Understanding Business Operations: Structures and Environment Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of business operations, encompassing various types and structures within both private and public sectors. It explores different organizational structures, such as functional, divisional, and matrix structures, and analyzes the impact of local, national, and global economic environments on businesses, with a specific focus on Sainsbury's. The report examines political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors influencing business operations. It also includes an introduction, conclusion, and references to support the analysis, offering valuable insights into the complexities of the business landscape. The report aims to provide a clear understanding of the factors that influence business success and how businesses adapt to various challenges.

HOW BUSINESS
OPERATES

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 Introduction
 1.1 Various types and structure of private and public sector organisation
 1.2 The different structures within the businesses of UK and various reasons
for the variation
• 1.3 The local, national and global economic environment impacts on the
sainsbury business
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
Business environment is a collection of factors which impacts on
operations, growth and sales performance either internally or
externally. From these elements, some are under control of
management while others are far behind. Therefore, in order to
operate business in a perfect manner management need to analyse
these attributes in a proper manner.

1.1 Various types and structure of private and
public sector organisation
There are distinct type of organization concerns which operates their
operations in the industry with distinct objectives, structures, size
and their scope. The public sector organization are running by Govt.
authority where as private sector organization are by the individuals.

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Sole proprietorship – It will consist with business that are form by
person for investing their financial assets and manage raw material
in order to practice with the business in more appropriate way.
Partnership – A partnership business can define as arrangement where
various partners and parties agree to engage with changes with their
mutual understanding and interest.

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State Ownership – This elements includes organisation which
determine management required for making terms and create
functional system as per the provision of state in better manner.
Local government – It comprise with entities which are developed and
formed through individual to conduct practices and using effective
resources, thus they will supply efficient services and facilities
regarding social welfare.

1.2 The different structures within the
businesses of UK
Functional structure: According to the functional structure the
organizational an organization's reporting relationships are grouped
based on speciality, or functional area. In Functional Organization,
people are grouped by areas of specialization. For instance,
marketing professionals are grouped under marketing department,
human resources professionals are grouped under human resources
department, technical people are grouped under IT department etc..

Functional structure

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Divisional structure: The divisional organizational structure
organizes the activities of a business around geographical, market,
or product and service groups. Thus, a company organized on
divisional lines could have operating groups for the United States or
Europe, or for commercial customers, or for the green widget
product line. Each such division contains a complete set of
functions.

Divisional structure

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Matrix structure: A matrix structure aims to combine the benefits of
decentralisation with those of co-ordination.
It usually requires employees from various departments to form a
group to achieve a specific target.
They require dual reporting to managers and the diagram shows a
mix of product and functional structures.

Matrix structure