Sustainable Development and Good Health and Well-being: A Case Study of Oxfam

This report explores the strategies, context, and performance of Oxfam in achieving sustainable development and improving good health and well-being. It discusses the challenges faced by the organization and the importance of effective strategies in addressing them. The report also highlights the role of sustainability in achieving equal opportunities and improving the overall health of society.

A Design

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Strategy.......................................................................................................................................4
Context........................................................................................................................................5
Performance................................................................................................................................6
The Executive Summary.............................................................................................................7
Reflection....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Sustainable development is identified in different ways and all of them work with motive
of fulfilling existing needs with no compromise on resources and requirements of future
generation. In the present scenario, sustainability is understand as a global framework and this is
used to perform work according to international cooperation. This report is written from
perspective of Oxfam and it is a charitable organisation and it was established in the year 1942.
Oxfam work with motive of implementing needs that work with value and it states about
minimising challenges that is related with good health and well-being. Ensuring healthy lives and
promoting about all being define about global health crisis and it is a major factor that impacts
on growth of organisation. The major progress within health of millions about individuals aids
towards increase in life expectancy and reducing some common killer associated related with
maternal and child mortality (Filoso and et. al., 2015). Sustainable development implies
fulfilment of several conditions that improves overall aspects of society to increase number of
benefits. Improve in good health and well-being is considered as a global goal which is formulate
and adopted by United Nation members in the year 2015. This is considered that Oxfam and
other organisation work with motive of end poverty that aids to ensure all individuals are healthy
and they undertake same opportunities to perform their role in a safe and healthy manner. Oxfam
is a well-known charity organisation and the aim of it's workforce is too minimise poverty from
society. The main rational to select organisation is that management of Oxfam implement
practices at a large level that is used for improving health of individuals. On the other side, the
main sustainability challenge that relates with organisation is improper communication and no
transfer of information and other essential resources that improve good health and well-being of
individuals. Due to this negative impact on society is identified and it create challenges for
organisation because most of individuals are not concern about their health. Further, world is
facing global health crisis as Covid-19 is spreading among humans and it also impacts on
destabilizing economy of country. Before pandemic major progress was made to improve health
of individuals for improving life expectancy by minimising wide range of diseases and common
killers which is associated with child and maternal mortality (Fonseca and et. al., 2018). But
more efforts is required for wide minimising current challenges because covid-19 is an
uncommon disease so it create challenges to identify methods for overcome from current health
related challenges. There is a issue identify at Oxfam and it define that authority and power is in

hands of local employee's and they support only local individuals. Due to this it is challenging to
perform work in international market and it impacts on authority and power to take decisions in
favour of overall health. This impacts on performance, work efficiency and health of society.
Due to low health of individuals it is understand that functions performed by individuals are not
fair and it is because this impacts on equal opportunities to all persons specifically to those who
belong to lower segment (Gardetti and Torres, 2017). So with improve in good health and well-
being all individuals perform their work with more efficiency by using it's strength.
MAIN BODY
Strategy
The term strategy is explained as an action plan and it work as a process or method
through which all issue and problems are minimised by formulating steps that improve work
process of organisation. This is important for Oxfam to develop effective strategy as it helps to
design and develop strategies that improve overall practices for improving good health and well-
being. Some effective organisation practices are mention as follow: Philosophy- Oxfam is providing their services from more than seventy years and it was
established with aim of improving society conditions. There are more than twenty
charitable organisation focus on alleviation of improvement in global conditions through
improving health of individuals. Winnie Byanyima was executive director of Oxfam
international and they work on methods that improves mission and values of
organisation. This is recognised as a right-based approach and it develop framework
through which all individuals work with confederation that is used to manage
sustainable livelihood through improve health of individuals. For this Oxfam majorly
work on poverty to improve human actions (Kohtala, 2015). So mission statement of
Oxfam is to focus on activities that undertake participation of all individuals in society.
 Structure- Oxfam is a non-profitable organisation and it offer their product and services
to a large section of customers with motive of reducing issue and challenges that
generate problems within society. Business model of respective organisation depends on
focusing on charity. Management of Oxfam is accountable for managing their work in
international market but there are different challenges faced by management because it
create problems for organisation to complete task with decided structure. As business

