Purposes of Different Types of Organizations

Running head: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
P1: Purposes of different types of organizations....................................................................3
P2: Size and Scope of organizations......................................................................................8
P3: Connection between organizational structures to their objectives.................................12
Advantages and disadvantages.............................................................................................17
External environment...........................................................................................................18
Conclusion................................................................................................................................20
References................................................................................................................................21

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Introduction
Business environment is a conglomeration of internal and external factors, which act
as influencers in a business setting. It includes factors like competition, government,
customers, suppliers as well as cultural, technological, social, legal and political conditions.
The nature of business environment is dynamic which keeps on fluctuating. Changes in a
business setting are very unpredictable. Business environment can reflect complexity in the
prediction of future nature of changes in regards with the social and economic environment.
It differs from one region to another. Business environment helps in identifying opportunities
for organizations by facilitating the interaction of business with the environment in which it is
operating. Businesses experiences growth and opportunities by the means of interaction with
the environment. It presents organizations with challenges and base for changes, which can
develop the efficiency and performance of organization by synchronizing the activities with
the changing environment. It facilitates the continuous learning process of organizations by
eliminating the resistance of changing. The purpose of the paper is to understand the size,
scope and purposes of organizations followed by establishing interrelationship of business
functions within a specific organization. The paper will also depict the internal and external
factors of businesses. The businesses, which will be analysed according to the external and
internal environment, are National Health Services, Tesco PLC and a charity Oxfam. The
frameworks like SWOT and PESTEL will carry out the external and internal analysis in the
paper.
Discussion
P1: Purposes of different types of organizations
National Health Service
National Health Service was established in the year 1948. The main principle of NHS
comprised of services which are universal, free and comprehensive during delivery. The

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services includes a range of free health services during the delivery. The services operates
independently as well as is accountable to relevant government. The bodies, which are
responsible for the National Health Services, England are Welsh Government, Scottish
Government, UK government and Northern Ireland Executive. “The NHS is the closest thing
the English have to a religion”, quoted by Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor, which depicts
the support of British citizen.
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The purposes of National Health Services are as follows-
 To provide free healthcare services for the citizens of UK
 To fulfil the responsibilities of health care services for the communities, patients and
public.
 To offer services based on the requirement of treatment rather than the ability to pay.
Legal structure of National Health Services-
The legal framework within which the clinical decisions of National Health Services
are opted depicts the treatment decisions which are open for HS clinicians. The NHS is
believed to be single identify but it functions with the help of different networks. The
network includes governmental bodies as well as it includes ‘for profit’ commercially based

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organizations, which operates by delivering services of National Health Services with the
exchange of contract price paid by the commissioners of National Health Services.
Tesco PLC-
It is a multinational British grocery merchandise retail chain. Its headquarter is
located in Hertfordshire in UK (Tescoplc.com 2019). It is known to be the third-largest
multinational retailer in the whole world in terms of gross revenue. Their retail chain is
spread across Europe and Asia. It was founded in the year 1919 (Tescoplc.com 2019). Tesco
operates through both physical and online store.
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Purposes of Tesco PLC includes:
The main purpose of Tesco PLC is to serve customers better every single day for
which they offer good quality products and services in regards with offline and online
presence in Tesco store (Tescoplc.com 2019). They want to build and maintain the position
of a champion by helping consumers gain an integrated experience in association with Tesco.
The purposes also includes capitalizing sales as well as constructing and maintaining the
range of retail businesses in UK (Tescoplc.com 2019). The purpose involves outperforming
rivals in order to remain at the leader position. Offering quality product with affordable
prices. The company’s purposes includes minimizing the carbon footprint.

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Legal structure of Tesco PLC-
The legal structure of Tesco involves corporate governance, which deals with the
presence of shareholders for achieving the aimed strategies. The company also have various
responsibilities in regards with the community, which obligates the company to minimize
carbon footprints. Legal services comprises of various matters like licensing for alcohol stock
ups.
The span of control of Tesco is divided in various groups as it is divided under many
leaders of different departments as it is a huge business. It facilitates the management of
employees and operations easier. The control and responsibilities of Tesco is divided among
department level leaders.
Oxfam-
It is the association of around twenty independent non-profit charitable organization
working towards the mitigation of poverty on a global scale. It was founded in the year 1942
and is controlled by Oxfam International (Oxfam.org 2019). The director of Oxfam
International is Winnie Byanyima from the year 2013 (Oxfam.org 2019). The programmes of
Oxfam tackle the reasons for poverty as well as the related injustice. The group operates with
the support of local organizations who are accountable for improving the effectiveness of this
cause. In the year 2000, Oxfam implemented an approach, which was based on rights for the
base of all the works in regards with poverty and injustice (Oxfam.org 2019).
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