Business Report: Analyzing River Island Holdings and Tesco plc

This report provides a comparative analysis of River Island Holdings and Tesco plc, delving into their respective business activities, functions, and organizational structures. The report examines River Island's business activities, including its departments, organizational structure (from family ownership to matrix structure), and decision-making processes. It also explores Tesco's business activities, including its retail operations, banking, and insurance services, along with its core functions, strategic management, and organizational structure. The report highlights key aspects of each company, such as Tesco's supply chain management and River Island's decision-making approach, offering insights into their operational strategies and structures. The analysis includes references to support the information presented.

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River Island Holdings and Tesco plc
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Table of Contents
River Island Holdings
Business Activities....................................................................................................................... 3
Function and Departments...........................................................................................................3
Organizational Structure.............................................................................................................. 3
Decision Making:......................................................................................................................... 4
TESCO plc
Business Activities....................................................................................................................... 5
Functions..................................................................................................................................... 5
Structure...................................................................................................................................... 6
References.................................................................................................................................. 7
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River Island Holdings
Business Activities
 Articles of fur
 Men's clothier and outfitter
 Men's Clothing
 Men's outfitter
 Men wear dealer
 Millinery dealer
 Women's hosiery
 Women's outfitter
 Women's tailor
 Leather clothing for adults
Function and Departments
Firm’s functions and departments includes:(Chimp , 2022).
 The Visions and CRM branch will be split into Client Insights, and its functions will also be
divided into Auctions, Selling, and Customer Service.
 The enterprise and manufacturing departments work closely with the purchasing team.
 3 The strategy department has a projectdirector to ensure actualroutine.
 The design department is led by designers, junior designers, senior designers, and
designer managers.
 Coordination of various activities. A store manager who manages all aspects of the
store's activities.
Organizational Structure
The Bernard and David Lewis family owns and uses River Island Holding Limited. The
Department head and assistants report to the head section. Divisions operate independently and
report to the President, Chief Executive Officer, and executive organization team. A flat
structuralcontains of individuals or small collections working together, all reporting to aproprietor.
Balanced designs require managers to take on and participate in multiple tasks to make the most
of scarce human resources—the classification when River Island Holdings incorporated the
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company. They moved to a matrix organizational structure as the years and business
progressed. It comprisesefficientdirectors, superviseschemes and their development, and
merchandisedirectors, isaccountable for the company's policy, and achievement in terms of
creation offerings. Matrix constructions, used in huge organizations, ease cross-departmental
distribution of services and knowledge to attainareas(Preyankshi, 2022).
AdvantageFalling budget costs due middle organization-built relations between staff and
managersto enablingaearlier, decision-making process.
DisadvantagesNeedingwidepreparation to be actualproducing confusion over who makes a
decision.
Decision Making
Corporate ownership fosters an environment that unlocks the unique qualities of people. It
creates a mindset that leads to organizational effectiveness and efficiency. In non-profit
organizations, employees achieve their goals, and profitability leads to corporate profitability.
Centralization can also refer to an organizational structure where decision-making ability rests
with a few individuals who are leaders and at the top of the organizational structure. It means we
also talk about decentralized and centralized organizations. Returns are a strongshackle of
knowledge, attentiveidea, compact costs, rapidapplication of the decision, and betterexcellence
of work. Difficulties are administrativemanagement, distantregulator, delays in effort, and
absence of workerdevotion. Devolution advantages are reduced burden of top managers, rapid
and improvedchoices, enableschange, use of competences of assistants, growth of managers
and inspireassistants, and reduced the burden of statement. Disadvantages are conflict and cost.
Tesco plc
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Business Activities
Tesco PLCis a trade company. The firm is involved in retail actions, banking, and
insurance services. Our sections include the UK, and Tesco Bank. The part also
contains the Republic of Ireland. The Tesco Groupsectioncomprises Tesco Bank's
sellinginvestment and coverfacilities in the United Kingdom. The firm'strades include
Tesco UK, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia, Tesco Bank, and Dunhumby. The businessbids a
diversity of individualinvestmentgoods and facilities, including recognitionpostcard
receivables, separatefinancial records, and advances(Global, 2022).
Functions
The core business functions of TESCO ltd UK(Global, 2019).
 The investment functions
 The managementfunctions
 The human resource functions
 The advertisingfunctions
 The R&D function
Other functions include:
These functions include development, establishing, inducing, andchallenging. All of
these features help Tesco maintain and sustain its goals.Steady and maintainable profit
and market share. Tesco functions as a retailer and participates as a company.Many
other businesses. A sustainable supply chain is essential to Tesco's occupationalactions.
To achieve the results set by the Board of Directors. Tesco supply chain manager,Tesco
finds a new shop and challenges. Strategic management process requirements. We
need to make Tesco competitive as a business. Issues such as risingglobalsafety
challenges are increasing. invention and perfection, scarcity of capitals, conservational
problems,Challenge, dependability, elastic and energetic business
innovationCompetitive businesses must strive harder for innovationbusiness ideas,
recognition, and understanding of new problems, decision making. To further maintain
this positive state, other manufacturing processes. inexpensivemarketplacesituation;
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This requires new methods of maintainable supply chain processes.A global world with a
fragmented corporate landscape.
Structure
Tesco's organizational structure is large (hierarchical). There are many leaders and
management levels. Here, managers have a narrower scope of control and usually have
a long chain of command.
1. Decision-making power (central and decentralized organizational structures)
2. Management level (flat and high organizational structure)
3. Other types (functional, product, and matrix organizational structure)(Global,
2022).
Corporate Governance Chart
(Global, 2022)
Advantage
Diversification: Firmscope and monetaryincomes meant it could expand into other
goods such as mobile receivers, insurance, gas, recognitionpostcards, and
banking.
Disadvantage
1. Substitution might not be suitable
2. Items might not be available
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