MGMT20144: Analyzing Simcoa Company's Management & Business Context

This essay provides a comprehensive analysis of Simcoa, a major silicon producer, focusing on its management and business context. It explores the company's organizational structure, highlighting its hierarchical nature and the importance of stakeholders. The analysis includes a PEST analysis of the external environment, examining political, economic, social, and technological factors affecting Simcoa. A SWOT analysis identifies Simcoa's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, including its strong market position and potential risks from environmental concerns. The essay also discusses the company's business practices, emphasizing the importance of Total Quality Management, departmental functions and the risks associated with the silicon production process, concluding that regionalization helps the company to establish itself in Australia. The paper suggests that better team bonding and employee motivation are needed to maintain the business rate in an international arena.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Overview of Simcoa Company........................................................................................................3
Organizational structure...................................................................................................................3
The External and Internal environment of the company.................................................................3
External forces.............................................................................................................................3
PEST analysis..............................................................................................................................3
Internal forces..............................................................................................................................5
SWOT analysis............................................................................................................................5
Risk of the organization...................................................................................................................6
Business practices............................................................................................................................6
Departmental functions....................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference List..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Managing business is the most vital job in case of building the business to be the best in
the organization. The managerial decision making is associated with that and in case of a
commercial organization, the process if expositing the ethics in management as well as in
business is the right form of managing the business. Media, technology and innovation are the
three aspects of business context and that evolved the standard of the business. The entire
situation of this paper is related with Simcoa and along with this company, all the information
according to the change management and structural lacking is important for the company
(Business of Silicon, 2018). In this paper, Regionalization is the main aspect of the business
process. The company has taken this process and makes their market on the regional basis.
The aim of this research is to identify the implanted context of regionalization and how
the process influences the company for the better development.
The objectives of the research will determine the contextual focus in business. External
and Internal focus are two kinds of focus and that affect all the speculated strategies, that have
taken for the decision-making state of Simcoa business (Business of Silicon, 2018). The
organization is a private sector company, so employees have to meet the target and produce the
largest amount of silicon from the company.
The scope of the research is to connect a link between business context and external and
internal environmental forces. In case of basic understanding in a business context and to allow
the impact of decision-making in business, the research will help in form of determining the
possibilities of business in the context of regionalization.

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Overview of Simcoa Company
World largest silicon productive organization is Simcoa. In case of export cases in other
countries, Australia has to depend on the Simcoa organization. Silicon related products can be
acquired from the company and in many cases; this organization has supported Australia in
making or building some major innovative things. The organization founded in 1989 and within
these 28 years of business progression of the organization is commendable (Business of Silicon,
2018). 50,000 tones in a year produced by the company and the number determine the quality
and productivity of the company.
Organizational structure
The hierarchical structure is followed by the company. The work culture and effective
business communication have come in this process and the flow is heading towards high to low.
Simcoa has a CEO and employees have to listen and obey what CEO wants from employees
(Business of Silicon, 2018). As the company is under the private sector organization, the
shareholder of the market is essential and important for the development of the company. In case
of marinating financial support to Australia, this company can provide that support to the nation.
The External and Internal environment of the company
External forces
PEST analysis
The government of Australia is very stable and they encourage business opportunities in
Australia. In case of help, the business in international level strong politics is needed to form the
organization end (Steinbach et al., 2017). If possible opportunities are provided to the

