BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENVINRONMENT

(Scope and size of business organisation)

• Introduction
• Background of each organization, their legal structure
and the purpose
• Size and scope of operations different organisation in
marketplace
• References

This specific essay studies about the legal structure and the
purpose of the various forms of organisation like private,
public and voluntary businesses . This also discusses about
the number of employees, turnover of the company and
functional structure of the different types of organisation.

 Public organisation (National Health Service NHS): This
type of firm is publically financed organisation working in the
commercial environment and engaged in delivery of services to
large customer base. The NHS is public capitalised firm
established in year of 1948.

Private organisation (Marks and Spencer): These are the
companies are privately wined working ventures. The private
organisation are owned by a single owner or working in
partnership. The Marks and Spencer is an private organisation
working successfully in commercially environment. Business
firm is aiming huge amount of profit since its establishment in
1998.

 Voluntary sector (Oxfam): The
organisations belonging to this category
of business firm is established by a group
of people having same goals and interest
and works for the social welfare in
nation. This respective sector is also
known as non-profit organisation.

 Scope and size of National Health Service (NHS): The
organisation of working with world’s top five largest
workforces with a team of approximately 1.5 million
people. The largest part of the NHS health system is
delivered to the England with having staff strength of 1.2
million people.

Scope and size of Marks
and Spencer: Company
was established in 1998.
M&S earning goes to
about 1 billion euros
beings first retailer
company with such a
huge earnings.

Scope and size of Oxfam: This particular voluntary firm
was stared in 1942 and the large organisation working for
the social welfare. The goals and vision of the firm is to
service the poverty hit areas and to the homeless people
and vulnerable women of domestic violence.

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