Analysis of Harrods Company: Structure and Culture

INTRODUCING THE
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In modern Era, organisations are continuously looking for different ways in which they
can engage its employees. Workplace culture puts a great impact on how the employees in an
organisation feels and what motivates them to come to the company every day for work.
Traditional workplace culture was always in the hierarchical form in which superiors were the
decision makers and the people sub ordinate to them were to strictly follow and were bound by
their orders or command (Barratt and Smith., 2018). But now the workplace culture is changing
with the change in organisational structure and cultural change in an organisations. This report
contains the analysis of the “Harrods company”. It explains the structure, type of ownership of
the company and also explains what type of a company is Harrods. It also mentions the structure
and culture of Harrods organisation in UK.
MAIN BODY
Harrods limited is most successful and luxurious departmental store which was officially
founded in 1849. It is located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It was
founded by Charles Henry Harrods with a motto which says that “ all things for all people,
everywhere”. The store is well known for its food hall and the variety being served. It is also
famous for beauty and fashion departments (Hamilton, 2020). Harrods is considered as the
biggest departmental store in whole of the Europe. There are many store outlets of Harrods in
UK. The location of outlets are: Heathrow airport, Gatwick airport, Westfield( London), etc.
Apart from shops and outlets, Harrods have 3 subsidiaries namely: Harrods Estates, Harrods
Aviation and Air Harrods.
Harrods Estates is a private Real Estate company which is based in London. It was
started in 1897 which gradually expanded itself. In 2005 they opened their second office in
Mayfair. In 2013, they opened their 3rd office in Chelsea and lastly in May 2015, they opened
their 4th office in Kensington church street. The main work of this company was to manage the
property and provide services for buying and renting of the property.
Harrods aviation is a limited company. They provide assistance at the airport by proving
its services related to aeronautics, such as: maintenance of aircraft, fuelling, aircraft rental
services, etc. These services are provided by them in London where the base is at London Luton
Airport and London Stansted Airport.