follow decentralise structure due to this it is complex for organisation to make decisions
in minimum time-period. Therefore, sometimes this is challenging for management to
manage task as resources must be reached on time to improve health of individuals.
 Innovation- Globalisation increase number of opportunities that exists in market and it
is an important part for management because it boost organisation to significantly
increase methods to improve business practices through use of innovation. Oxfam is a
large organisation and they offer it's services within different countries. The major
barrier which is stated in Oxfam role is inappropriate transfer of information and
resources at different levels (Küçüksayraç, Keskin and Brezet, 2015). This create
problems for Oxfam management to provide same services within overall areas.
Innovation type is incremental and innovative approach or method and this is very
supportive to accomplish success towards a particular aim. For good health and well-
being innovation is used for improving number of resources and decision-making in
minimum time-period. It also leads to improve positive impacts through increasing
productivity and performance of overall organisation departments.
Context
The main aim and objective of Oxfam is to minimise challenges related with good health
and well-being of individuals. This provide fair as well as same opportunities to each individual
by improving their health status and it aids organisation to improve their strength by offering
healthy and good quality food. Moreover, environment viability perform an important role and
this is used to overcome from challenges due to which it is complex for management to perform
work in an organised manner as each individual follow and eat different food and live in
different geographical areas.
 Social/Human- It include the user and stakeholders cultural connection such as
consumption of ingredient vegetarian or non-vegetarian. Social and human factors which
is related with society projects about different challenges related with workforce that
face problems to perform work because of inappropriate health (Mani and et. al., 2014).
Within context of Oxfam it is also understand by management that turnover of workforce
is also reduced by enhancing health and well-being of engaged workforce. It is because
when they go for improving individuals health and there is a danger that person also
suffer from disease due to which it is challenging to manage task in proper manner.

 Environment- It consists about different concern that is related with environment and
this include global environment issue, depletion of ozone layer and increase in pollution.
This generate challenges for management and it also impact on the health of individuals.
It also states as a major issue because this create different diseases within society due to
which there are various problems faced by society. It also increase in inequality aspects
because this is challenging for individuals to manage work in society as ineffective
health enhance barrier to work in organisation (Mura and et. al., 2018).
 Viability- The term viability expectation that is related with market share, earning of per
share and return on investment identify the context of time horizon. Within context of
Oxfam it is considered that one of the most effective and significant strategy which is
helpful in successful overcome from good health and well-being issue define about
organisation success as the number of viability factors is decrease than there is
probability to improve health of all individuals. Along with this it is supportive for
management to manage and perform work that aids to enhance and assist number of
employee's performance for offer them training through which health of individuals is
improved. Along with this by offering right training health of workforce is in safe hands
to manage their work properly. It also provide operational as well as financial benefits
that aids organisation for improving health of individuals with minimum waste of
resources.
Performance
It consists of cooperative work methods and practices that are engaged to improve
performance of organisation to achieve their aim in minimum time-period. Capacity, potential,
intellectual property and openness etc. are some of the crucial factors which are undertake in
organisation. This is important to understand that all such aspects generate positive impact to
improve overall functions of organisation because it support management to gain positivity
within their work (Owens and Legere, 2015). This is also important that performance of
respective organisation is improved through implement of right techniques and it aids towards
implement of activities that is used to improve performance through performing task with
collaborate working and partnership. Along with this there are different issue is also identified
and most of them relates with intellectual property and openness. It refers that due to lack of
openness among organisation face problems to manage work with minimum period and also

medicine is required to improve health. But they are perishable in nature so it is complex to
manage work in proper manner. Oxfam is a well recognised charity organisation and it create
problems related with intellectual property and some of them are mention as follow:
 Process- This is important to understand that respective organisation perform work with
effective and strong process as it useful for perform functions in smooth manner. Project
budget within organisation includes approx £ 350. It is essential to understand that
respective business develop effective and efficient process which is useful for performing
task within successful and smooth manner (Rocha, Antunes and Partidário, 2019). This
also aids management to conduct business practices according to decided schedule which
is effective and appropriate for managing and implement business process that is used to
obtain high success in market.
 Function- Oxfam is a global organisation and it include more than twenty charitable trust
with them. They all perform operations with a similar aim that specifically relates with a
particular situation. Functions that are performed by Oxfam are complete in an organised
manner and this management to improve overall efficiency by managing effective
coordination among all functions. The major functions of Oxfam include finance, human
resource and marketing etc. and all of them aids management to accomplish desired goals
of organisation. Oxfam perform all services through which it is easy to complete all task
in decided manner and it is because management design operations that attain
management to offer effective services that aids to match with needs of customers.
 Expression- The term Oxfam contributes in improvement of overall health of society and
it is considered with aspects of innovation technology. This undertakes about successful
and effective concepts through which business practices are implemented in effective
manner. These also formulate high quality products that are helpful to match with needs
and wants of customers. Along with Oxfam work for generating unique and creative
design that helps for generating awareness in market through offering effective
information about organisational goals and resources to perform work in an organised
manner.
The Executive Summary
Within context of organisation, citizen, environment and society it is identified that
sustainability development is important and it aids management to conduct business practices

