Understanding Contemporary Organisations

Running Head: UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATIONS
UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATIONS
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All Seasons is a renowned knitwear manufacturing company operates in Australia since
1962. The base of operation of the company is located at Mittagong in Southern Highlands of
NSW. All Seasons is popular for various designs, manufactures and retails for men, women and
children. As a matter of fact, the organisation also focuses on the quality and fabric rather than
the fast fashion trends. Moreover, the sustainable business practice of the organisation also
emphasises extensively on the waste management and All Seasons is always supported the effort
of reducing waste as far as possible. The clothing range of All Seasons includes jumpers,
cardigans, skirts, jackets, thermals, hats, socks, gloves and underwear. This efficient business
practice of All Seasons requires a great deal of organisational management where each
department will cooperate with others properly. In this regard, this essay is going to investigate
the resources of All Seasons along with the process and controlling of the responsible
departments.
As far as the resources are concerned, there are four distinct but correlated resources that
All Seasons is practiced in terms of the human resource, financial resource, physical resource
and technological resources. In this regard, the marketing manager is responsible to fix his or her
gaze towards the market. Making an effective relationship with the suppliers and get good raw
materials are contributed enough for the better product manufacturing. Quality of the production
is identified as one of the thrust point that All Seasons is focused upon. Therefore, the company
points out the importance of building a good relationship with the suppliers. The wools come
from farmers who are highly manifested an ethical standpoint. According to the research of
Macdonald, Kleinaltenkamp and Wilson (2016) it can be stated that the supply of raw materials
with good quality is considered to be an important aspect for the manufacturing business
organisation. The quality of raw materials ensures the quality of the product. The environmental

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consideration is also fermented within the organisational practice where All Seasons is trying to
put emphasis on biodiversity, reducing chemical inputs and improving animal welfare. As a
result of that it supports sustainable business practice for All Seasons. Soh et al. (2016)
advocated that relationship with the suppliers is identified as an important aspect for the
companies to get strategic advantage indirectly. The sustainability and future business exposure
of the private business enterprises is pivotal for effective and profitable business orientation.
As a matter of fact, the relationship with the suppliers is made by the marketing team
who are directly communicated with the merchandisers. In order to control the suppliers based
on their supply volume All Seasons is willing to segment them into four distinct divisions in
terms of the senior merchandisers, merchandisers and junior merchandisers. It will help the
organisation to formulate a structured and transparent processing so that both the interests of All
Seasons and the suppliers meet and a healthy relationship is prevailed. As per the research of
Sillanpää, Shahzad and Sillanpää (2015) the relationship with the suppliers can provide a
strategic advantage for the business organisations and facilitate strategic advantage in the
competitive market.
The role of the production department in All Seasons is also played a pertinent role in
course of delivering further success to the business. Jetani and Pai (2017) advocated that
production unit or the manufacturers are the crucial part of the organisation and it was the
credibility of the operations team to expand the business of the organisation. Therefore, the
success of an organisation is always relied on the efficacy of its operations department. Agwu
and Onwuegbuzie (2017) opined that having a well structured and hierarchical operation
department would always be beneficial for the business enterprises. In case of All Seasons also
the operations or the production department is divided into three distinct parts with three distinct