1. Types of activities.
2. Field operations.
3. Support services.
4. Technical services, logistics, and administration.
5. Coordination, communication, and supervision.
6. Analysis and exploration data integration.
7. Decision-making.
Management theory can be applied in exploration activities. In general, in a program that leads to the determination of exploration must begin with a hypothesis of work, which is a re-election plans facts from several observations and interpretations with the speculation of the expenditure.
Conditions for the formulation of the hypothesis of an invention (in this case mineral deposits) are as follows:
1. Knowledge of staff (workers) are both about the state / control of a sediment geology,
2. Having insight and imagination,
3. Have the talent intuition,
4. Have the courage,
5. Have beliefs about the assessment of hypotheses,
6. The ability to stand alone.
To achieve success in exploration, the sequences that need to be considered by the (agency) management of exploration include:
1. Determination of long-term goals that are realistic and not subjective,
2. Delegation of responsibilities to each individual / team,
3. Creation of a productive working atmosphere so as to stimulate the emergence of innovations and new discoveries,
4. Assurance of good communication, both from the center of emptiness, or in a field team working,
5. Emphasis and a good proportion of resource management (human, money, and time),
6. Used in the review of the decision before deciding / making a final decision.