which leads organisation to achieve high success in market by minimising sustainability
development. Their are various challenges which is related with sustainability identify and it
impacts on goals of organisation. The major issue that relates in good health and well-being
define about aspects through which performance and productivity of business is impacted. Along
with this fair and significant work practices through which long term opportunities are achieved
by workforce (Schaltegger, Beckmann and Hockerts, 2018). This is also important for
organisation to deal with health related issue because it aids management to achieve vision with
poverty that identify about equal changes among workforce. It is needed with order and this also
aids persons to increase motivation of individuals. With increase in improving health aspects of
society this is understand that management identify and understand positive impacts through
which society is able to perform work with enhancing society roles. Moreover, there are various
approaches and strategies identify by management and it is used to manage equal chances
through which all employee's work with same motive to complete task in an organised manner
and this improves overall health of society and engaged workforce.
Reflection
Description- At the time of conducting this project I am focused to gain information
related with overall perspective of organisation that improve sustainability development aspects
in market. Oxfam is performing their work at global level and this is used to reduce good health
and well-being challenges aspect that aids towards accomplishment of goals and objectives. I
also participated within project through which work is completed according to decided project.
This also engage for improving knowledge related with good health and well-being issue through
managing work with decided practices.
Feeling- In the initial phase of this project I am totally nervous to face the situation and it
is because lack of knowledge about the topic formulate problems for me to understand the topic.
Moreover, I also enhance my confidence level and this include participation of activities that
improves project results through understand about information related with topic. This increase
my knowledge level through improving information related with good health and well-being.
Evaluation- This is determined by me that the project was totally effective and smooth as
well as informative due to which my knowledge is increased related with health perspective.
Along with this by support of other team members positive results are obtained by me and it aids
to complete project in successful manner. Moreover, lack of time generate negative aspects for

me and it create challenges to manage project due to which I face difficulty to manage all
activities of project in proper manner.
Conclusion- With understand of this situation this is concluded by me that it is important
for me to improve my skills and capabilities that aids to improve my performance. This also aids
me in accomplish of desired goals in minimum time-period. Management skills are at priority
and this helps me to perform all task with decided time. Moreover, I have strong communication
skills and it assist for transfer of information in an accurate manner.
Action- In last this is analysed by me that I need to explicate an effective action plan that
helps me to understand my skills and capabilities. This also aids me to improve overall activities
by performing task in an organised manner as action plan develop right steps through which
performance is improved in proper manner.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Filoso, S and et. al., 2015. Reassessing the environmental impacts of sugarcane ethanol
production in Brazil to help meet sustainability goals. Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews, 52, pp.1847-1856.
Fonseca, P and et. al., 2018. Sustainability in university campus: options for achieving nearly
zero energy goals. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Gardetti, M.A. and Torres, A.L. eds., 2017. Sustainability in fashion and textiles: values, design,
production and consumption. Routledge.
Kohtala, C., 2015. Addressing sustainability in research on distributed production: an integrated
literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 106, pp.654-668.
Küçüksayraç, E., Keskin, D. and Brezet, H., 2015. Intermediaries and innovation support in the
design for sustainability field: cases from the Netherlands, Turkey and the United
Kingdom. Journal of Cleaner Production, 101, pp.38-48.
Mani, M and et. al., 2014. Sustainability characterisation for manufacturing
processes. International journal of production research, 52(20), pp.5895-5912.
Mura, M and et. al., 2018. The evolution of sustainability measurement research. International
Journal of Management Reviews, 20(3), pp.661-695.
Owens, K.A. and Legere, S., 2015. What do we say when we talk about
sustainability?. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Rocha, C.S., Antunes, P. and Partidário, P., 2019. Design for sustainability models: A
multiperspective review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 234, pp.1428-1445.
Schaltegger, S., Beckmann, M. and Hockerts, K., 2018. Collaborative entrepreneurship for
sustainability. Creating solutions in light of the UN sustainable development
goals. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 10(2), pp.131-152.