Aspects of Buiness Environment and Factors - Report

Business Environment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. and P2. Covered in PPT........................................................................................................1
P3. Relationship between various organisational functions and their relation with its goals and
structure.......................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P4. PESTLE analysis of Unilever and BBC...............................................................................4
P5. SWOT analysis of Unilever and BBC..................................................................................6
P6. SWOT analysis interrelate with external macro factors.......................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals.....................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Business is an activity which includes transfer of products and service and in back the
owners get money. With the aim of profit, organisations manufacture goods which will be sold to
the targeted customers. Whatever process is done by the firms it is only beneficial if there is
suitable business environment. It consists of all the internal and external factors influencing the
working of an enterprise. In order to know what all external components are affecting the
business a PESTLE analysis is recommended (Bill Pasmore and CMC, 2010). These factors
directly impacts employees, employers, laws, policies and the whole company. As a result of
these elements there can be negative and positive impact and would bring changes in nature, area
where it is running its manufacturing plant and distribution system. All the functions of the firm
should be based on their goals and objectives. This report will be dealing with various aspects of
business environment and how these factors affects its functioning (Blanchard, Tolbert and
Mencken, 2011). The organisations which has been taken in the scenario are Unilever, BBC and
Oxfam. These all are private, public and voluntary organisations respectively and are
differentiated on the basis of ownership and their purpose.
TASK 1
P1. and P2. Covered in PPT
P3. Relationship between various organisational functions and their relation with its goals and
structure.
In each of the organisation there exists some goals and objectives and according to them
its structure is outlined. To accomplish various operations its employees are given some sort of
work and with that a deadline is also given to them (Aula, 2010). Unilever has always focused on
providing products which can improve the lifestyle of people and at the same time they also
emphases on sustainable development. To increase their market share is the prime objective and
with that they also adopting ways through which no harm is done to the environment. Functions
like planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling are some core operations of the
management. With the planning procedure vision & goals are decided and at the same time their
time period is also considered (Belás and et. al., 2015). It will be easier for them to justify which
goals will be on top priority as they always adopted sustainable way of manufacturing their
goods. All the product are focused on farmers, teenagers and adults so they ensure that their
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