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Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage?
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24631 Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? Aspinall, Joe upetd@up.ac.za William, Mack UCTD Strategic competitive advantage Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The question of how mining companies compete is a not a new question. The study looked at the elements of corporate strategy in general but also with specific emphasis to the mining business, the elements of mineral resources management (MRM), and how the business of mining is assisted by such work. The research tapped into the experiences of people at the forefront of MRM work, through a qualitative study of their opinions on the research questions, to contribute to formulation of improved ways of application of MRM as a source of strategic advantage anchored of RBV aligned theory of strategy The research sort to understand whether MRM application over the years has led to strategic competitive advantages for mining companies in South Africa, specifically the following;1.) What are the most important elements of MRM? and 2.) How is MRM used to obtain strategic competitive advantage in the mining business in South Africa? A proposal was made of the key areas of MRM and which elements of it offer strategic advantage to mining business. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T18:06:10Z 2010-07-09 2013-09-06T18:06:10Z 2010-04-11 2010-07-09 2010-05-13 Dissertation William, M 2009, Application of mineral resource management in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage?, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24631 > G10/386/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24631 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05132010-140440/ © 2009 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Strategic competitive advantage Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? |
| title | Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? |
| title_full | Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? |
| title_fullStr | Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? |
| title_short | Application of mineral resource nanagement in South African mining companies (MRM) : which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage? |
| title_sort | application of mineral resource nanagement in south african mining companies mrm which elements of it have contributed significant strategic competitive advantage |
| topic | UCTD Strategic competitive advantage |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24631 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05132010-140440/ |