Business Environment: Objectives, Structures, Products, and Sizes

This report provides an analysis of the business environment, focusing on the purposes and differences between types, scopes, and sizes of organizations, using Waitrose and Aspen Court Care Home as examples. It describes Waitrose as a privately owned, profit-oriented organization and Aspen Court Care Home as a privately owned, non-profit health and social care provider. The report also analyzes the relationship between their business objectives and their corresponding structures, products, and sizes, highlighting Waitrose's focus on health and food safety standards and Aspen Court Care Home's commitment to providing comprehensive care to individuals in need. The analysis incorporates references to relevant academic sources.

BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT

Describing the purposes and the
main differences between types,
scopes and sizes (P1, P2)
The two of the chosen organisations are Waitrose
and the Aspen Court Care Home.

• The purpose of the organisations:
Waitrose is one of the leading grocery retailers in
the UK.
Aspen Court Care Home is one of the non-profit
Health and Social Care organisations that
currently deal with the provision of health and
social care services to the people affected by
Dementia and learning disabilities.

Waitrose:
• Privately owned profit organisation
• A largest employee-owned retailer in the UK.
Over 350 location stores in the UK.

The scopes are to maintain an environment in
which the services and the products that are
offered by the company are at the peak of the
business markets in the UK. At the same time, it
focuses on their expansion in other countries
nearby as well.

Aspen Court Care Home:
• Privately owned non-profit organisation
• One of the leading Health and Social Care
organisations in London.

Their scopes are to improve their rating and
reach the top of the list in the name of the
organisations that provide health and social
care services to the people of the UK.

Describing and analysing the relationship
between their business objectives and
their according structures, products and
sizes (M1)
Waitrose:
• To meet the health and the food safety
standards, and increase their annual levels of
sale
• It offers the range of grocery, wine, whisky
and the commercial and cosmetic products to
the people of the UK.

Aspen Court Care Home:
• To provide a comprehensive and complete care
to the individuals in the UK, that need the care
services
• The NHS of the UK directs the overall
processes and the rules and the legislations
that abide by in the organisation

Health and the complete assisted care for the
individuals suffering from Dementia,
Alzheimer’s Disease and the people with
learning disabilities.

References
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