Strategic Development of BHP Billiton: An Environmental Analysis

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
BHP BILLITON

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
Executive summary
The purpose of the report is to discuss the strategic development of the business environment
concerning BHP Billiton company of Australia. The significance of the purpose is served with an
in-depth analysis of environmental factors that a company should look upon for researching on
the critics and formulate strategies. This report is going to shed light on the importance of
management and strategies. The key outcome will be defining a sequential record of the pasts
strategies of BHP along with their efficient and influential leaders.
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Table of contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................4
Task 1:.............................................................................................................................................5
Strategy Deployment:..................................................................................................................5
Mission, vision, core competencies:........................................................................................5
Successful Strategies deployed in the past:.............................................................................5
Current strategies:....................................................................................................................6
Task 2:.............................................................................................................................................7
Criticism of strategies:.................................................................................................................7
Task 3:.............................................................................................................................................9
Environmental analysis:...............................................................................................................9
Porter’s Five Force Analysis...................................................................................................9
SWOT Analysis:....................................................................................................................10
Task 4:...........................................................................................................................................11
The organisational culture of BHP:...........................................................................................11
Core values/ competencies of the company:.........................................................................11
Notable Leaders of BHP:.......................................................................................................12
Conclusions:..................................................................................................................................13
Reference list:................................................................................................................................14
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Introduction:
The managing or management of an organisation refers to the overall administration of the
enterprise or the business firm. It can be an organisation which runs on a non-profit basis, or it
can also be a body of the government. The management of BHP includes the various activities
concerned that are concerned with the set of strategies. Thereby, it is maintaining coordination of
the efforts which are put by the employees or the volunteers of the company for fulfilling the
various purposes and objectives by applying the resources that are available which are comprised
of the natural resources, technological resources, financial as well as human resources.
According to Brunetti et al. (2015), management can also be referred to the personnel who are
engaged in the management of the organisation.
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