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TABLE OF CONTENT

Contents

2 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Identify the “different types of organization” that exist in the country. And explain the
purposes of your organization and why you think its purpose (reason of existence) is different from
the manufacturing company/ service oriented company........................................................................2
2.2 Explains the “legal structure of organisations” that exists in the country. And draws the pros
and cons of these legal forms..................................................................................................................2
2.3 Differentiate between SMALL, MEDIUM and LARGE organisations including their objectives....2
2.4 Explains the scopes for different sized organisations to meet its objectives...............................4
2.5 Discuss the growth options (scope) available for your organization such as Franchising,
Licencing, Merger, and acquisition in order to achieve its strategic objectives. You are required to
draw the advantages for selecting a particular option with recommendations, while considering the
strengths and weakness..........................................................................................................................4
2.6 Explains the different types of organisational structure available for organisations including its
advantages and disadvantages. And also identify the organisational structure for your organization. . .4
2.7 Explains the importance of your organization functions such as Marketing, Finance, etc. to
achieve its objectives...............................................................................................................................4

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LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

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OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION

Introduction to the company (history)

Products and services

Current operations

Sales

Customers and employees

Competitors

Upcoming events

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1 INTRODUCTION
Give a brief idea about business / business environment/ current situation in the industry.

The purpose of doing the assignment (to complete the HND programme and to gain knowledge about
the practical application of business concepts and processes)

Task 01.

1.1 Identify the “different types of organization” that exist in the country. And
explain the purposes of your organization and why you think its purpose (reason
of existence) is different from the manufacturing company/ service oriented
company.

 Explain different types of business structures available (profit motive and non-profit motive
businesses)

(give introduction/ purpose/ objective and examples. )

 Explain about the selected company. Give its classification and purpose. If it’s a manufacturing
company explain how it differ from the service-oriented company. And vise versa..

1.2 Explains the “legal structure of organisations” that exists in the country. And
draws the pros and cons of these legal forms.
Explain all profit motive and non profit motive business structures available.

 Sole proprietorship
 Partnership
 Limited liability companies
 Corporations
 Departments

1.3 Differentiate between SMALL, MEDIUM and LARGE organisations including

their objectives.

Feature Small Scale Medium Scale Large Scale

 Survive in the  Business  Business
Objective market. growth while diversification
 To provide job having more and gain more
opportunities profits market share
to the
community.
Decision Making  very fast  take  Very slow take

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 (owner has the considerable more time to
authority to time to take make decisions
make decision) decisions

low medium high

Risk Associated

Allocation of Used more local Used both local and Used advance
Resources resources to do the global resources to resources available in
production do the production globally and locally to
do the production.
High consumption.

Business Model Do not follow any Used a business Create advance

business model or model and strategic plans under
guideline from the consultation to high expert’s
consultants. Owner develop the business. business consultants
creates all the and operate business
business actions. by getting advance
business decisions.

Innovations Have innovative Create innovative Take more innovative

ideas but unable to ideas and grow their ideas from business
get it to action business experts and put it to
an action to gain
more income.

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 1.4 Explains the scopes for different sized organisations to meet its objectives

Use four parameters to explain the SME Classification and also used business life cycle to explain the
objectives.

1.5 Discuss the growth options (scope) available for your organization such as
Franchising, Licencing, Merger, and acquisition in order to achieve its strategic
objectives. You are required to draw the advantages for selecting a particular
option with recommendations, while considering the strengths and weakness
Your company. What type of operations, financial status, assets, resources, capabilities and
weaknesses of the company?
Explain each options available and how these options will reduce the weaknesses of your
business. Next select the best option available and provide advantages and recommendations
for further improvement.

1.6 Explains the different types of organisational structure available for organisations
including its advantages and disadvantages. And also identify the organisational
structure for your organization

Explain about Tall, flat, virtual or boundary less organizational structures available and give advantages
and disadvantages of each structure.

Then identify what is the organizational structure of the selected organization.

1.7 Explains the importance of your organization functions such as Marketing,

Finance, etc. to achieve its objectives

You have to identify the functional departments of your organization and how they help to achieve
company objectives.

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 Company
Company STRATEGIC PLAN (more than 10to 15years vision
time)

GOALS (3 years)

OBJECTIVES (1 year)

ACTIONS/TASK (below 1 year)

DEPARTMENTS Functions

Administration

Finance

Human Resource Department

Marketing

Operations

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IT Department

Legal

Logistic

1.8 Analyse the interrelationship between your organization functional departments

including its advantages and disadvantages and the impacts on its structure

Interrelationship of each department to achieve company objectives. Identify advantages and

disadvantages

1.9 Using the findings from the above questions, Investigate the complexities of
different types of business structure available for your organization and the
interrelationships of its different functions. And also you are required to draw a
possible organisational structure and functions for the organization along with
recommendations for a better interrelationship between your organizational
functions

According to the information collected from the questions of 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8 you have to proposed a
new better suitable organizational structure for your selected organization.

Then you have to analyse how each department functions(departmentalization) according to the newly
proposed structure.

Then explain how the interrelationship of each department to achieve company objectives. You can
explain this using some examples. Ex: company is going to introduce a new product, increasing sales by
10%..

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2 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
TASK 02

2.1 Identify some positive and negative impacts of the macro environment on
Selected organization operations
Provide some factors (general factors) effect on your business from externally. Macro environment
(external environment). Discuss all factors commonly.

2.2 Conduct an internal and external analysis to identified organization core strengths
and weaknesses using Porter’s Five Force model
Do a competitive analysis for the selected organization. Then identified what are the core strengths and
weakness of the company against the competitors.

2.3 Explain how these strengths and weaknesses are linked to the external macro
factors of selected organization
Using the information collected on 2.2. and 2.4 answer for this question. You have discuss what are the
strengths of the organization (from 2.2) and from that how to minimize the external threats (2.4) and
vise versa..

2.4 Analyse the macro environment of organization using PESTEL model.

Do a PESTEL Analysis for the selected organization

2.5 Carry out a SWOT analysis for selected organization and justify the findings
Do a SWOT analysis for the selected organization.

2.6 Investigates the findings from PESTEL and SWOT analysis for an in-depth
understanding of the impact of the macro environment as well as to justify how
this affects organisation’s decision-making processes (Reflective statement). In
addition you are required to provide your own recommendations for the top
management from the PESTEL and SWOT analysis.
Do a reflective statement: explain what you have learned from this analysis. What are the information
found out and share experience on this.

Next do a TOWS analysis from the information collected and recommend solutions for the company.