Business Environment Report: M&S, Kent County Council, and Charity

This report provides an analysis of the business environment, examining both internal and external factors that impact business operations. The report explores three types of organizations: private enterprises, public companies, and voluntary firms. It includes case studies of Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Kent County Council, detailing their size, scope, and operational characteristics. The report also mentions an animal conservation charity. The provided references include academic sources on topics such as pesticides, learning and development, business intelligence, and the impact of gender on new firm creation.

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BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is the sum of all external and
internal factors which affects the working of the
business.
Factors of the external environment not only
affects the working of the organisation but also it
affect the internal factors.

TYPES OF ORGANISATION
• There are mainly three types of
organisation which are:
• Private enterprise
• Public Company
• Voluntary firm

SIZE AND SCOPE OF
Marks & Spencer
M&S is a British multinational retailer which is
specialize in selling of cloth, luxury food and
home products.

SIZE AND SCOPE OF
Kent County Council
This is owned and managed by government body of
England.
It works as an upper tier to the elected local
government which is having 84 elected councilors.

SIZE AND SCOPE OF
Kent County Council
• It is an animal conservation charity which was
established to save the cats from the extinction.
• There is no specific legal structure for such type of
organization.

REFERENCE
 Pingali, P.L. and Roger, P.A. Eds., 2012. Impact of
pesticides on farmer health and the rice environment
(Vol. 7). Springer Science & Business Media.
 Harrison, R., 2011. Learning and development.
Development and Learning in Organizations: An
International Journal. 26(1).
 Chen, H., Chiang, R.H. and Storey, V.C., 2012. Business
intelligence and analytics: From big data to big impact.
MIS quarterly, 36.(4). pp.1165-1188.
 Klapper, L.F. and Parker, S.C., 2011. Gender and the
business environment for new firm creation. The World
Bank Research Observer, 26.(2). pp.237-257.

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