua, Anacleto C. Correia, Armindo Frias. © 2021. 26 pages.
In critical activities and organizations, decision making in the face of complexity has been a growing normal. Complexity troubles humans due to cognitive limitations. Moreover...
Business Policy: A Systems Approach to Corporate Governing
Business Policy: A Systems Approach to Corporate Governing
Pedro B. Água, Andre Vilares Morgado. © 2020. 27 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to explore improvements in existing corporate governing practices that are currently being implemented through methods that lag behind most of the...