Business Environment, Organisation Analysis and Functions Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the business environment, encompassing various organizational types such as private, public, and voluntary organizations, exemplified by Tesco, the Crown Prosecution Service, and Oxfam, respectively. It explores their purposes, legal structures, stakeholders, size, and scope. The report further delves into the interrelationship between organizational functions, highlighting the roles of HR, sales, and marketing departments within Tesco. It examines the positive and negative impacts of the macro environment on business operations, including an internal and external analysis of an organization's strengths and weaknesses, culminating in a discussion of how these internal attributes relate to external macro environmental factors. The report aims to provide a detailed understanding of how businesses operate within and are influenced by their environment.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Different Purpose and Types of organisation........................................................................1
P2 Size and Scope of different types of organisation.................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P3 Relationship Between Organisational functions....................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P4 Positive and Negative Impact of macro environment on business operations.......................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Internal and external analysis of organisation and their strength and weaknesses................8
P6 Interrelation of strength and weakness of macro environment elements on a company.......9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
In Business environment includes the entire the environmental elements such as internal
and external forces which influence a company to deal with operating situations. In addition to
this. It includes various factors such as clients and competitors; its competition and owners; laws
and governmental activities; and so on. As per the report, it helps in finding an information
regarding various organisation and its activities. In this report, it covered various topic such as,
purpose, size, scope and types of different type of organisation. Along with this, it shows about
the relationship of different department of a corporation with affirmative and negative aspect of
macro environment on business operations. In addition to this it also include alanlys the SWOT
of an organisation. Lastly description will be finish by discussing the, manner in which strong
point and limitation internally related with external macro feature.
TASK 1
P1 Different Purpose and Types of organisation
Mentioned below there are various form of business organizations these are given below:
Private Organisation: These companies are running with an aim to earn advantage or
profit by a individual, partnerships, business, society or an union. Industries are functioning in
the private sector, may issues share and they can have investor but their shares are not deal on
public exchanges and along with this they get not issued by an IPO (Hilton and Platt, 2013).
Private company have least amount of 2 employees and highest level of 50 employees working
with private organizations. Tesco is a largest groceries company which is belongs to
multinational company and the headquarter of this company in England. it was established in
1919, East end of London by Jack Cohen.
Purpose- Tesco is a large multinational organization performing their functions in
retailing sector with having a specific purpose to be the winner of customers and aid them to take
pleasure in their better quality of life or easiest way of living. The main principle of Tesco is to
create worth for customers to achieve their loyalty always. As per the company, their customers
wants improved quality commodities at inexpensive cost, and it is their responsibility to
complete the needs of their consumers in the correct way.
Legal Structure- According to this structure Tesco followed hierarchical structure in
which head of the department helps in taking a business decision, and after that, middle level
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distribute their authorities to their employees for manage a managerial activities of an
organisation and . Along with this, in the end lower level department implement those plan
which is give by middle level department accordingly. With reference to this, legal structure
means tesco followed this structure for maintaining an efficiency of their employees.
Stakeholders- These can be a person in a business, a group of individuals which has
interest in the organisations and as per the results of company actions. There are some
stakeholders they are employees, customers, shareholders etc.
Public Organisation: These companies are those which is run or operated by the
government and survive to render their services to their domestics. They are those who some
times engage in private organisation to supply goods and services to their resident. In context of,
Crown Prosecution Service is the principal public prosecuting company for determining criminal
prosecutions in England and Wales, it was founded in 1986 by Paul Staff (Berg, and Kilambi
Siebel, 2014).
Purpose- The major principle of Crown Prosecution Services is to cover unlawful cases
that have been scan by the police in England and Wales. They provide good legal advices to
investigative agencies and police. These enterprises manner their services in secondary sector
and receive some information and offer advices. It also advice the police on cases for possible
prosecution.
Legal Structure- It determined the higher level of crown prosecution services. In context
of this, they evaluate all the policies evidence which helps them to take a decision regarding
criminal cases. In Crown prosecution services less amount of top level managers exist. It helps in
effective decision making and interpret the plans accordingly. This method is very best to
communicate and share task correctly in order to create effective results.
Stakeholders- These are the part of public organisations which are affected by the
policies and action of industries. It includes in government employees, financial institutions that
are owned by government and shareholders.
Voluntary Organisation: It refers to a group of individuals who comes into an
agreement, mainly as volunteers, to form of body to obtain the purpose and goals of an
organisation. Oxfam is an alliance of 20 independent charitable companies which are focusing on
the relief of global poverty. This is the non profit administration of an organisation which was
founded in 1942 by Cecil Jackson-Cole in England.
