Business Environment: Exploring Organisation Types, Size and Functions

This report provides an overview of the business environment, focusing on different types of organizations, including micro, small, medium, and large-sized enterprises, as well as profit-making and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It examines the scope and size of these organizations, highlighting the interrelationships among various functions such as marketing, finance, and human resource management. The report also discusses how these functions link with the organizational structure, considering hierarchical, matrix, and divisional structures. The document references several articles related to the social responsibility of international business, sustainable business models, business services sourcing, and the alignment of business and IT.

BUSINESS AND BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
Part 1

Introduction
Knowing about several operating organisations in
different sectors as well as the organisational structure
followed by them has been always under keen interest.
The study describes working of different organisations
being micro, Small and medium sized or large companies
have distinct organisational structure and purposes to
operate across the world.

Part 1
LO1 Explaining different types, scope and size of organisations
Micro
small as well as medium-sized companies (SMEs)

Part 1
LO1 Explaining different types, scope and size of organisations
(Contd..)large sized organisations
Profit making organisations

Part 1
LO1 Explaining different types, scope and size of organisations
(Contd..)Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

LO2 Demonstrating interrelationship among various functions
and the ways to link with structure of organisationMarketing department
Finance department

LO2 Demonstrating interrelationship among various functions
and the ways to link with structure of organisation (Contd..)Human resource management department

LO2 Demonstrating interrelationship among various functions
and the ways to link with structure of organisation (Contd..)Hierarchical organisational structure
Matrix and divisional structure

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