Types and Purpose of Organisation in Business Environment

This presentation provides an overview of different types and purpose of organisations in the business environment. It discusses private, public, and non-profit organisations and their objectives. It also explores the size and scope of several organisations, including Marks & Spencer, NHS, and voluntary organisations. The presentation concludes with a discussion on the impact of operational activities within an organisation.

Business and Business
Environment
(Task 1)

Table of content
• Introduction
• Different types and purpose of organisation
• Size and scope of several organisations
• References

Introduction
Business environment is known as a mix of various dynamic and complex
forces that largely affect commercial activities of an organization. Different
type of business enterprises that operate in business environment with its
size and scope is all given in this presentation.

Different types and purpose of organisation
Different organisation setup with common objective to earn the profits by
providing the desirable products or services to the customer at reasonable
prices. In today’s world various type of organisation operated to achieve the
common objectives or goals i.e. fulfil the demand and needs of the customer
to some organisation are private, public and non-profit organisation.

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• Private sector organisation: The main motive of such type of companies to
earn or generate maximum profits and run by the shareholder or nongovernment
organisation. Like for example M&S is used to provide attractive products so
that maximum revenue can be incurred during the time.
• Purpose of firm: There are various benefits which could be rightly said that the
private organisation is easy to incorporate in an effective manner.

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Types of private firms:
• Partnership
• Sole trader
• Limited companies

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• Public sector organisation: The public sector undertakings are the
business undertakings which are majorly controlled by the government
undertakings in an effective manner. For example, NHS is well
known public sector organisation in UK for the medical
services.
• Purpose: To sustain the healthy lifestyle of an individual, to involve for
the improvement of stakeholder.

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• Non-Profit organisation: Such organisation setup for the welfare of the society
not for earning the profits. The NPO serve the best quality of services at free of cost
for the development of society. For example, Oxfam is one of the no-profit
organisation whose main aim is to eliminate the poverty from the
world.
• Purpose of firm: Find out the better solution to remove the poverty from the world.

Size and scope of several organisations
Each organization is striving hard to attain the business profits. The more is
the size and scope, profitability would become increase in an effective
manner. Every organization has their own distinct nature of skill or scopes it
includes public, Non-profit organization and private.

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Marks & Spencer (M&S):
• Size: With the 10000 approx. stores in all over 20 countries of
retails industry in clothing and luxury food products its became one of the
largest supermarkets.
• Scope: The company providing varieties of products and services in field
of clothing, food, home across worldwide.

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Public sector
• Size: The NHS has its 1.5 million people in present time. Due to
their heavy workforce.
• Scope: NHS organization acquiring the large market share because of
multiple services. Around the world.

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Voluntary organization
• Size: The main purpose of organization is to offering the good
quality of services for the improvement of society.
• Scope: Main work of organization to eliminates the poverty, food relief,
help tin disaster and policy research etc. due to which the business is
expanding accordingly.

Conclusion
From this presentation, it has been conclude that M&S is the primary
company which is be chosen for the purpose of analyzing the internal
and external impact of operational activity within an organization. For
this purpose various types of organization such as private, public and
voluntary sectors are taken into account.

References
• Nishitani, K. and et. al., 2012. Are firms' voluntary environmental
management activities beneficial for the environment and business? An
empirical study focusing on Japanese manufacturing firms. Journal of
environmental management. 105. pp.121-130.
• Osterwalder, A. and Pigneur, Y., 2010. Business model generation: a
handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. John Wiley &
Sons.

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