Culture and Structure of TESCO

TESCO

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION-..........................................................................................................................3
Culture and structure of TESCO..................................................................................................3
Factors contribute in organizations performance.........................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION-
Organizational structure and culture are the most essential element of business success,
good culture at company sets high expectations, for how employees work and behave together
and how well staff function as strong team. The present report is based on Tesco company, it is
British international general merchandise retailer in UK. This study, explain the culture and
structure of organization and also justifies these factors' contribution in firm performance.
Furthermore, it clarifies the relevant models and theories of organizational culture and design in
context of Tesco.
Culture and structure of TESCO
Structure-
Tesco is one of the leading multinational organization in retail sector, they provide the
best quality groceries products to its consumers. It operates their business across the world
effectively with the help of diverse workforce. Recently they operate in 13 nations, include
China, Thailand, Turkey etc.
Hierarchical, divisional and functional structure are three forms of organizational
structure, that will be adopted and use by organizations according to their size.
Hierarchy is the way to structure a company use different level of vertical link and
authority or large chain of command, between top and subordinate levels of firm.
According to Gerasimov and Gerasimov, (2015) functional structure of organization is
one of the most general structure in which group of people work accordant to set of similar and
specialized roles. It offers high level of specialization, improve staff working skills and enhance
work productivity and efficiency due to specialized technology and abilities. Foss and Weber,
(2016) stated that hierarchical structure is much better than other ones, because it is easy to
manage and provide meaningful results.
TESCO uses hierarchical structure which is wider than any other type of organizational
structures. It focuses on various departments in business, firm is using this structure because of
large size and multiple layers, it is one of the reason behind it. Its structure is also settled on
function as against to location. The structure use by TESCO is easy to manage, it provides clarity
on applicants roles and each management focus on there work with clear aim that helps to gain
positive results (Marek, 2014). This kind of structure is traditional to company and majority of
power is hold by owner of organization.