Business and Environment Report: Sport Organization Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of various sport organizations, categorizing them into public, private, and voluntary sectors. It examines the purpose and legal construction of each type, offering examples such as UK Sports (public), Admiral sportswear (private), and Sobell Leisure (voluntary). The report delves into the scope and size of these sectors, using Nike, UK Sports, and Sobell Leisure Centre as case studies. Furthermore, it analyzes the relationships between different organizational functions, including production and finance, marketing and HRM, and information technology and sales. The report also discusses organizational structures, such as divisional and hierarchical structures, and their impact on company objectives. References to relevant academic sources are also included.

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BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (Part 1)
Types and purpose of different sport organisations
Various business organisation are operating in the sport industry which are illustrated below:
 Public sectors- These are the type of business firms which are owned and control by the
government bodies as these are the business which are operating their business in the public sector.
Their main aim is to offer the better services to their citizen with no interest in profits. For
instance, UK sports is the company which is operating in the public sector which are given below:
Purpose- The main consideration of such business is to make the better use of scare resources by which
they can increase the entire productivity of the business at minimum cost.
Legal construction
 Central government- In these type of business, public organisation are totally managed and
controlled by the central government and they are funded through the treasury collection.
 State government- There are few department with in the business who are completely controlled
by the public company and there is not such interference of state government.
 Local government- This is the aspects in which the municipal corporation has all the right to
ensures the better serveries and ear more profit for the welfare of the local people.
 Private sectors- These are the business which are owned and managed by the owner of the
company itself as there is no such control of government in various business operations. They
basically work with the sole aim of generating more profitability and growth by which they can
sustain in the market in long run. For example, Admiral sportswear is a private company which is
dealing in sports.
Purpose- The min purpose is to make more money from the available investment and employees which
public sector.
Legal construction
 Sole proprietor: This is the type of business which is run by two or more people who come
together in order to share their profit and looses on agreed basis.
 Partnership: This is the legal entity in which people own the business and personally accountable
for all their debts.
 Voluntary sectors- These are the company that are formed with the sole aim to
create the social impact instead of making profitability. This is also known as the
third sector of the company. These are not the national and local government.
For example, Sobell leisure is the voluntary sport company.
Purpose- The main consideration is to serve the society and provide the lives as they
want.
Legal construction
 An incorporated Association: Their main consideration is not make money as the
small group of people work and this is easy to establish.
 Trust: It is the firm which is formed by the group of people and all the funds is
being funded by the trustees and people.
Scope and size of different types business sectors.
Private company- Nike
 Background- The organisation was founded in 1964 by Bill Bowerman. They
opened their first retail in which they provide various products in 1966. After
some time they had launched the brand Nike in 1972. Due to the ethical practices
the organisation has seen an immense growth in the market.
 Services – Nike is a brand which design and develops various products. The
organisation has six categories in which there are different products. It includes
footwear, Nike basketball, clothing etc.
 Size – Nike has employed various 73,300 workers worldwide. It is a sportswear
brand which is established in United States.
 Stockholders – There are various shareholders of Nike it includes employees,
general public etc. On the other hand, the majority of shares is hold by Phil
Knight, Mark Parker, Vanguard Group Corporation.
 Mission- The mission of Nike is to expand the business by doing everything
potential. There are various innovations in which the organisation has been
indulged.
 Vision – The main Vision of Nike is to place the world where everybody is
athlete and carry on their life with the joy of movement.

Relationship between different organisational functions
When an organisation is operating various business task so it is vital to analyse
the relationship in various functional areas. This is significant to manage appropriate by
which an organisation can reach to their desired results. All department of the business
firms are depends up on another.
Production and finance- the production unit is the area which is concerned for producing
goods and services with the proper availability of raw material, machine, equipment and so
on. They require sufficient budget as well. Thus finance department ensures the
appropriate budget for the production department so that they can combine offer the better
product.
Marketing and HRM- In this, marketing unit concerned for the effective advertising and
promotion of commodities by which they can attract the large group of customer is the
target market. For this, they need the marketer who have the convincing quality. In this
context, HR manager is liable to get the deserving candidate who can advertise their goods
in larger scale.
Information technology and sales- Information technology is the unit which is relate to the
technical task within the company for communicating so they give access to the sales
person by which they can make the strategy in order to set the sales pitch, they use the
innovative technology in order to better serve the market.
Public company- UK sports
 Background – It is a government agency which helps in managing the Olympic sport in the region
like UK. It was established in 1996 in the Olympics during a movement which is called rock
bottom.
 Services - It is sport agency which invests in the Olympic and Paralympic sport. There are various
world class partnerships which is establish by this organisation to help UK attain future success.
 Size – It is one of the major public company which employed approximately 4345,400 employees
in the sports industry of UK.
 Stockholders – Most of the shares is hold by the general public in the initial public offering.
 Mission- The overall vision is to work with various partners to make the Olympic and Paralympic
sport most successful in UK.
 Vision - The main vision is to become champion by lifting various opportunities in the sports
industry. They can benefit various nations with the services.
Voluntary company- Sobell leisure centre
 Background – Sober leisure centre is the heart of London. It is a spots centre which provides
various gym facilitates to the individuals.
 Services – It is one of the huge gym which provides various services to the general public. There
are 12 centre all across UK.
 Size – There are various employees which are volunteered to wok in this centre.
 Stockholders – It is a voluntary organisation there is no established shareholders of the company.
 Mission – The main mission of the centre is to make various individuals more active towards the
fitness.
 Vision – The vision of the centre is to work for the betterment of the society.

Link the organisational functions to the objective and structure of organisation.
Structure of the company are basically depends upon the function of the company as they main
objective is the serve the customer at its best. In context to Nike, they operating their business in structural
business which affects the objective of the company by limiting the innovation and collaboration in the
market. In order to enhance the overall productivity f the company, they must have the effective
management and flow of actions so that each task can be completed in an appropriate manner. This
particular organisation offer the goods with utmost quality and ensuing the control within the organisation.
Nike has maintain their consistency by offering the sufficient amount of goods and also monitor its
performance within the business. When the employee is known about its task and role to do then they can
effectively achieve the effectiveness within the organisation. An organisation is ensuring the better
functionality in setting the objectives and structure by which Nike can reach to their desired objectives with
the aim of completing the certain task with responsibility and effectiveness.
Organisational Structure:
An organizational structure is a framework which outlines the different
role of an employee and several responsibilities within the company. These
structures provide different activities such as task allotment, coordination, and
supervision are governing towards the achievement of set objectives. Following
are the different types of organizational structures:
 Divisional Structure: under this type of structure, the organization
separates on the bases of their product, services or geographies. Large
companies generally used this structure because they operate in wide
geographical area or possess separate or small companies. This structure
allows each division to work independently that’s why each division has
its own roles, department and resources.
 Hierarchical Structure: This is the most common organization structure
which is followed by different companies. Under this, the management
separate each function into different level from top to bottom where each
subordinate requires to report their superior. This structure resembles like
a pyramid in which the company CEO's is placed at the top level followed
by board of director of departmental managers (Supriyanto, Ekowatia and
Maghfuroh, 2020).
Hierarchical organisational structure is followed by the company Admiral
sportswear in which every employee of the organisation is responsible to report to
their superior. This structure promotes the department loyalty and don't give rise to
any miscommunication. This structure provides different opportunities to the
employees of the company so that they hard and do all the task of the
company in very effective manner. With the help of this structure company
can create a define structure for communication and due to this the problem
which are faced by the employees can easily be solved by the manager
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