Exploring Business Operations, Management, and Ethical Practices

This report provides an analysis of the business environment, focusing on both external and internal challenges impacting business operations. It examines the COVID-19 vaccine rollout delays in the UK, highlighting the responsible parties and potential solutions. A case study of ALDI explores its successful operations management culture and customer shopping experiences. Furthermore, the report discusses the importance of business ethics, using Tesco as an example of an ethical organization that values stakeholders. A reflection on a team project underscores the significance of teamwork and leadership. The report concludes that business environments are constantly evolving, and ethical practices are crucial for organizational success.

Introduction to
Business Operations
and Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Covid-19 vaccine hitting with the delivery delay in supplying vaccine to UK...........................3
Who is responsible for the vaccine roll out:................................................................................4
Task 2: ALDI...................................................................................................................................4
TASK 3 Business ethics..................................................................................................................5
TASK 4 Class Discussion................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11
Books and journals:...................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The report aims to analyse the business environment which is surrounded with many external
and internal challenges that impact on business functioning. There are different situations come
across in business which requires effective solutions and human resource participation. Maine
large companies are undertaking many business model and using strategies to cope up with
uncertainties (Muscatello, 2022). This report is going to analyse business environment in
different situations and focus on business ethics which is crucial in getting business success.
Also they will be discussion about different case of Companies to get inside about their business
practices.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Covid-19 vaccine hitting with the delivery delay in supplying vaccine to UK.
The case of vaccine role out is hitting UK people to get vaccinated. It is being challenge
for UK people due to insufficient supply of vaccine in the month of April. But the news declared
that there is no responsibility of any country whether it is India or UK in supplying vaccines. The
health ministry department health to initiative to provide first vaccine doses in the month of July.
It will become problematic for UK people in order to get delays and their health might get
affected. So the government wants clarity to track the future supply of vaccines in the Wales and
Northern Ireland. This will give them insight about how vaccine programs get affected and find
alternative solutions for people. The vaccine role out getting slower as it does not hoped by the
government due to which the targets or not full filled to provide doses to above the age group of
50 by the 15 April. It shows that people with the age of 15 needs to wait for vaccine supplies
(Seidmann, Jiang, and Zhang, 2019). as soon as the AstraZeneca comes from the India they
would be a number of people who require these vaccines and it will become difficult to supply it
all over the UK. So a person needs to have patience and it healthy in order to remain protective
from covid-19 virus.

Who is responsible for the vaccine roll out:
The country UK is dependent on other governments to supply then vaccine and incharge
the people out of the omicron virus. It is the duty of business energy and industrial strategies in
order to carry out all the task force regarding vaccine. So the health and social care department
comes under these industries which are working in NHS England. Due to low research and
development, they fail to attend good amount of vaccine in UK. The need is to co-ordinate and
check the flow of vaccination in the country. The UK health Security Agency must check and
track the vaccination before it gets finished. Vaccination is become approved in the world wide
level which require government strategy to utilize in an effective manual manner. All the
countries are seeking vaccination supply as much as they could get but it may leads to shortage
of vaccination if a proper number of amounts will not be identified (Urbach, and Röglinger,
2019). The UK government has purchased many vaccines before the approval which is around
189 million . this creates shortage among the world wide level and it is not ensure how much the
waxing will be produced now onwards. Now the government is planning to offer vaccine to the
old age people who have low immunity system and require more protection from omicron virus.
There is also booster vaccine which is also in the shortage to provide more sensitive people. By
the time of March 2022 a 4th Jab vaccine will be required in adult.
Task 2: ALDI
ALDI is one of the best German supermarkets which are posting their success in
providing groceries and consumer goods to the large number of customers. It is one of the
traditional Supermarkets which operate 80000 square meters which provides shopping clientele
in order to get frequent visits of them. The company used developing business model in order to
make high engagement. The company was founded in 1946 which is known for its great
operations management culture. It has International expansion also by opening traditional
supermarkets that are small stores but at convenient places like City centers. Due to having small
stores, the ALDI provides minimum number of products but still they have a lot of different
varieties in few of their most non products in the supermarket (De Boerand Andersen, eds.,
2018). This traditional approach makes its operations effective and eliminate any unnecessary
production cost. This approach could be applied in Other industries like fashion and food retail.
The most customers will find fewer products they will not get confused and always wanted to

