Types of companies

Commercial Non-commercial

The ultimate Companies are

goal is making created for social
profit purposes
Commercial companies can be also involved in
social activities through charity but this is not
their core business

We will mainly concentrate on commercial organizations.

According to the type of ownership in the UK there
are distinguished the following types of companies:

 Sole trader
 Limited company
 Partnership
Sole
trader

o One person sets up and runs the company

o Provides all the capital and has unlimited liability for
business debts
 The capital is divided into
shares, which are held by
shareholders. Limited company

Private limited company Public limited company

 All shareholders must agree before any  Shares are bought and sold freely, for
shares can be bought or sold. example on the stock exchange.

To manage th
e company
they hire the
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Shareholde Diirrectors h B ard of
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s o f th owners of the h
owner agers. company
n o t its m a n but only its m
but anagers.
Partnership

Unlimited partnership Limited partnership

– if the business fails, they are fully liable – there can be sleeping partners who do not
for all debts, and may even have to sell participate in management of the company
personal assets

Sleeping partners have

limited liability
We can distinguish companies from the point of view of their scope

a s ma ll a middle le- a big,

local siizzed multin
ation
p a ny company compa
com ny
Companies can operate:

 locally (on a limited territory or in a certain region),

 nationally (within one country),
 internationally (in a number of countries).

The latter are called

multinationals. It usually takes
much time to become a
multinational company.
Company
performance Management

can depend on
the following
Team spirit &
things Stimulation Corporate
culture
Methods for assessing the effectiveness of the company

o Clipping
o Rumours and talks
o Visiting open press events
o Industrial espionage
o Referring to documents
Thank you for
attention!