Unit 1: The Business Environment
By Rais Mauthoor
Organisation and Influence
Introduction
To introduce this assignment, there will be an informative description of how businesses
are organised and additionally, this report will explain how their style of organisation
helps them to fulfil their purpose.
P3 describe how two businesses are organised
Organisational structures
Purpose
Organisational structures exist within businesses to allow
them to distribute tasks amongst employees, offer lines
of control, provide functional areas, establish hierarchy
and ensure effective communication. The definitive
purpose of an organisational structure is to form an
elaborate hierarchy that has sufficient capabilities to
tackle challenges and obstacles in order to meet the
business’ goals and objectives. Coca-Cola and Oxfam
have their own individual organisational structures that
doubtlessly provides them guidance to accelerate their
developments.
Types of structures
The types of structures consist of function,
geographic area, product groups and
types of customer. Function is the various
departments of a business, for example,
marketing, sales or production. These
departments have certain purposes in a
business and they are required to perform
their individual tasks that may or may not
relate to other functions. Geographical
area refers to the location of the
organisation and where it is stationed in a country. Product groups are the separate
divisions of products in a business, for instance Coca-Cola also has other products such
as “Sprite” or “Fanta”. The type of customer refers to business customers or regular
customers, a company can be contacted by either of them and should have procedures
in place that enables them to communicate effectively.
Organisation chart
By Rais Mauthoor
Organisation and Influence
Introduction
To introduce this assignment, there will be an informative description of how businesses
are organised and additionally, this report will explain how their style of organisation
helps them to fulfil their purpose.
P3 describe how two businesses are organised
Organisational structures
Purpose
Organisational structures exist within businesses to allow
them to distribute tasks amongst employees, offer lines
of control, provide functional areas, establish hierarchy
and ensure effective communication. The definitive
purpose of an organisational structure is to form an
elaborate hierarchy that has sufficient capabilities to
tackle challenges and obstacles in order to meet the
business’ goals and objectives. Coca-Cola and Oxfam
have their own individual organisational structures that
doubtlessly provides them guidance to accelerate their
developments.
Types of structures
The types of structures consist of function,
geographic area, product groups and
types of customer. Function is the various
departments of a business, for example,
marketing, sales or production. These
departments have certain purposes in a
business and they are required to perform
their individual tasks that may or may not
relate to other functions. Geographical
area refers to the location of the
organisation and where it is stationed in a country. Product groups are the separate
divisions of products in a business, for instance Coca-Cola also has other products such
as “Sprite” or “Fanta”. The type of customer refers to business customers or regular
customers, a company can be contacted by either of them and should have procedures
in place that enables them to communicate effectively.
Organisation chart
