Different Types and Purposes of Organisations

Business and Business
Environment

Table of Contents
Business and Business Environment....................................................................................................1
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Explain different types and purposes of organisations; public, private and voluntary sectors
and legal structures..........................................................................................................................3
P2 Explain the size and scope of a range of different types of organisations..................................5
TASK 2................................................................................................................................................6
P3 Explain the relationship between different organisational functions and how they link to
organisational objectives and structure............................................................................................6
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................8
P4: Identify the positive and negative impacts the macro environment has upon business
operations, supported by specific examples....................................................................................8
TASK 4.................................................................................................................................................8
P5 Conduct internal and external analysis of specific organisations in order to identify strengths
and weaknesses................................................................................................................................9
P6 Explain how strengths and weaknesses interrelate with external macro factors........................9
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10
REFRENCES......................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisation is a process which is involved in managing the the functions smoothly. The group of
people acting together encompasses various forms of self-help and collective action. Organisational
structures are concerned with the way in which work is divided and managed among individuals.
Working as a trainee business analyst for North London chamber of Commerce and Enterprise this
report aims at different types and purposes of public, private, voluntary and legal structures of
different organisations, size and scope of different organisation, internal and external factors of
organisation for determining its strength and weaknesses, interrelation with weaknesses in external
macro factors, relationship between different organisational functions and link to organisational
structures and objectives, positive and negative impacts of macro environment upon operations,
supported with specific examples in context with Unilever along with conclusion.
TASK 1
P1 Explain different types and purposes of organisations; public, private and voluntary
sectors and legal structures.
Public-sector refers to publicly controlled, publicly funded and other entities which delivers
the public programmes, goods and services. It is a part of economy which is composed of public
services and enterprise. It includes services such as telecommunication, roads, bridges, public
education, water supply, electricity supply and many other services. There are various types of
public-sector such as:
 International organisations:It is set-up outside the country that means branch of a
organisation is located at different country then parent country is located . It includes
multistate entities or partnerships.
 National organisation: It is located in inside the country either it can be parent company
or subsidiary is located in the same country. It must be an independent state.
 Regional organisation: It is located in the same province or state. The organisations are set
up for development within a state.
 Local organisation: It is located in a city or country and deals at municipal level. A body
which is set up at local or regional level are included in it.
There are various types of organisation in public-sector which are set up
accordingly(Zaman, K., 2018). Unilever a public company which falls under the category of
international organisations as it has its head office at U.K. But there are various branches of the
company in several governments such as Switzerland, Singapore, India and many more countries.

The legal structure of the private companies differs from as size and conditions of the
companies are different. As Unilever is a a international company so there are more legalities which
are mandatory to be followed. Such as registering the company under the companies act formed to
own or conduct business for public. There are various laws under companies act which are followed
by public companies such as Unilever(Agwu, P.E., 2018).
Public sector are set up to control the commanding height of economy and to promote
critical development of the economy. There are various purposes for which public-sector are
incorporated they are:
 Development of backward areas: Public organisations such as Unilever is set-up for the
development and reach to backward areas. As they are public companies and works for
welfare of the public at large. So, it is the purpose to set up public organisations.
 Distribution of income and wealth: In private enterprises such as Unilever the major
determining rate of economic growth and pattern of wealth distribution and income in which
profits from business enterprises are determined.
 Public utilities: Public organisation such as Unilever is not concerned with motive of
making profits. But the purpose of these private organisations is to serve the public at large.
Private sector: It is a part of the company which is run by the private individuals with the
motive of profit-making such as Bestway Group(Gabryelczyk, and et .al., 2018.).In private sector
there is minimum or sometimes no interference of the state in the organisations. There are various
types of private organisations they are:
 Sole proprietorship: It refers to sole trader or proprietorship. In this type of
organisation only single person establish a business with the motive of profit earning.
 Partnerships:It is an arrangement between two or more people which agrees to
share profits and liabilities.
 Small and mid-sized business: Small and mid-sized business are those numbers
fall below certain limits. These are set up solely for the purpose of profit and
development of the individuals working in the organisation.
 Large scale companies and multinationals: These are the organisations which are
set up for motive of earning a large profit at national as well as international level.
There are various types of organisations under private sector. Every sector has its different
legal structures which must be followed. Such as in sole proprietorship it is the easiest type of set up
which has minimum legal formalities as it requires registering at companies office only while on