Types of Organizations: Public, Private, and Voluntary Sectors

Organizations can be segmented into 3 types: public, private, and voluntary sectors. Public sector organizations are run under government regulations and provide services to improve community and citizen life. Private sector organizations aim to reach profit margins and maximize wealth for the business. Voluntary organizations run with no profit features and serve by members while receiving donations from different parties. Is there a specific type of organization you would like to know more about?

Iveta Conkova
Unit name: Unit 1: Business and Business Environment (HND)

Contents
Explain different types and purposes of organisations; public, private and voluntary sectors and
legal structures.....................................................................................................................................2
Public sector:.....................................................................................................................................2
Private sector....................................................................................................................................2
Voluntary sector:..............................................................................................................................3
Explain the size and scope of a range of different types of organization............................................3
Analyse how the structure, size, and scope of different organisations link to the business
objectives and product and services offered by the organisations.....................................................4
Explain the relationship between different organisational functions and how they link to
organisational objectives and structure...............................................................................................5
Analyse the interrelationships between organisational functions and the impact that can have
upon organisational structure..............................................................................................................6
Use contemporary examples to demonstrate both the positive and negative influence/impact the
macro environment has on business operations.................................................................................7
Determine the internal strengths and weaknesses of specific businesses and their interrelationship
with external macro factors.................................................................................................................7
References:.........................................................................................................................................13

Explain different types and purposes of
organisations; public, private and voluntary
sectors and legal structures.
Growing organization are playing most key feature for the recent time progress. Organization
describes as the structured social system where certain community, groups or individual are
working to reach the specific objectives. Different organization are having different
objectives. These organizations also can be segmented infer different tyres like ownership,
size, scopes, objectives etc. There are different functions and department that the organization
is having and it is important to make better attachment with the goal by having solid direction
to all these divisions and functions.
Organizations can be segmented as ownership, purposes, size and operational areas. Most of
the organization can be segmented into 3 types like public sector, private sector and voluntary
sector.
Public sector:
Public sector organization are running under the government regulations. These organization
are mostly providing services to improve the community and citizen life in the country.
Utility, hospital, school, colleges, transportation are the base services o the public sector
organization. They are promoting better society and ensuring living standards for the citizens
in the country. These organization are running under the government body and also funds are
supplies by the government of the country. These organization are not growing to earn the
profit but they are charring their services as the government earning fund and utilize the fund
to the public community development gain (Hasselbladh, 2013).
These public sector organizational re having separate legal identity that shows making better
control, operating and guiding the operation of the organization. All the liabilities and
revenues are handled by the government of the country and also strategy and operational
structures of the organization sets by the government bodies. BBC, NHS are the major
examples of public sector organization.
Private sector
There are different types of private sector organization are operating where these organization
can be segmented under different types under size, scopes, actual margin, employees number
etc. private sector organization are running to reach the further profit marina and also make
better wealth maximization for the business. These private sector organization can have
different legal structure, capital margin, business structure etc. These business can be
segmented in terms of ownership that shows sole traders, partnership business, limited
business etc. these business also can be segment as small, medium, large types accordant
their operation and employees number (Caprotti, 2017). These organization can also be
segment in terms of their operating coverage like local, national, MNC business. Private
sector organization running under structure and regulation that sets by the owners of these
business. Shareholders are getting more priority in these business and the business measuring
the possible profit margin to set their structure and strategy. Tesco, Asda, H&M are the best
example of private sector organization.

