Business and Business Environment: Types of Organizations, Organizational Structure, and Impact of Macro and Micro Factors on Business Objectives

Business and Business
environment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
P1 Different Types of organisation.............................................................................................3
P2 Size and scope of different business organisations................................................................5
M1 How structure, size, and scope of organisation link to business objectives.........................7
P3 Organisational structure and relationship between organisational functions........................7
M2 Interrelationships between organisational functions and impact upon organisation
structure.....................................................................................................................................10
D1 Critical analysis of complexities of different organisational structures..............................10
P4. The positive and negative impact of the macro environment on the business operations
650.............................................................................................................................................11
M3. Detailed Analysis of the macro environment in the organisation ...................................13
P5. Internal and external analysis of the organisations for measuring the strengths and
weakness ..................................................................................................................................13
SWOT Analysis of AstraZeneca .............................................................................................14
SWOT Analysis of Dyson.........................................................................................................14
P6 Interrelation of strengths and weaknesses with external macro factors ..............................15
M4. SWOT Analysis and its ways in which it can influence the company .............................17
D2 Evaluate the impact of macro and micro factors on business objectives............................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is generally referred to aggregate of internal as well as external
factors which results in impacting upon operations and activities carried out by business
organisations. For instance, it includes various factors and aspects which impact upon business
operations including natural resources, employees or human resources, technology, finance,
market scenario, etc. In addition to that, a business organisation is determined as entity that
contributes values towards society as well as overall business environment by manufacturing as
well as serving customers with products and services. The primary aim of a business entity lies
in earning profit against invested capital by carrying out operations and activities in order to
serve customers with quality products as well as contributing values towards social welfare and
sustainability in environment. These business organisations are established upon different legal
structures including private, public, voluntary, etc. according to their needs and requirements.
This report assessment will be comprised of significant and essential knowledge of business
environment as business organisations. Furthermore, it will be highlighting legal structures of
different business entities and different factors that impact upon operations and activities carried
out in workplace of these business organisations (Boone, Kurtz, and Berston, 2019).
MAIN BODY
P1 Different Types of organisation
Private Company
This type of business organisation is determined as entity which has been held under
private ownership of an individual or group of people engaged in carrying out business
operations and activities. For instance, it includes various different types of business including
sole proprietorship, partnership, limited company, etc. which are regulated with private
ownership.
Dyson is among leading private companies engaged in designing and manufacturing of
appliances used in household. Products offered by respective organisation include hair dryers,
vacuum cleaners, bladeless fans, etc. The company was founded by James Dyson in the year
1991.

 Purpose: The private companies are determined at adding values to life of customers by
providing them with high quality goods and services in order to meet consumer demand.
 Aim: The aim of a business organisation with private ownership lies in earning profit out
of invested capital by establishment of a new business enterprise.
 Legal Structure: Dyson falls under the category of Private limited company which
includes limited liability of members associated with respective organisation to a
particular extent according to their investment. Furthermore, the company operates upon
large scale operations under private ownership in order to serve their huge customer base
(Kumar, and et. al., 2020).
Public Company
It is referred to a business entity which is owned by shareholders and managed by board
of directors. For instance, a public company offers shares to general public over a specific
amount against a part of ownership in the business.
Astrazeneca is one of the leading public limited company engaged in manufacturing of
pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It was
established with the merging of two predecessors including Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc.
 Purpose: Being a public limited company, the purpose of respective business
organisation is to generate profit by carrying out business operations and activities in
order to increase value of shareholders to maximum extent.
 Aim: The aim of Astrazeneca lies in establishment of a large scale business organisation
engaged in manufacturing of pharmaceutical products in order to contribute values
towards pharmaceutical biotechnology industry as well as business environment.
 Legal structure: The respective business organisation is owned by shareholders and
managed by board of directors. For instance, a public company issues shares in market in
order to raise funds that facilitates in carrying out operations and activities. Furthermore,
Primecap management, capital research & management Co, GQG Partners LLC, etc. are
some of the major shareholders of respective business organisation (Freeman, 2018).
Voluntary company
A voluntary company is determined non-profit business entity engaged in social well-
being of people in society. For instance, operations and activities in a voluntary company are
majorly oriented above contributing various values towards society.

British Heart Foundation is a UK based voluntary company which facilitates researches
related to cardiovascular diseases and other health factors by providing them with sufficient
amount of funds. For instance, respective organisation is a registered charity organisation
engaged in providing funds to representatives practising researches as well as people suffering
from heart and circulatory diseases.
 Purpose: Being a non-profit voluntary business organisation, purpose of British Heart
Foundation is to contribute values towards social well-being. The respective organisation
raises funds from people willing to donate money in order to allocate them in an efficient
manner to representatives engaged in research.
 Aim: The operations and activities carried out by respective organisation are aimed and
determined at beating cardiovascular diseases with sufficient amount of information
acquired through researches organised with use of funds provided by respective
organisation (Freeman, Parmar, and Martin, 2020).
 Legal Structure: The respective organisation has various business partners that donate
them funds in order to be allocated for carrying out researches. For instance, primary and
major of these donators include Airbus, Tesco, Coinstar, Dignity, etc.
P2 Size and scope of different business organisations
Sole Trader
Cargill is among leading business organisation engaged in food corporation in order to
serve their customers. For instance, the respective business organisation is owned by Cargill
family.
Vision/Mission:To become the most trusted and preferred brand in food and nutrition.
Size of company: Due to presence of single individual owner, sole trader companies are
generally small in size.
Products & services: Refined oils, grain and oilseeds, animal nutrition, etc.
Partnerships
Laynes Espresso is a cafe in the city of Leeds, United Kingdom, operating as a
partnership business organisation with presence of more than one individual owner.
Vision/Mission: To serve their delicious coffee and other confectioneries to maximum amount of
customers.

Size of company: The respective business operates at small scale with single business unit.
Products & services: Coffee and other confectionery items including cheese cakes, candies,
cookies, etc.
Private Company
Dyson is among leading multinational business organisation engaged in manufacturing of
home appliances for customers in order to be consumed in their daily routine and schedules.
Being a private company various factors related to respective business organisation could be
determined which are as follows:
Products & services: The product range of respective business organisations household
appliances including vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, hand dryers, lighting, etc. For instance,
products offered by Dyson are of high quality which makes them expensive in comparison with
other competitor brands in the market.
Size of company: The respective business organisation operates upon large scale operations with
a huge workforce in order to serve large customer base in different economic markets. With
global presence in various economic markets, workforce engaged in Dyson are engaged in
carrying out operations and activities in order to accomplish organisational goals and objectives.
Vision/Mission: The long term vision of respective organisation is to achieve immense heights
of success in innovation with development and catering innovative products. For instance,
primary mission of Dyson lies in initiating efforts towards solving a major problem that other
people or business organisations are unable to solve. Furthermore, respective company is
determined at transforming and converting each and every category they enter into radical and
iconic reinventions.
Public Company
With the global presence in various economic nations all around the world, Astrazeneca
is a renowned and leading pharmaceutical company. Being a public limited company, respective
business organisation has advantage of raising funds through issue of shares which facilitates in
fuelling up operations and activities (Beynon-Davies, 2019).
Products & services: The respective business organisation a large product line of pharmaceutical
products to customers in market. For instance, heavily funded research and development
department facilitates respective company in discovering insightful information as well as