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Purpose- This is very important for every organization which is helps in generating
lasting solutions to the injustice of poverty. Their vision is to have a world without poverty. They
want a type of world in which people can enjoy their rights and lives and can determine their
decisions or assume their responsibilities. The mission is to have a world in which every person
is treated in a equal manner.
Legal Structure- This is the legal structure of Voluntary organisation which consists of
unincorporated association, community interest company, trust etc.
A trust: It is a form in which people work with trust among them in order to manage
and provide special funds for the welfare of the community. Trustees are the person who are
able to make contract on the basis of trust (Schaltegger, Lüdeke-Freund and Hansen, 2012).
An Unincorporated association: It is a collection of individuals. In this there are no
such legal existence. All legal decisions that are taken basically on the basis of groups.
Stakeholders- It is the one who is interested and influenced by the voluntary organisation
is known as stakeholder. It includes in board, founders, staff, volunteers, beneficiaries and
donors. There are five major types of stakeholders such as project manager, project team,
sponsors, customers and functional management.
P2 Size and Scope of different types of organisation
There are different types of organization these are given below:
Public organisation : Crown Prosecution Service
Product and Services Crown Prosecution Services suggest legal
guidance to Police and other investigative
agencies in England and Wales.. They assign
raw in order and decide to unlawful charge on
a suspect.
Size and Scope CPS tackle 800,000 and more suit under them
and they have 2900 solicitors or 600 staff
members in them accordingly.
Vision It has a vision to become self-governing and it
also offers their advices in a effective manner.
Company respects their public or serves and
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set their standard in efficient way.
Mission Crown Prosecution Service formative mission
is to behave in a professional manner. CPS
effectively performs their functions for
excellence and offer their correct advices in a
excellent way so that they can earn trust their
colleagues, communities and customers. It also
ensures that they present good advices and
infer correct criminal.
Private Organisation : Tesco
Product and Services It uses its own brand products that are includes
in the dyson cleaners, bissell proheat cleaner
and vax rapide carpet cleaner. Ii also gives
product services such as beverages, food,
home, clothing and commercial services.
Size and Scope Its scope regarding to the level of the market in
which it sells its product and services.
Company operates almost 7,000 stores across
the world (Ballard and et.al., 2012).
Organization has the largest shop in England
by floor space with 17,230 square metres.
Vision Tesco makes the product according to their
customers demand and preference. Therefore,
it is the beneficiary vision for an organisation.
Mission The mission of Tesco is to develop value for
customers to gain their potentiality and loyalty
forever.
Voluntary Organisation :Oxfam
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Product and Services Oxfam conduct their functions by offering
different types of product range that include,
food, handicrafts, clothing’s and toys. They
work with a motive to reduce poverty from all
around the globe.
Size and Scope There are mainly 20 different types of
independent organisations work in a
collaborative manner with Oxfam. They
perform their functions to reduce poverty and
related issues from drought and famine prone
areas.
Vision Company also have vision to offer striking and
affordable clothing to needy people.
Mission Oxfam offer their humanitarian services to
needy people from those areas that are affected
with natural calamities. One of the main
missions of entity is to reach out maximum
number of individuals and raise their standard
of living.
TASK 2
P3 Relationship Between Organisational functions
There are different ways of sections in an administration which carry through their
business in effective and interconnection way to achieve score and impersonal goals of company.
Tesco has different department which work together to increase the productivity of the
organization. These units have different part of roles and responsibilities and have a common
purpose to achieve there targeted goals and objectives (Werbach and Hunter, 2012). There are
relationships of different departments from Tesco company these are given below:
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Human Resource Department: In HR department employees complete staffing needs
and wants in every department. In Tesco main function of human resource department is to select
effectual and essential candidates in business organisation. Company manages its staff by their
Human Resource Department. The HR department of an organization ensures to make the Tesco
lotus a good place to work. On the other hand, HR department is a difficult part of employee well
trained in any kind of business, in this department no matter how small business. According to
this HR responsibilities involve in sum of money, benefits, hiring, firing and keeping up to date
federal tax laws.
Sales Department: This department of any company directs link between the customers
and the company's product. The work of sales department is to maximise the sale of the company
by pricing and distribution planning. A well-trained sales department can more than making
sales. The employees of Sales department of Tesco creates relationships with their customers.
They advice to change the product and bring something new in the market which is to be licked
by the people according to their preferences as per they know more, because they spend their
time while contacting directly to their consumers.
Marketing Department: In this, employees plays a vital functions in marketing
department such as promoting business products and services in a targeted work place. In context
of Tesco, employees from this department helps other departments in the form of providing
sources of raw material and funds. There are some definite elements of the marketing
communication mix like media advertising, sales promotions, events etc. so that are utilized by
wholesale chain in order to communicate their message to its customers. All these functions of
marketing increase or aid some functions to get proper resources and funds.
