Micheal

BHP 1. BHP have a total of 41,732 employees (2008 November issue of BRW). BHP also has a large income of around $62 billion a year. BHPs assets are worth a total $252.32 billion. Due to these three key factors being extremely strong BHP easily satisfies the LSO. 2. BHP runs in the public sector as it is listed on the ASX, their shares are able to be bought by anyone of the public. BHP is found in the Metals and Mining and sector. BHP aim to be the best minerals exploration, have the best production and processing and hydrocarbon exploration. 3. Research and development: Management would be able to do some research into how well their production is, if anything was found to be incorrect then the development section could work on fixing the issue. Management could look into whether or not the shareholders are getting a superior return on their investments. 4. BHP company is highly recognizable in the international trading game, they export materials around the globe and have had a postive affect on other Australian companies growth as they are shipped all around the world – the only side affect is taxes has gone up. 5. Internal: Customers Employees Operating: Suppliers Shareholders Macro: Technology Economy Government Environment (Basically PESTLEG) 6. Shareholders Number of Overseas customers Revenue Assets Quantity/quality of product found 7. - In the final quarter of the 2010 financial year Uranium production increased to 712 tonnes - BHPs revenue grew from US$50,211 in 2009 to US$52,798 - Metallurgical coal sales volumes went up by 10.2% 8. Shareholders They are interested in how the company is going in the stock market and how the company is travelling in a public way. Worrying about how much BHP dividends are paying Suppliers They are interested in how long it takes for BHP to go through all supplies, what other suppliers BHP could be potentially using. Things like supplying machinery to BHP is an ethical issue as it is causing environmental damage Employees The employees are interested in making sure that the company is running as smoothly as possible. Employees are interested in making the company as efficient and to run a productive as possible Directors A bit like the employees mentality when they want the business to run as affective as possible but the directors are relying on them to perform as it would put them in a difficult place if they were to not perform Managers Managers are interested in making sure everyone is doing their right job – there are managers for different sections in the business Local community The community is interested in making sure they are safe and nothing is going wrong.