APA citations to support your statements‚ explain what a PEST table is and why it is important to an organization (1-2 paragraphs). Pest Analysis is a frame work that strategy consultants uses to scan the mirco environment in which the firm operates. (Value Based 2013) PEST is Political‚ Ecomonic‚ Social factor and Techonolgies factors. Companies will use this in workshops and it will make the managmenets brainstorm techniques using PEST for strategic plannings‚ marketing planning or development
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[pic] School of Management Studies Finance Advanced Topics [BUS4083W] Corporate Finance Test 23 September 2010 Time Allocation: 120 minutes Total Mark Allocation: 90 marks Case Study: Anglo American On the 20th of February 2009‚ Anglo American announced that it would cut 11% of its work force and suspend its share buyback and dividend in the face of a poor economic outlook marked by "unprecedented" uncertainty. The miner said it was reducing its headcount by
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addition to this paper the explanation of relationship between BHP Billiton Limited for the provision of safety related services via a Corporate Service Agreement and specifies responsibilities and accountabilities for the parties. SCOPE The objective of Workplace Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS) is to provide the outline of a system which exceeds the requirements of AS4801 Workplace Health & Safety Management Systems. BHP Billiton Limited WHSMS is intended to ensure the safety of
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Part A Section (i) The articles chosen for this essay paper were “Corporate Environmental Reporting: A test of legitimacy theory” by Trevor D. Wilmshurst and Geoffrey R. Frost and “The Stakeholder Theory: Concepts‚ Evidence and Implications” by Thomas Donaldson and Preston Lee. There were several factors that contributed to my choosing these particular articles for my study. First and foremost‚ these articles were both peer reviewed and the journals they were sourced from‚ namely the
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and consumer industries and analyses BHP Billiton Limited and Woolworths Limited. Variables affecting the Australian economy are inflation and interest rates; the gross domestic product; the exchange rate; and economic risks. The metal and mining industry is the largest sector in Australia and the consumer industry is the third largest sector. The present value of the dividend model and the present value of the operating free cash flow were used to evaluate BHP Billiton Limited and Woolworths Limited
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Summary of a World without Water A brief summary of this article as below: - The River Nar is suffering water scarcity because outdated licensing rules have allowed it to become overused and fertilizer run-off from farms‚ where Coca-Cola would want to have anything to do with it. - The main reasons of the warning of a looming water crisis around the world are: 1. a surging population; 2. a growing global middle class and 3. a changing climate. - Water investment is essential to companies because
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opportunities and challenges. The article ‘BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto: Seizing opportunities in China’s Dragon Economy’ written by Breda McCarthy encapsulates this transition; extrapolated through the variances in the economic state and rate of progression‚ which is directly intertwined with the variances in political‚ cultural and legal perspective. The rapid progress in China’s economy has made it the ideal target market for Australian mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto‚ as per “World Bank
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The BHP OK Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has raised many environmental‚ ethical and social responsibility issues regarding organisational management on many fronts. There have been many approaches in an attempt to confront and address the varying factors which encompass both past and present business practices. The mine was an open pit gold and copper mine located in the western province of PNG the operation of which resulted in collateral damage‚ affecting up to 50‚000 people in the nearby
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Communications BHP Billiton Limited GPO Box 2012 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 September 1‚ 2012 Ms. Sunaina Gowan Executive of the Australasian Local Network PO Box 111 Sydney NSW 2000 Dear Ms. Sunaina Gowan‚ BHP Billiton is world’s largest producers of major metals‚ including copper‚ iron ore‚ manganese and so on. We were established on Australia and provide employment positions for 60‚000 Australian employees (BHP Billiton 2012). In July 2003‚ BHP Billiton participated
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Research paper ----------OK Tedi Mining Ltd. Case Study MAA350 ETHICS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES To Felicity Fallon From Student’s Name: Meng Lin Student’s ID: 900330168 Introduction The Ok Tedi mine Limited is one of the major copper concentrate producer in the world. They owned smelting market in Asia‚ Europe‚ such as Germany‚ Korea and Japan‚ etc. The corporation concentrated on social responsibilities‚ including providing education and
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