Voluntary sector:
Voluntary organization segment as the business that is running with the no profit features. It
is also important to make better strategic management with the business features that is
running with the voluntary approaches to serve by members and receiving donations from
different parties. In the UK, there are certain directory does need to maintain by these
voluntary organization. Red Cross, Royal charter are playing key type of voluntary
organization. These organization are not having any extra liabilities and also just paying the
operational expenses (Weatherley, 2014).
Cooperative organization is also a types of organization that shows joint effort from members
of this organization that helps to set better profit structure and also running with better
conduct approaches to reach further benefits for their members. These organization are
setting up mostly for the short period to serve specific goal and also connects with total
members. In the UK, there are more than 7000 listed co-operative organization are having.
John Lewis partnership, Britannia Building society are ether example of co-operative
organization in the UK.
Explain the size and scope of a range of different
types of organization
Different types of organization can be segmented under size and scopes. These size and
scopes also attached with the products and services that offered by the business.
National health organization (NHS) is one of the key public sector organization. NHS is one
of the publicly Owned health care services that is providing best Medicare support to the
citizens of UK. It helps to increase quality of life for the people in the UK. This is one of the
non-profit oriented organization hat is charring for the prescriptions fees only. They are
giving free medical advice and even only charging for some major operations. NHS is are
making better innovation process to coming up with innovative solution and innovative
different new medication that helps to ensure sustainable progress of the business. There are
large number of employees does this organization is having and also making better expansion
of their services in all over the country (Rowley, 2016).
Private sector organization shows the organization that owned by general public in the
country. These organizational be segmented as sole traders, partnership and limited types of
business. It is important for the business to make better strategic alignment with the target
customers.
Sole traders are the business that coming up with single owner. It mostly connects with skills
and confidence level of owner. Sole trader’s shows other parties are having no access in the
decision making. It is important for the business to set strategic attachment withal the
components. Sole traders are reaching further revenues margin after paying the tax margin.
On the other hand, all the liabilities that attached with the single owner. This owners are
having more flexibility to make effective strategy growth and having flexibilities to reach
strategic growth. It is also important for this business to make quick and effective excision
form the owner and should run innovative approaches but the business is having more
challenges to make accurate decision (Storey, 2016).

Partnership business shows business that running with more than one partner. Partnership
business makes effective attachment with different partners of the business and make
strategic decision. It is important for the business to make better collaboration with
employees. Partners are making collaboration to make decision. They also shares their
investment margin for the business and it is more important for the business to ensure
strategic progress of the business but sharing the responsibilities according to the investment
margin. It helps to make wider market analysis and also coming up with innovative strategy
that helps to reach strategic growth of the business.
Limited Liability Company shows that the personal liabilities are pitied to the shared capital
that business hold the responsibilities. It helps to secure the personal investment margin in the
business. It ensure beater security to the personal investment margin excuse company become
separate legal entity and liable for the debts margin. business also need to make effective
structure to provide the tax under the corporate tax margin and also retained earning shared as
dividend to all the investors in the business.
Waitrose is one of the private organization business that is running with wide range of
products and services. This business is capturing good amount of market shares in the UK.
This business also makes their global expansion that ensures strong growth of the business
and revenues margin too. Tesco is one of them major competitor of this business where Tesco
is having 27% of market share that shows better strategic progress with their wide range of
products, services and quality of their products and services (Cherunilam, 2017).
Cancer research UK is one of the voluntary business that is running to come up Wetmore
innovative solution over cancer precautions and cure medication process. It also identifies
different treatment of cancer and also encoring people to avoid such issues that increase the
chance of getting attacked by this deadly disease. There arrearage number of volunteer
employees are working under this organizations. They are receiving funds from different
other organization and also working in global platform too.
Analyse how the structure, size, and scope of
different organisations link to the business
objectives and product and services offered by
the organisations.
Size and extent of the Private organizations are affected by their number of individuals,
capital size, legitimate designs, etc. The size and extent of the sole exchanging association are
restricted contrasted with the organization on the grounds that in a sole exchanging
association there is just a single proprietor who manages everything. Then again, both sole
trading and partnership have restricted extent of activity and less size contrasted with the
public restricted organization as a public restricted organization can give offer to 59
individuals which association business can't (Beetroot, and Hasselblad, 2013). The
responsibility structure for sole traders and organization is boundless yet for private restricted
organizations, it is restricted by shareholdings. The public restricted organization has more
noteworthy functional region range, capital sum and furthermore HR contrasted with the
confidential restricted organizations as their portions are exchanged the financial exchange
which private association can't.

