MGT302 Strategic Management: Corporate Analysis of BHP Billiton

• Mission, vision, core competences

• Successful Strategies deployed in the past

• Current strategies

Task 2

There have been many criticisms of the business practices that company h as pursued in recent years. Describe TWO of these controversies and outli ne the outcomes.

• Focus on the past strategies / tactics which were criticised

The criticisms may comes from various stake holders, such as competitors, employees, customers, suppliers, communi ties and others, media journalist, industry experts, academi c professionals etc. 

Task 3

Perform an environmental analysis for the involvement of the organisatio n in the context of the industry, it operates in – what are the main opport unities & threats?

• Analysis Tools

• General Environments (PESTEL) analysis

• Specific Environments analysis

• Porter’s five force analysis

• Resource Based Model analysis

• SWOT

Task 4

Describe the organisational culture or leadership style wi thin the organisation.

• Research areas

• Core values/ competencies of the company

• CEOs who inspired the employees, developed / implem ented the strategies successfully and created the compan y’s unique culture.