According to the above answer all departments in Tesco playing their functions in a
effective manner. It will not only benefit for the company to achieve their goals but also its
maintain slow working condition in their workplace (Vitale, 2011). All departments helps in
company to obtain their specific business goals in order to increase future growth of the industry.
It also provide various advantages from different organizations. According to Tesco interrelation
can be benefit them to obtain efficient channel of communication and achieve their objectives
and goals in a proper manner.
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TASK 3
P4 Positive and Negative Impact of macro environment on business operations
Tesco is the large organisation of retail sector in the world. There are various factors
which can influence their operations, some factors are uncontrollable. So that For analysing such
factors PEST is used by Tesco these are explain below:-
Political Factor: This is one of the biggest affecting factor for an organization. It can
include in governing policy, governmental stability or instability, foreign trade policy, tax policy,
labour laws and environmental laws. Tesco used to provide their products for various region of
world, a little bit change in governmental policies that can make a large affect on their
functioning.
Positive: It is helpful for Tesco by making their operations legally and ethically correct,
according they do not get involve in any issues.
Negative: Change in policies regarding to import and export by UK government can be a
reason of huge loss in profitability of Tesco.
Economical: This factor of a nation is very much important for the working performance
of industry, these factors includes in exchange rates, rising prices, rate of interests, usable income
of consumers and unemployment rates. UK has very good economical which helps Tesco in
making their business at high level.
Positive: Rebates in different taxation policies by UK government help Tesco to sell
their products at minimum rates.
Negative: Increase in rates of interest and taxation can directly influence their functions.
Social: These factor refers to cultural beliefs in a certain geographical area. It includes in
sociology characteristics, standard, duty and belief of the group and people within the way in
which the organization operates. Tesco is a large organisation that can solve some social
problems which can help them in creating their good image. It will directly maximise their
profitability and market share in UK.
Positive: Social factors can help them in several ways, and also help in improving their
reputation in market and also help in improving their efficiency.
Negative: Tesco has to follow CSR activities, and if they do not follow it then can it can
impact their goodwill.
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Technological: In current business, Technology is the most necessary factor for an
organisation. It defines technology motivator, the level of creation, high technology, research and
development activity, scientific change and the amount of technical awareness where a market
runs. So that these factor may affect decision in industries. Where, Tesco has to keep them self-
updated with various new technologies, so that they can present well and also can improve their
efficiency of performance.
Positive: It will help Tesco in creating their system more correct, so that their
performance in market get improved (Janita and Miranda, 2013).
Negative: Adopting new technologies on every time of period that can cause them in a
large number of cost amount.
TASK 4
P5 Internal and external analysis of organisation and their strength and weaknesses
Tesco plc is one of the British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer
company, which was established in 1919. Company operates almost 7,000 stores across the
world. There is a SWOT analysis of an organization, which will help them to analyse their
strength and weaknesses, opportunities and thereat. These are given below:
Strength
Tesco is a leading company in the retail sector
with approx 5,00,000 plus employees around
the world. Tesco has around 6500 stores all
over the world around 14 countries. Tesco have
better quality of products regarding its
advertising strategies and innovative market.
Weakness
Tesco has its limited market value involving
countries as compared to its competitive rivals.
Tesco has decline the employee morale. Tesco
has weak financial work performance and
failed in the country like USA and Japan.
An organization has the opportunity or chance
to enter into the new emerged in markets and
extend the area of its business operations.
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Opportunity Company can break the digital media in order
to gain their business goals and objectives.
Threats
Tesco's business operation can be influenced
by the government rules, policies and taxation.
Higher competition from supply sides as
maintaining relationship with them that is a
large concerns for industries.
P6 Interrelation of strength and weakness of macro environment elements on a company
Every company has their personal strength and weakness in which they have to achieve
their business goals and objectives in a effectual way (Wheelen and et. al, 2017). There are
various types of external factor that influence functions of business in a negative or positive
manner. In context of Tesco, company aims related customer demands of consumer while
increase their business across the world. Strength and weakness interrelation given below:
Macro environment
elements
Meaning Strength Weakness
Political Factor Tesco operates 12
countries including
Asia and Europe
across the world, so
that this factor
influence company
performance in a good
manner. These factors
includes in taxation
current laws and
legislation ,political
If company follows all
government legal
terms and regulation,
then it is a big strength
for Tesco that can
easily run their
business in a better
way.
It is important for
company to follow UK
government rules and
laws because ii future
it can affect Tesco
negatively.
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