Business and the Business Environment: A Comprehensive Analysis of ALDI

BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Explain different types and purposes of organisations; public, private and voluntary sectors
and legal structures.......................................................................................................................4
P2 Explain the size and scope of a range of different types of organisations..............................9
M1 Analyse how the structure, size and scope of different organisation link to the business
objectives and product and services offered by your chosen organisation................................11
Task 2.............................................................................................................................................12
P3 Explain the relationship between different organisational functions and how they link to
organisational objectives and structure......................................................................................12
M2 Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of the interrelationships between organisational
functions and the impact that they can have on organisational structure...................................14
D1 Critical analysis of the complexities of different types of business structures and the
interrelationships of the different organisational functions.......................................................15
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................16
P4 Identify the positive and negative impact the macro environment has on the business
operations of your chosen organisation. You should support your answer by specific examples
from your chosen organisation...................................................................................................16
M3 Apply the PESTLE model appropriately to support a detailed analysis of the macro
environment that affects the operations of your chosen organisation........................................18
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................20
P5 Conduct an internal and external analysis of your chosen organisation in order to identify
its strengths and weaknesses......................................................................................................20
P6 Explain how strengths and weaknesses interrelate with external macro factors..................21
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M4 Apply appropriately SWOT/TOWS analysis and justify how they influence decision-
making by your chosen organisation.........................................................................................23
D2 Critically evaluate the impact that both micro and macro factors have upon the business
objectives and decision-making of your chosen organisation...................................................25
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................26
References......................................................................................................................................27
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Introduction
This report will help in understanding the purpose of different sort of organisations, as well as
their legal structure. The size and scope of different organization type will also describe in this
report. This will also help in understanding about the relationship which is in between the
different functions of organisation which has the link in between the product as well as services
and objectives of the business. This report will also help in knowing about the positive as well as
negative impact which the microenvironment is having on the operations of business with the
help of using PESTLE analysis. With the help of SWOT analysis, the internal, as well as external
analysis of the company, will be identified in this report that will also help in identifying the
strength as well as weaknesses. It will also explain the way through which the strength and
weakness are interrelated with the macro factors.
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Task 1
Introduction
This report will help in knowing about different types as well as the purpose of different types of
organisation and the legal structure of the company will also be explained in this task. This task
will also help the reader to understand the size and scope of the different organisation.
P1 Explain different types and purposes of organisations; public, private and voluntary
sectors and legal structures
Source: (By author)
Private organisation- Private companies carry out the business to earn the profit and it is
considered as the renowned company. ALDI is a retail company which takes care of the fashion
so that more customers can attract towards the company. This will help the company to earn the
profit. It is the multinational retail company which deals in various sort of fashion material for
customers. It has various stores at different places in the world (Islam, 2016). ALDI has properly
maintained its brand image in the market area by making avail of the quality product to the
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Private
organisation
Voluntary
organisation
Public
organisation

customers. The company takes care of all these things so that it can increase the profit of the
company.
The legal structure of ALDI
Source: Cleavercraver.com (2018)
Public organisation- These are the organisation which is being carried out by the government
bodies. These organisations carry out the business for benefiting the general public of the nation.
Child support agency is a public organisation which is being carried out for benefiting the
children those are in ill and those who require medical treatment. These organisations do not take
any sort of charges with the families as because the government carries out the organisations like
this for the required people. The government provides funds to this organisation so that it can
provide benefit to the needed people.
The legal structure of Child support agency
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