Analysis of Business Environment: NHS and Marriott Hotel Comparison

This report provides a comparative analysis of the business environments of the National Health Service (NHS) and Marriott Hotel. It begins with an introduction to the dynamic nature of business environments, emphasizing the influence of political, economic, social, legal, and technological factors. The report then delves into the organizational structures of NHS and Marriott, highlighting their distinct objectives and strategies. The report examines the interrelation of organizational structures and business functions like human resources, marketing, finance, production, and research and development within the context of Marriott Hotel. Furthermore, it explores the positive and negative impacts of the macro environment and utilizes PESTLE and SWOT analyses to assess the external factors influencing both organizations. The report also includes reflective sections to provide a deeper understanding of the concepts. Overall, the report offers insights into how these factors affect decision-making and operational strategies. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
Part 1................................................................................................................................................4
b) organization structures and their inter-relation with functions................................................4
PART 2............................................................................................................................................8
Section 1: Positive and negative impacts of macro environment................................................8
Section 2: Internal and external analysis to identify its core strength and weakness..................9
Section 3: Strength and weakness which linked to external factors..........................................10
Section 4: PESTLE and SWOT in order to develop an impact of macro environment............11
b) Reflective...............................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
Every business entity is operating in a highly dynamic environment which is influenced
by high range of factors that is likely to affect its operations. The impact of the external and
internal factors vary from organization to organization and the size, scope and nature of business
enterprise. The factors mainly consists of political, economical, social, legal and technological.
Main aim of the present research report is to identify the varied kinds of organization that exist in
the country, its size, scope and services that impacts the profitability. Furthermore, it also
presents a clear description of relationship with the stakeholders and how these variables affects
the decision making of companies. For this purpose, NHS a public organization has been taken
which will determine the legal obligations of these firms. In addition to the above, Marriott hotel
has also been selected to contrast the operations, size, scope and process of both the firms.
However, these are further connected with the goals and objectives of both the firms that affects
its operations.
PART 1
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National health services (NHS) is one of the biggest public organization in UK. It funded
through public taxation and government aids. The aim of NHS is to provide free health services
to people of UK. This company work for non profit purposes and provides the best quality
services to their patients.
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Marriott hotel is a private company. It is hotel company in UK. It is regulated by private people
to earn profits. The company is believed to delivery of quality in services. Establishment
also, focused on identifying customers needs and providing services according to their
preferences.
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The NHS is England biggest public organization. Which provides services in health sectors. It
includes world's biggest employers and secures in top ten institution. It largest and longest health
sector company in UK. Its core principles is related to providing heath services to people of
England. It includes primary care, in patient care, and long term health care services to their
patients. This institution is mainly funded thorough taxes and government aid.
Marriott hotel is private company which is owned and run by Marriott family. The hotel main
aim is to provide quality services to their customers. Company market share is very large and
focus on expanding their services in other region too. Marriott international report revenue
around $14 billion in fiscal year.
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Structure of an organisation define the legal frame work of the company while conducting any
kind of commercial activity. Different organisation have different kind of structure depending
upon the purpose and type of the firm. For an example the structure of Marriott and a NHS
organisation may differ from each other like-
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Both the NHS and Marriott hotel has different sets of objectives and in order to fulfil them they
adopt diverse strategies. This can be analysed from the number of employees present at both the
firms. As discussed above, NHS is a public organization whose major objective is to serve the
needs and requirements of the society. Therefore, it has appointed wide range of workers to
manage the operations in the most prominent manner. Moreover, the revenue earned in the past
period is quite high than that of the Marriott hotel due to the size and scope of the company.
However, contradictory to the above, the private organization does not have wide range of
employees due to its limited operations. People are only appointed on the basis of vacancy so as
to avoid the excessive cost. Along with that, the profit for the period will also be minimal ion
comparison to the NHS firms. This show that the size and scope of the firm is highly influenced
by its objectives.
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Both the NHS and Marriott hotel has different sets of objectives and in order to fulfil them they
adopt diverse strategies. This can be analysed from the number of employees present at both the
firms. As discussed above, NHS is a public organization whose major objective is to serve the
needs and requirements of the society. Therefore, it has appointed wide range of workers to
manage the operations in the most prominent manner. Moreover, the revenue earned in the past
period is quite high than that of the Marriott hotel due to the size and scope of the company.
However, contradictory to the above, the private organization does not have wide range of
employees due to its limited operations. People are only appointed on the basis of vacancy so as
to avoid the excessive cost. Along with that, the profit for the period will also be minimal ion
comparison to the NHS firms. This show that the size and scope of the firm is highly influenced
by its objectives.
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