consultant operating in the Oil and Energy sector

As a consultant operating in the Oil and Energy sector you specialise in providing focused, strategic analysis to organisations. In the report you have been tasked to

create, you need to give up to date, clear and concisely written information,

(1) Critically examine the relationship and the need for compatibility
between corporate strategic and functional management policies.
(2) Analyse the internal and external influences on corporate
objectives and strategy.
(3) Critically evaluate the need for flexibility in strategic management
and the practical limits of quantifying corporate strategy
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Assignment Task:
As a consultant operating in the oil and energy sector you specialise in providing focused,
strategic analysis to organisations. In the report you have been tasked to create, you need to
give up to date, clear and concisely written information, which your clients can use in their
daily operations.
You have been tasked with evaluating ONE of the following:
 an International Oil Company (IOC) OR
 a National Oil Company (NOC) OR
 an Independent
The report should be done so in the following way:

1. Introduce your report and justify why you have chosen the particular
International Oil Company (IOC) or National Oil Company (NOC) or
Independent. (20 marks)

2. Conduct a STEEPLE analysis on your chosen IOC, NOC or Independent and
rank each of the factors in order of importance; 1= most important, 2 = second
most important and so on.

Explain the reasoning for your rankings.

This ranking should be done for each factor included in STEEPLE analysis
(Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal and Ethical).
(50 marks)