grab the deal at first place. This reduces the problem of restoring the shells and checks them
again and again. So that this approach will be helpful for The Other industries in order to attract
large customer and provide a unique facility and focus on quality over quantity.
Customer shopping experiences
As far as concerned about all the case study the customers’ needs to sacrifices a lot while having
this shopping experience. They need to find the product in the boxes which would not meet with
their needs as the products may get disappeared and out of the reach of customers. With these
kind of experience is the people could not grab The Deals and wait for long time to get it back.
Also ALDI only provide their own brands due to which customers could not find other products
at one roof and they need to shift their shopping place (Flynn, 2019). Most customers found it
useful due to having trust for ALDI’s product they are the potential customers of company.
Therefore it shows that customers have different needs and require varieties while shopping.
ALDI is making all these needs full film in and cost effective manner to make a balance between
both traditional and modern functioning.
TASK 3 Business ethics
Business ethics can be defined as study of the principles and morale that must be followed
by a company. It is necessary for the business organisations to follow suchprinciples in order to
operate effectively. It helps them to manage their business organisation in effective manner and
establish effective brand image(Kačerauskas, 2019). It is necessary for a company to carry on the
operations properly and keep all the stakeholders happy. There are changing situations in the
business organisation and the management must work on taking care of the present situation to
take necessary actions.
Tesco is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer that has its
headquarters in UK. The company has established by Jack Cohen in 1919. The have established
effective brand image since the business started. The company takes proper care of all the
stakeholders and provide them effective conditions. Tesco is one of ethical organisation that
follows the morals and values so that they are able to satisfy the customers and stakeholders. The
company takes care of all the employees and also they have ethical recruitment policy. There is
need of managing the employees in such a manner that they are happy to work in the company.

They provide all the rights and regulations to the employees and this enhances the productivity
of the company(McMahon, 2021). The follow all the human rights and provide effective position
to the customers of the company. There is need of taking care of the human rights so that they
are able to know their rights and get them in the company.
They take care of all the laws and legislations and assure that they are provided healthy
products and services. There is need of managing the work in such a manner that the customers
become loyal for the company. They provide approved products to the customers and they are
able to get healthy and safe life. The problems of the customers are dealt within right time. The
use of such policies is necessary for the company. By following ethical practices, a company is
able to carry on the operationseffectively(Lozano, 2022). There is requirement of valuing the
stakeholders of the company and providing them better services. There is key role of ethics in
success of the business organisation and providing them effective situations to work.
TASK 4 Class Discussion

Reflection
I have analysed that completing a team project is one of the important task. All the members
in the team have different point of view and this causes issue in working. Our team also face
difficulty of carrying the project in the starting because of lack of cooperation and coordination.

We were unable to assign the activities and divide the overall work that cost so much
delay(Polinkevych and Kamiński, 2018). But afterwards I understood that there is need of a team
leader who is able to provide the work to all the team members. I took the opportunity and
became team leader. Afterwards we conducted a meeting and I heard all of the team members
and their strength so that I can provide them work accordingly. All the team members were
provided the work according to their capabilities so that the final result is good. The positive part
is all of them were good at marketing and want to pursue their career in marketing(Santoso,
2020). Good knowledge of marketing helps us to carry on the report in an effective manner. The
only reason was the conflicts that caused negative impact on our group activities. But we adhered
to the guidelines and carried the project effectively within right time. A team leader helps to
manage the overall team work and support the team members at each and every situation. This
project helped me to understand to role of marketing effectively and the importance of marketing
as well.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that the nature of business environment is changing on
regular basis. In the starting of this portfolio there is analysis related to two current articles. In
the next part of report there is analysis relating to changing landscape seen in grocery shopping.
Business ethics player important role in success of the organisation in health to manage all the
stakeholder’s discussion related to same with an example of company is part of this report. In the
end presentation related to role of marketing is done.

References
Books and journals:
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Kačerauskas, T., 2019. Ethics in business and communication: common ground or
incommensurable?.
Lozano, J.M., 2022. From Business Ethics to Business Education: Peter-Hans Kolvenbach’s
Contribution. Humanistic Management Journal, pp.1-22.
McMahon, B.T., 2021. Ethics in business practices. In Work Worth Doing (pp. 3-27). Routledge.
Muscatello, J., 2022. An innovative approach to operations management building partnerships
with local professionals. Journal of Education for Business, pp.1-3.
Polinkevych, O. and Kamiński, R., 2018. Corporate image in behavioral marketing of business
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Santoso, R., 2020. Review of Digital Marketing & Business Sustainability of E-Commerce
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Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y. and Zhang, J., 2019. Introduction to the Minitrack on The Impact of
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Urbach, N. and Röglinger, M., 2019. Introduction to digitalization cases: how organizations
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