Types and Purpose of Public, Private, and Voluntary Organizations

Learn about the different types and purposes of public, private, and voluntary organizations in the business environment. Understand the size and scope of these organizations. Explore the impact of internal and external factors on business performance.

Business
Environment

Table of Content
• Introduction
• Different types and purpose of public, private and voluntary
organization
• Size and Scope of distinct organization
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
Business environment can be defined as the surrounding in which firm
operates and practice their business activities. It is the sum total of all
internal and external factor that has an impact on function and
operation of the company. It is important for every manager to taken
into account all such factors that either directly or indirectly affect the
working of business entity. It help in formulating effective policies and
plans and implementation of those.

Cont..
Different types of organization exist or working in business
environment namely public, voluntary and private. Each one is having
its own distinctive purpose and legal structure.

Different types and purpose of public, private and voluntary
organization
Private sector: These organization are normally owned, controlled and
managed by private individuals. There is less interference or involvement
of government in private sector. The sector is playing key role in
contributing towards the growth and development of economy. The
main purpose of privately owned business enterprises is to earn
maximum profit and provide large number of employment opportunities
to people so that they can more workforce as compared to public sector.

Public Sector Organization
Such type of firms are normally controlled and regulated by
government bodies of respective country. The main purpose of public
sector organization is not only to earn adequate profit but also promote
welfare and development of society and its member. Health care
institution, electricity, education are some of the sector where public
sector organizations generally operates. The example of public sector is
NHS.

Voluntary Sector Organization:
Such type of organizations not handled by single body. There are group
of volunteers who collectively run and operate such type of entities.
They are non-profit organization and work only for the purpose of
society welfare.

Size And Scope Of Different Type Of Organization
TESCO
Size: It is a British multinational grocery and Retail Company
headquarter in England, UK. It is the second largest retailer all across
the world in terms of earning profit and revenue. It mainly operates in 7
countries across Europe and Asia and it is the market leader of retail
and groceries in UK. The company was founded in 1991.

Cont..
NHS
Size: It is a UK based public sector organization that mainly deals in
providing healthcare services to domestic people. They run and manage
their services England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland etc.
Their main objective is to promote society welfare. Near about 1.6
millions of employees are currently working with NHS and provide
effective services to general public.

Cont...
Oxfam:
Size: It is a non-profit organization that run with an aim of
removing poverty from the country. They are practicing their business
activities all across the world with a purpose of eradicating poverty
from different regions.
Scope: Some of the services provided by Oxfam includes policy
research, reduction of poverty level, pro-migration, advocacy etc. Food
relief facility is also being provided by Oxfam.

Conclusion
According to the above mentioned report it can be concluded that
both internal and external factor possess impact on overall
performance and functioning of a company. There are various
factors that are available in the market that every company needs
to pay attention for smooth running of its business operation.
Different types of organization with their distinct size, scope,
purpose and legal structure have also been discussed in this
report. Different types of tools are there like Pestle Analysis,
SWOT analysis etc.

References
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