P1 Different Types and Purposes of Organisations (Doc)

BUSINESS & BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Different types and purposes of organisations..................................................................1
P2 Size and scope of different type of organisations.............................................................3
TASK 2..................................................................................................................................5
P3 Relationship between different organisational functions and how they link to
organisational objectives and structure..................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P4 Positive and negative aspects of macro environment........................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Internal and external analysis of specific organisation in order to identify strengths and
weaknesses.............................................................................................................................8
P6 Strengths and weaknesses interrelate with external macro factors...................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is a collection of various factors, out of which some of them may
not be in control of organisation but they influence the performance, profitability and growth of
entity. It can also be said that these are the internal and external factors that affect the operations
of an organisation. The internal factors influencing a business entity are employees, suppliers,
shareholders, customers whereas the external factors comprises of government policies,
economic conditions, technology, rival business entities, laws and regulations (Charfeddine,
2016). The present report is based on General Motors which is an American multinational
company that manufactures, designs and sells vehicles and their parts. The enterprise is
headquartered at Detroit, Michigan, America. This report discusses about the different types of
organisations along with their size, scope and legal structure. Also, it includes the
interrelationship between various functions of an organisation. Along with that, the macro factors
and their strengths and weaknesses in context of business is highlighted in the report.
TASK 1
P1 Different types and purposes of organisations
Various types of organisations carries out operations in an economy. Such entities are
public, private and voluntary organisations. The purpose and legal structure of these
organisations are discussed below:-
Public Organisations- These are the organisations that are partially or wholly owned,
maintained and controlled by government and other related entities. Public organisations work
for the welfare of people and deliver products and services to render benefits to society (Hussin
and et. al., 2017). The organisations belonging to this sector provides wide range of services like
education, communication, infrastructure, transportation and health services. For instance,
Crown Prosecution Service is a public prosecuting organisation situated in England and Wales
which conducts criminal prosecutions.
 Legal Structure: Public organisations are those that are wholly or partially run by the
control of government. Now, government in an economy are generally of 3 types which
are national, state and local government. The legal structure of public enterprises depend
upon the kind of government running, managing and controlling it. Thus, public
organisations are broadly classified into three categories:-
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