Business and Business Environment: A Comprehensive Analysis of Organisations and the UK Retail Sector

BUSINESS AND BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................3
PART 1-ESSAY.......................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................4
BODY.......................................................................................................................... 4
LO1..........................................................................................................................4
P1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANISATIONS.....................................................4
P2 SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE ORGANISATIONS................................................6
LO2..........................................................................................................................7
P3 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS........................................7
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................ 9
PART 2- CASE STUDY............................................................................................ 10
LO3........................................................................................................................... 10
P4 USING PESTLE MODEL, IDENTIFY THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
IMPACTS THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT HAS UPON THE UK RETAIL SECTOR
...............................................................................................................................10
LO4........................................................................................................................... 12
P5 INTERNAL (SWOT/TOWS ANALYSIS) AND EXTERNAL (FIVE FORCES
MODEL) ANALYSIS OF A UK SUPERMARKET TO IDENTIFY ITS STRENGTHS
AND WEAKNESSES.............................................................................................12
P6 EXPLAIN HOW STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES INTERRELATE WITH
EXTERNAL MACRO FACTORS...........................................................................15
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................... 16
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................17
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INTRODUCTION
Every organisation exists with well-defined objectives and aims which are associated
with the different sectors. Some sector of organisations exists for profits motives
while some exist for non-profit motives there are also some organisations that carry
businesses to render services to the public and work for their welfare. In this
assignment, an essay will be provided that will cover the differences between the
different types of organisations and will define their undertaken business purposes
and supply of goods and services. The essay will also cover the scope and the size
of the different organisations. This assignment will also aim to render insights about
the organisational functions and the structures by delineating the relationships
between the functions and the different structures. In the second part of the
assignment a case study of the UK Supermarket sector will be undertaken that will
help to carry out the research on the sector of a retail supermarket by conducting
PESTLE and SWOT analysis that will help to establish the interrelationship between
the strengths and weaknesses with the external macro factors.
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PART 1-ESSAY
INTRODUCTION
There are mainly three types of organisations in the business world which covers the
several aspects of the business including the profits, operations and the sales. There
is a high dependency of the business profits and the welfare. The organisations are
classified on the basis of the profitability, scope, purpose and the other factors. Thus
in the following section, the profitable, non-profitable and the non-governmental
organisations will be discussed that will also be discussed with their size, scope,
structures and the functions (Caruana and Montgomery, 2015).
BODY
LO1
P1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANISATIONS
With a common foundation on the basis of the understanding and corporation of
interests the organisations are found and they then share their interest such that the
organisation’s desired goal is achieved.
Non-Government Organisation
Aberlour Child Care Trust is a non-governmental organisation that is into helping the
young people and the families of Scotland that drives towards transforming the lives
for the betterment. It is a trust that renders support to the families by helping them
out with the disabilities, drugs and alcohol impacts and so on. The commitment is to
serve the families and the children that help in achieving the personal goals. It was
established in 1976 that aims to deliver the residential care and the dependency
services. Thus its main motive is to work for the families and the children by injecting
respect, innovation, challenges and integrity (Caruana and Montgomery, 2015).
Profit organisations
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