Assessment of a Business Unit: Organisational Types, Functions and Structures

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Qualification Unit number and title
Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in
Business
Unit 1: Business and the Business
Environment (15 credits) (Assignment 1)
Learner name Assessor name
Sabrina Tsang
Date issued Hand in deadline Submitted on
30th Aug 2021 18th Oct 2021
Assignment title Organisational Types, Functions and Structures
In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria.
Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.
Criteria
reference To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the
learner is able to:
Evidence
(Page
No)
P1 Explain different types and purposes of organizations;
public, private and voluntary sectors and legal structures.
P2 Explain the size and scope of a range of different types of
organisations.
P3
Explain the relationship between different organisational
functions and how they link to organisational objectives
and structure.
M1
Analyse how the structure, size and scope of different
organisations link to the business objectives and product
and services offered by the organisation.
M2
Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of
interrelationships between organisational functions and
the impact that can have upon organisational structure.
D1
Provide a critical analysis of the complexities of different
types of business structures and the interrelationships of
the different organisational functions.
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Higher National Diploma in Business
Student Name/ID
Number
Unit Number and Title Unit 1: Business and the Business Environment
Academic Year 2021-2022
Unit Assessor Sabrina Tsang
Assignment Title Organisational Types, Functions and Structures
Issue Date 30th Aug 2021
Submission Date 18th Oct 2021
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Date
Submission Format:
Your assignment should be typewritten in Times New Roman, font size 12, 1.5 lines spacing on
A4 paper, page numbered and be submitted bound. This is in the form of an individual
assignment. You are required to make sure of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate,
and all work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system.
Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system.
A cover page, table of content page, charts/diagrams/process and a reference page is used
as the skeleton of the assignment.
Unit Learning Outcomes:
LO1 Explain the different types, size and scope of organisations
LO2 Demonstrate the interrelationship of the various functions within an organisation and how they
link to organisational structure
Assignment Brief and Guidance:
You are the senior business analyst of a global consultancy corporation. The consultancy corporation
has a large range of clients globally major in various products and services, in view of the business
drop in 2019 – 2020 due to COVID-19, your corporation looking into the ways to have the business
success.
You, as the senior business analyst have to provide a report which explain the different types, size
and scope of organisations. Also, demonstrate the interrelationship of the various functions within an
organisation and how they link to organisational structure.
Provide a report of the following according to the above scenario:
Different types of organisations:
1. Differences between for profit and not for profit and non-government organisations (NGOs).
2. Micro, small, medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Different business purposes, objectives and
supply of goods and services.
3.The range of legal structures associated with different forms of business: sole traders, partnerships
and private limited companies.

Size and scope of organisations:
1. Differences between large, medium-sized and small organisations including objectives and goals,
market share, profit share, growth and sustainability.
2. Global growth and developments of transnational, international and global organisations.
3.Differences between franchising, joint ventures and licensing. Industrial structures and competitive
analysis.
4. Market forces and economic operations e.g. scarcity and choice, supply and demand, income
elasticity.
5. Stakeholders and responsibilities of organisations to meet different stakeholder interests and
expectations.
The various functions within an organisation:
1. The role of marketing, finance, human resource management and operations within an
organisational context and the interrelationships.
2. How functions relate to overall organisation mission and objectives.
Organisational structure:
1.Different structures depending upon the size and scope of the organisation, including bureaucratic
and post-bureaucratic, parent, strategic business units (SBUs), matrix and functional levels.
2. Organisation structures and complexities of transnational, international and global organisations.
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Explain the
different types, size
and scope of
organisations
P1 Explain different
types and purposes of
organisations; public,
private and voluntary
sectors and legal
structures.
P2 Explain the size and
scope of a range of
different types of
organisations.
M1 Analyse how the
structure, size and
scope of different
organisations link to
the business objectives
and product and
services offered by the
organisation.
D1 Provide a critical
analysis of the
complexities of
different types of
business structures and
the interrelationships
of the different
organisational
functions.
LO2 Demonstrate
the interrelationship
of the various
functions within an
organisation and
how they link to
organisational
structure
P3 Explain the
relationship between
different organisational
functions and how they
link to organisational
objectives and
structure.
M2 Analyse the
advantages and
disadvantages of
interrelationships
between organisational
functions and the
impact that can have
upon organisational
structure.
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