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organization form the Australian government, and the business support is always there. Good
decision and better productivity is the determining concept, from the business expanding nature,
political stability is needed.
The economic condition of Australia is productive and that will be impacted by the
business enhancement in Australia. The GDP of Australia is $1.350 trillion and the figure has
gained a 0.6% enhancement in business (Golev & Corder, 2016). In case of manufacturing 6.0%
GDP has gained. 1.7% annual inflation has noticed in case of economic stability. The process is
helpful for the new companies to grow their business in an ethical manner.
Most of the Australian people are co-operative and have a nature of work. The education
of those Australian people is enormous and they have invested their mind to get the better
business opportunity for them (Manalo, Perera & Rees, 2015). In case of labour engagement,
78%of employees are doing service and it determines their capability and work as a group
culture. The country is progressive in case of social accumulation and their productive culture is
important for the development of social context also.
Technological improvement is needed in any organization to implement new approaches
in the organization. In case of these organization, extracted machines, easy production deals, fire
controlling or the use of raw material all are the production issues, that can be changed in case of
technological development (Luke, 2018). The large quantity of silicon form the raw material is
the main aspect of this business. Environment management system and following nature of ISO
is also important to mark the organization are under ISO9001:2008.

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Internal forces
SWOT analysis
The strength of Simcoa is the highest production of silicon and acquiring the largest
maintenance of stakeholders. In that case, stakeholders are other nations also, so a diverse range
of their business acceleration is the most important factor and biggest strength for the
organization (Hill, Jones & Schilling, 2014). The company also recycles their own products and
makes them into their core ingredients of silicon making and this is considered as strength. The
set of environment rules are followed by the company and has ISO certificate, so the ethical
issues are maintained by the company (Kitchingman et al., 2016)
Shareholder negation and in some cases government intervention on this matter is the
concern matter for the organization. Environmental influence and negative perspective deliver as
the setback for the business (Chen et al., 2017). Employees' safety is other weaknesses and many
employees have to work in hazardous condition and that needs to be stopped.
As the largest silicon manufacturing company, business expansion is the most
challenging situation of the organization. The parental business is in Australia and if they need to
produce their business in other countries, the business-related context needs to be understood
(D'Netto et al., 2014). Simcoa can deliver B2B or B2C business way and also delivers a good set
of employees in case extension cases.
New entrants in market and risk environment change rarely the two threats the can come
in Simcoe Pty Ltd and that only provide a threat to the quality and values of the business (Fayezi,
Zutshi & O'Loughlin, 2015). The threat of environmental activists and production rate decreases
due to that factor is the only reason to be feared by the organization.

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Risk of the organization
Global crisis situation and less use of silicon in some devices are the risks for the
organization. In some cases, high market demand is persisted. International acclamation is
important but the changing environment along with the matter is also a concerning factor for that
(Golev & Corder, 2016). The high domestic obligation is another menace for the organisation as
it moved 180% of non-refundable revenue.
There are some chronic gases also emitted in case of production of silicon. Silicon-di-
oxide affects the respiratory system of human irritation in the skin can happen. Employees, who
are direct contact with the silicon, need to be careful that not to face such issues (Easterby-Smith,
Thorpe & Jackson, 2017). Financial risk is also as production cost is not meet in every time and
leverage and debt is the concern factor for this.
Business practices
Total Quality Management is this performance indicator range that is needed form the
company. Quality performance by the organization is the most concerning attitude that judge the
best outcome for the company and prepares them for the international accession. Employees
need to be motivated and the teamwork needs to be done (Ferguson & Souza, 2016). Special care
or a diverse range of people and community cases has taken. Productivity and quality in service
is the most concerning mater in this situation.
Departmental functions
The human resource department recruits best suitable people for the company. These
employees played an important part in the development of the organization. Finance department

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takes care of balance statement, cash flow and making the budget for the entire year. Marketing
and sales department channelize the sell and also make the promotion of the company in the
different section of the world (Wheelen et al., 2017). Operation department takes responsibility
for all the operation takes place in case of supplying products, raw material, production,
manufacturing process and the entire work culture that spotted in the workplace is under them.
Conclusion
The company works in Australia as the regionalization helps the company to work over
here; though, it exports the products in different nations as well. The organisation can take the
approach of Total Quality Management to confirm the eminence of the products. The external
and internal environment of the organization is also stated here and better way of team bonding,
employees' motivation needs to be there to maintain their business rate in an international arena.

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