Exploring Business Environment: Types, Size, Scope of Organisations

This report provides an overview of the business environment, focusing on different types of organisations (public, private, and voluntary sectors) and their purposes. It examines the size and scope of various organisations like McDonald's, Virgin Group, and Oxfam, highlighting their stakeholders and objectives. The report references academic sources to support its analysis of the business environment and organisational structures, emphasizing the interrelationship of various functions within an organisation and how they link. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and resources for students.

Business Environment
Task 1

Content
• Introduction
• Different types of organisation and its purpose
• Size and Scope of organisation
• References

Introduction
Business Environment consists of all the external as well as internal
factors that influence functions of enterprise such as clients,
management, supplier, employees, business concept and demands. Tesco
is a British MNC of grocery and general merchandising retailer in UK.
Tesco has spread their business in many countries.

P1 Different types of organisation
and its purpose
A corporate environment of a country consists of various sectors which
contributes to development of economy. It is necessary to know in
regards to what a company is operating its business.
Types of Organisation:-
 Public sector
 Private sector
 Voluntary sector

Public Sector Organisation
Companies which contributes in economy of a nation with aim to
develop society and environment. Government provides assistance to
such companies by way of raising funds and provides various subsidies
to it in regards to financial support.
For example- Mac Donald's is recognised as public sector company.

Private Sector Organisation
Business entities whose operations are directly in regards to earn
maximum profit so that it can expand and grow is private limited
organisation.
For instance- Sansbury's is a private sector company contributing to
UK's economy.

Voluntary Organisation
Some organisations are there who work for development and welfare of
nation without aiming to maximise profit.
The example of this is Oxfam which aim to develop society.
There are division of area on the basis of range and it is defined below:
 Local
 National
 International

P2 Size and Scope of organisation
Public Sector
This sector is effective to provide product and services that are required
to people for their daily needs. Such kind of business organisations take
effective part to enhance GDP of nation.
 Size of McDonald's
 Stakeholders
 Objective

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Private Sector
This sector is not under control of government. They offer product and
services to large area of society. Different kind of businesses are
considered in this as sole trader, partnership, companies and franchises.
 Size of Virgin Group
 Stakeholder
 Objective

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Voluntary Organisation
It is different from private and public and they have objective to provide
security to social group. They offer assistance to social group so that
they can live with high standards. Some supportive factors are Funder,
Trustees, Volunteers.
 Size of Oxfam
 Stakeholder
 Objective

References
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Commander, S. and Svejnar, J., 2011. Business environment, exports,
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