Introduction to Management: Growth, Development, and Management Analysis of BHP Billiton Limited Company

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Introduction to Management
Executive Summary
The below presented report is focused on the concept of management that is attainment of
organizational goals by making use of effective and efficient means and mediums. Planning,
organizing, directing, monitoring, and controlling the organizational resources are the core
functions considered under this concept. Management is essential part in every organization as it
is the process of managing the factors of production, organize the resources and assemble the
resources. The purpose of the report is to analyze the growth, development, and the management
within the BHP Billiton Limited Company, which is established in Australia. From the analysis,
it has been identified that the company is operating smoothly in the Australian market because
they have huge support from the government. Moreover, the SWOT analysis has reflected that
company is one of the leading organization engaged in the process of extracting various
resources with high brand recognition.

Introduction to Management
Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Task 1..........................................................................................................................................................4
Tracing growth and development of organization...................................................................................4
Task 2..........................................................................................................................................................6
Criticisms of business practices...............................................................................................................6
Task 3..........................................................................................................................................................7
Environmental analysis and main opportunities and threats....................................................................7
Task 4........................................................................................................................................................10
Organizational culture...........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................10
References.................................................................................................................................................12

Introduction to Management
Introduction
Management can be named as the achievement of authoritative objectives by making utilization
of powerful and proficient means and mediums. What's more, this all is improved the situation
arranging, sorting out, coordinating, observing, and controlling the hierarchical assets.
Administration is an expansive idea and includes different capacities and these capacities are
composed for making the accomplishment of authoritative objectives and destinations. This will
also make optimum utilization of all the available resources in an effective and efficient manner.
The concept of management can also be considered as the framework or the outline through
which the business entity makes the attainment of the desired goals and targets. The below
presented analysis is made focused on the concept of management within BHP Billiton company.
The business entity is a multinational corporation and is also a leading brand and resources
company. The prime operations executed by the business entity are extracting and processing
minerals, oil and gas and with a huge pool of skilled and professional employees (BHP 2018).
The business entity has approximately 60000 employees and contractors primarily in Australia
and America. The business entity is dealing and operating the business globally with sales and
marketing with sales and marketing led through Singapore and Houston, United States. Our
global headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia.
Task 1
Tracing growth and development of organization
BHP Billiton is world’s largest mining company. BHP Billiton was founded back in 1885 in a
isolated mining town of broken hill which is in south wales. BHP Billiton is an Anglo-
Australian company which is a trading business entity of BHP billion limited. BHP‘s
headquarters are present in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (BHP 2018). It is a multinational
company which deals with metals, mining and petroleum etcetera. The main aim of the company
is to earn a good profit and brand recognition in the oil and gas extracting sector and also mining.
Core competences of BHP Billiton includes, using the latest equipment and technologies for
getting the work done.
Past strategies