Globalization's Influence on Marks & Spencer's Corporate Structure

This report examines the impact of globalization on the corporate structure and profitability of Marks and Spencer, a major multinational retailer. It explores the positive and negative impacts of globalization, including increased international trade and economic exchange, as well as the challenges of enhanced competition and the need for a coordinated company structure. The report outlines the rationale for studying this topic, highlighting the importance of understanding globalization's effects on corporate structures. It presents the aim and objectives of the research, which include identifying the impact and challenges of globalization on Marks & Spencer's corporate structure and profitability. A literature review is provided, discussing the challenges faced by corporate structures due to globalization. The research methodology involves a quantitative approach using questionnaires to collect data. The report also includes the research questions, data sources, sampling methods, and a time plan. The report concludes with a list of references.

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The impact of globalisation on the corporate
structures and profitability of on the large
multinational retailer company, Marks and Spencer
and the major challenges they face.
TOPIC

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RATIONALE/BACKGROUND
• The term globalization basically represent the process through which the world is becoming
highly and increasingly interconnected which has led to massively increased level of international
trade and enhanced cultural and economic exchange.
• Globalization has created much positive as well as negative impact on the business operation and
structure and enhanced integration created by globalisation tend to ensure higher productivity level
and improved expansion and growth opportunity for a firm through leading better opportunity of
growth into various nation and parts of world.
• The globalisation is also creating many challenges and issues for a company in form of enhanced
competition from large organization along with need for well-developed and coordinated company
structure to ensure effective communication and coordination at global level.
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RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY
•The selection of current research topic based on the impact of globalization on the corporate structures and it is
important and vital to analysis the overall impact of globalization on corporate structure to get a better glimpse and
advantages and challenges created by globalization .
•The current investigation is significant as globalization has created an open worldwide economy which has
enhanced the movement and transfer of people, goods, services and technology over the nation which is creating
many changes and impact on a firm
•Thus, creating and leading out current investigation on Marks and Spencer industry would provide an improved
insight the key challenges like enhanced competition, lack of communication and many more.
•The advantages and improved expansion opportunity lead by globalization is also provide which is also
significant and vital selection of current research topic which is important and vital from the personal view point of
researcher.
•Current research project is also important and significant to bring improvement and betterment in the managerial
skills and interpersonal skills of investigator .
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INTRODUCTION
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The term globalisation is mainly related with open interaction and improved integration
among economies and nations which has accelerated the movement of people, goods,
services, technology and jobs across and beyond the domestic boundaries. The current
investigation is lead out on Marks and Spencer which is a major British multinational retailer
with headquarters in London, England and associated in selling of clothing, home products
and food products, mostly of its own label. The current project is based on analysing impact
of globalisation on the corporate structures of on the large multinational retailer company. The
use of quantitative approach of research is made for current investigation under which
collection of data would be made with the help of questionnaire.
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AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH
AIM
To identify the impact and challenges of globalisation on corporate structure and profitability of
multinational retail organisation”. A study on Marks & Spencer
OBJECTIVES
▪ To investigate the impact of globalisation over corporate structure of Marks & Spencer
▪ To determine the challenges faced over corporate structure of Marks & Spencer due to
globalisation.
▪ To evaluate aboutthe globalisation impact on the profitability of Marks and Spencer.
▪ To analyses the ways in which challenges over corporate structure can be mitigated by
multinational retailers.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
The impact of globalization over corporate
structure of Marks and Spencer
As per the view point of Foss, N.J. and
Pedersen, T., 2019, globalization is having
various impact on business corporate
structure which includes different cultures,
technologies and other factors that are
required to be implemented by organization
in order to plan leadership and structure of
organization.
Challenges faced over corporate structure
of Marks and Spencer due to globalization
As per the view point of Toms, S. and Zhang,
Q., 2016, there are number of challenges faced
over corporate structure of Marks and Spencer
such as environmental, political, economic,
cultural and social that have direct impact
upon the manner in which organization
manages and function.
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•What possible impact is lead out by globalisation over
corporate structure of Marks and Spencer?
•Which could be some possible change faced over the
corporate structure of Marks and spencer due to the
globalisation?
•How globalisation impacts profitability of Marks and
Spencer?
•What are the ways which can be used and adopted by a
multinational retailer to overcome and mitigate the challenges
over corporate structure?
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Quantitative research approach is
propped for current investigation on
Marks and Spencer as it ensure
better data collection in numeric
form.
RESEARCH STRATEGY
Both primary and secondary
sources are applied and used for
current investigation which consist
questionnaire and from pre-exits
books, article and journals.
SOURCE OF DATA

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POPULATION AND
SAMPLING
TME PLAN AND RESOURCES REQUIRED
ACTIVITES WEEK 1 WEEK
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Submission of research
proposal
Complete background
information for
research project
Collect secondary
sources of information
for research project
Complete research methodology
and collect primary and secondary
sources of information
Complete collecting
data for study and
present the result
Determining Budget
Data Interpretation and
analysis
Evaluating results and
findings
Complete the report
and submit the final
report
Probability method of
sampling is chosen by a
sample size of 50 participants
from the employees of Marks
and Spencer.
Questionnaire is used as
data collection method for
Marks and Spencer
DATA COLLECTION
METHOD

REFERENCES
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Foss, N.J. and Pedersen, T., 2019. Microfoundations in international management research:
The case of knowledge sharing in multinational corporations. Journal of International
Business Studies. 50(9). pp.1594-1621.
Gilpin, R., 2018. The challenge of global capitalism: The world economy in the 21st
century. Princeton University Press.
Gopinath, C., 2018. Globalization: A Multi-dimensional System. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Haque, M.Z. and Azmat, F., 2015. Corporate social responsibility, economic globalization
and developing countries. Sustainability accounting, management and policy journal.
Hoffmann, J. and Kumar, S., 2013. Globalisation–the maritime nexus. In The handbook of
maritime economics and business(pp. 65-94). Informa Law from Routledge.
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