INTERPLANTICS INTRODUCTION 1 TASK 11 P1. Purposes of different types of organisations

Business Environment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 .......................................................................................................................................1
P1. Purposes of different types of organisations....................................................................1
P2. Size and Scope of above mentioned firms.......................................................................3
P3. Relationship between different organisational functions and their relation with its
objectives and structure..........................................................................................................5
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................7
P4. PESTLE analysis of Unilever..........................................................................................7
P5. SWOT analysis of Unilever.............................................................................................9
P6. SWOT analysis interrelate with external macro factors.................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12
Books and Journals...............................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Business is the exchange of products & services so that they can earn some valuable assets
from it. Companies produces products so that they can sell it to the targeted audience and can
earn profit from it. Business includes lots of activities which are carried out by an organisation
and these activities are only effective if there is favourable business conditions. It is the addition
of all the external and internal elements that impacts a business. Both the elements can impact
each other, so a coordination need to be set between them (Welford, 2013). PESTLE analysis can
be done to identify the external factors and employees, policies and organisational structure can
be considered as internal factors. Any variations in them can bring positive as well as negative
consequences (Trkman, 2010). It will influence almost every area of a firm it can be nature,
location, prices of the goods, distribution system and other policies. Every company should know
the importance of business and the factors which are influencing it. They should know how to
link their functions with the organisational objectives and structure. This all report is description
about the business environment and how it influences the operations of different companies. For
this, Unilever, BBC, Oxfam has been taken which are private, public and voluntary organisations
respectively.
TASK 1
P1. Purposes of different types of organisations.
Report on the purpose of different types of organisations and their growth in the
international market
This report is made to highlighting the various forms of organisation and make the CEO of the
organisation the importance of each one of them. In the business world there exists lots of
organisation and these are categorized on the basis of different grounds. Normally, they are
differentiated on the basis of their legal structure and they might have various purpose. Some of
them believes in making profit by carrying different activities and some work for public welfare
(Moutinho, 2011). Most of the companies believes in making and it does not depend upon the
size of that company, the primary motives of the owners and shareholders is to make as much
profit as possible. In the era where private companies can taken over almost all market, there
are some of companies run by the government. These are normally large and believes in
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competing with private sector. Following are the types of organisations which are classified on
the basis of their ownership:-
 Private:- Those companies which are run by private individuals falls in these sector.
The shares of these organisations can be traded in the stock market and people could
buy them (Hamilton and Webster, 2015). Most of the firms are private, so it can be
analysed they have great significance in the economy of any country. Organisations
falling in this can be small or large depending upon their capacity of the production,
numbers of employees working with them and how much capital it holds.
◦ Examples of private sector businesses are sole traders, partnerships and franchisee.
Partnership Act of 1980 defines partnerships in the private companies. Their aim is
to earn profit, growth the market share and increase their productivity. Private sector
businesses get funds from the savings which they do on their personal level, bank
loans, government subsidies and from partners.
◦ Big companies who are part of this sell their shares in the market to receive funds.
Unilever which is British transnational consumer goods company is a private
organisation.
 Public Sector:- This area of the business are controlled by the government of the
country and they delivers their services and products to fulfil the demands of their
citizens (Fernando, 2011). Normally public companies get financed from the taxes
which are paid by the people of that nation. Whatever taxes are received by the
government are utilize in the functioning of that specific public venture. Basic aims of
this is deliver essential public services and to use resource properly for the benefit of the
society.
◦ These can be run by central as well local government whereas these organisations
may be related to defence, health care sector, social security, police, infrastructure
and universities. The public sector is a provider, producer and can be buyer.
◦ Government appoints a chairman and boards of directors who is given the
responsibility to run that particular company on the behalf of parliament. BBC
(British Broadcasting Corporation) which is a British media firm is part of public
organisation.
 Voluntary Sector:- Also called as non-profit sector and is the third sector of the
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