E/B/113. British Petroleum: strategic leadership

The paper reports on the policy of the British Petroleum (BP) leader, Lord John Browne, relating the history and background of the company, describing Browne’s leadership style, reviewing academic approaches to the concept of leadership, etc. The decisions of BP leadership are traced on the basis of the company’s financial ratios analysis, their strategy in Russia, the plan to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil exploration, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues, etc.