These business can be also segmented as micro, small, medium large business. Micro
business are musty the local business that is starting with sole traders engender. There are less
than 10 employs does the operation is running. Flower shop, local grocery shop in market,
barber shops that all are more effective to show own skills. It does not need more education
and strategy to run the business. It all about regular and traditional approaches that helps to
connects with the local customers of the business. Small; business are mostly running under
the employee’s margin of 10 to 49 employees. These organization are covering the local
market while targeting the domestic market. It comes up with different products and services
like local restarts are the best example of this. These business are making strategic
development and also concerning over promotional strategies to make strong position in the
market as they are facing large competition. Business snot need a large margin of investment.
Large business shows the business sis having operation in all over the country and even
having their presence in the global format. These business are having large manufacturing
unit and covering the large target market too (Worthington, 2014). Business also can be
multinational term. It shows the business is having offices and their products and services in
at least one country rather than the home country. Most of the business are running with large
margin of products and manufacturing unit to ensure extensive covering of large global
market. These business are having positive economic impact to the country and hose business
are giving roe concerned over diversifying the investment margin.
Explain the relationship between different
organisational functions and how they link to
organisational objectives and structure.
There are different function does the organization is having and it is important to make better
linage with each other’s to reach objectives of the business. there are different functions does
the organization is having such as finance, HRM, production, marketing, supply chain
management etc. these function are connecting with specific team working strategy and also
need to make better functional run. All these function are having specific goals and need to
make better attachment with the team.
Tesco is one of the most successful and largest supermarket retail chain business in the UK. It
is important for the business to be concerned over different function of the business. This
business is giving giver concerned over their HRM function. In this business there are more
than 354744 employees does this business is having. This number declaims at 3.42% form
2020 and 18% from 2020. Due to eh Covid 19, this business reduced their employees number
and also giving roe concerned over increasing their digital operation. This business is having
their both physical and online business concept. HRM is the function that is giving
continis9us training and development program to their target employs to increase their skilled
leave s and reach positive growth of the business
Financial department of this business raze the fund and also make effective allocation of the
fund. They are managing the term with strong attachment with all other functions to detergent
eh demand of others function, their strategy, analyse strategies that how the strategy and
investment will get returned with profit for the business.

Marketing function helps to prate products and services of this business and make effective
attachment with their target customers. It helps to show the current product and services,
offers and also determent eh customer need to the business (Burton, 2015).
It is important to give more concerned over supply chain management that helps to make
better relation with their suppliers and getting in-time supply and ensure strategic growth of
the business.
Analyse the interrelationships between
organisational functions and the impact that can
have upon organisational structure.
It is important to make better relation and attachment between all these functions in the
business. Marketing functions helps to identify the market demand and they need to
collaborate with the production function. It helps to show the exact market demand to the
business and set the right margin of production. Financial function helps to make better fund
allocation to all these function and ensures strategic growth of the business.
There are different structure does organization can follows and structures are attached with
different functions of the business. Functional organizational structure helps to segment all
the function of the business where managing director or chairman plays the central position
and all the function are connection with the top management. All these function are having
specific manger or authority that responsible for the function. It helps to make better
attachment with all these functional manager to the owners of the business. Marketing,
finance, HRM< manufacturing, s supply chain are having different functioned managers are
responsible for providing output from these functions to ensures strategic growth of the
business (Cavanaugh, 2018)
Divisional organizational structure is another major type of structure that shows all the
divisions are segmented and specific geographic location business can be segmented too.
MNC business are using this organizational structure that helps to make better collaboration
with all the functions of the business.

Use contemporary examples to demonstrate both
the positive and negative influence/impact the
macro environment has on business operations
Determine the internal strengths and
weaknesses of specific businesses and their
interrelationship with external macro factors.

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