Business & Business Environment: Marks and Spencer

BUSINESS & BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
P1 Various types and purposes of organisations such as public, private and voluntary sectors
.....................................................................................................................................................3
P2: Size and Scope of a range of various types of organisations chosen for the purpose.........5
P3: Relationship between various organisational functions and how they link to
organisational objectives and structure of Marks and Spencer..................................................7
P4 Identify the positive and negative impacts the macro environment has upon business
operations....................................................................................................................................9
P5: Internal and External analysis of Marks and Spencer in order to identify strengths and
weaknesses................................................................................................................................11
P6: Strengths and Weaknesses interrelate with external macro factors for the chosen
organisation...............................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is the most attractive topic in the organization which is includes all
the essential terms and conditions for the purpose of business related. Marks and Spencer is a
leading organization for increasing their business all over the world. This organization is based
on British firm and providing the different types of products such as cloths, food, financial
services and house holds items. M&S is manly concern about their legal structure and different
policies which are required for organization to manage the business process and functions. This
report will discuss about the different type's organization such as public, private and voluntary.
This assignment will discuss about the different size and scope of organization and their specific
purpose. Further, it will discuss the positive and negative impact on the macro environment of
business process and also analyse the internal and external factor of business environment by
using SWOT analysis.
P1 Various types and purposes of organisations such as public, private and voluntary sectors
Public, private and voluntary organization are the most part of business environment that
could be divided according to their growth and productivity.
Public Private Voluntary
Aim Public organization is
providing the services
to customer and
making a profit for
increasing the sales
and profitability
(Adegbite and et.al.,
2018 ). This
organization is
providing the cheap
service which is
beneficial for the
organization.
Main aim of this
organization to
increase their
profitability and
productivity in
marketplace. Private
organization mainly
focus on expanding
their business all over
the world.
Voluntary organization
is based on non profit
firms that provide the
best services for people
free of cost. Main aim
of this organization to
provide facilities and
services for poor
people.
Legal structure Public sectors refers to Private sector is based Voluntary sector is also

all the business
process and operations
is maintained by the
local government. This
organization is directly
funded by the
government.
on the joint stock firms
that is owned by one
or more people. There
entire legal structure is
maintained by the
owner of
organizations.
known as non-
governmental company
that could be maintained
by local authority and
trust. All the legislation
rules and regulation are
maintained by the
nearby communities.
Purpose Main purpose of
public sector to
enhance the business
process but also
providing the facilities
to their people in
proper manner
(Anderson and Bahati
et.al., 2017).
For Example- NHS is
public organization in
England and providing
the best services to
their patients.
Main purpose of
private sector to build
their empire across the
world. They also
increasing their sales
and production in
marketplace. For
Example- Sainsbury's
is private company
which is based on the
private sector to
expand their business
all over the world.
Main purpose of non-
governmental
organization for
providing the best
services to social
communities and human
welfare. For Example-
CCD is based on NGO
organization which
provided the best
services to their
customer.
Purpose of Marks and Spencer with legal structure-
Each and every organization has some specific purpose for achieving their goals and
objectives. In this way, they will acquire the positions in the marketplace. Public and private or
voluntary organization are different sector that help for increase the condition of country
economy. Marks and Spencer structure follows some specific sequence of management system
that help for building their business across the world. This structure will help for boosting the
level of employee towards their goals and achievements. They can feel safe to express their
feeling and opinion towards the organization (Bloom and Terry et.al., 2018).