...Organisational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, co-ordination and supervision are directed the achievement of organisational aims – shows the organisation hierarchy. Organisational structure is important as it provides a guideline to employees by laying out the relationships that oversee the workflow of the organisation. This means that it establishes the effective lines of control and communication. (Ingram, 2015) It is also important because it helps an organisation make decisions. Most businesses have either a tall or flat organisational structure that influences decisions being made. Larger businesses such as Sainsbury’s have a tall organisation structure because they are lots of different layers of management and many people who need to be organised. However, smaller business such as Huddersfield New College and a pub have a flat organisational structure because they are less layers of management and less people who need organising. Both tall and flat organisation structure have span of control which refer to the amount of people one person has to take responsibility for i.e. someone in a tall organisational structure has a narrower span of control then someone in a flat organisational structure because different managers for each group of worker. The advantages of a tall organisational structure is that there is clear management structure. Another advantage of the tall organisational structure is that each layer is a clear and...
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...Describe the type of business, purpose and ownership of two contrasting businesses. (A1) Sainsbury’s is a British supermarket, it’s a private sector business this means that the original owner J.Sainsburys invested his own money into this to create the business; Being a private business means that it has its shares bought and sold on the stock exchange by anyone and is also owned by shareholders. The business operates a number of stores including supermarkets and convenience stores and an online grocery and general merchandise operation. Sainsbury’s is in the tertiary and secondary sector, this is because Sainsbury’s provide services (tertiary sector) for example their stores, online service, their properties and services like their bank, their energy provider which works with British gas to provide a secure and affordable gas and electrics to customers and a unique i2c scheme which works with different food companies to build their relationships to provide their best possible foods. They also have a farm (primary sector) in which they grow their wheat for their bakery and slaughter the animals for their meats. The purpose of Sainsbury’s is to deliver a quality shopping experience for their customers with great products at reasonable prices. Their aim is to outdo customer expectations for healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food, making their lives easier every day. Their slogan is live well for less, they support that all their products should be affordable but still high quality...
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...How does the organisational structure and strategic planning help organisations achieve their aims and objectives? Strategic planning is a systematic process of envisioning a desired future, and translating this vision into broadly defined goals or objectives and a sequence of steps to achieve them. In contrast to long-term planning (which begins with the current status and lays down a path to meet estimated future needs), strategic planning begins with the desired-end and works backward to the current status. * At every stage of long-range planning the planner asks, "What must be done here to reach the next (higher) stage?" * At every stage of strategic-planning the planner asks, "What must be done at the previous (lower) stage to reach here?" Also, in contrast to tactical planning (which focuses at achieving narrowly defined interim objectives with predetermined means), strategic planning looks at the wider picture and is flexible in choice of its means. Sainsbury’s: 20x20 Sustainability plan Sainsbury’s 20x20 sustainability plan is what they aim to have achieved by 2020. They aim to double the amount of British foods it sells while also boosting the provision of fairly traded products. It’s also aimed to drive down energy use in supermarkets, doubling the amount of British food sold from the current £4 billion a year and increasing the sales of fairly traded products. This plan costs up to £1 billion and was launched back in 2011. Since then they have managed...
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...to encourage organisational learning. Critically evaluate this statement in relation to the Mechanistic and Learning perspectives. Brocka and Brocka (1992, pg.2) suggests that organisations are “revolutionary compared to the strict, hierarchical, authoritarian organisations that existed in the past”. Mechanistic and bureaucratic organisations follow the same traits where the structure is needed for “efficiency, conformity and compliance” (Spencer, 1994, pg.448). The revolutionary aspect to organisations is shown by introducing learning into the organisation promoting the development for “searching for information, assimilating, developing and creating new knowledge on product, processes, and services” Wang and Ellinger (2011, pg.512). According to Sun and Scott (2003 pg.202) “the terminologies organizational learning and learning organization were once used interchangeably. However, in the mid-1990s there was a bifurcation into two streams” for the purpose of this assignment the terms learning organisation and organisational learning will be used on an interchangeable purpose. This assignment will show a clear definition of mechanistic, bureaucratic and organisational learning structures of organisations. By using my personal experience, examples and the use of case studies, then linking to relevant theories an argument will be made whether mechanistic and bureaucratic organisations struggle to encourage organisational learning. A traditional structure is one of a bureaucratic...
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...Assessment of Sainsbury’s An Assessment of Sainsbury’s (J Sainsbury plc) in terms of its strategic opportunities and problems and the management of its decisions Executive Summary This report is based on Sainsbury’s management and business plans and performs an analysis of the company’s performance, governance and strategies in accordance with the literature review conducted for our study. The literature review focuses on the use of loyalty schemes as introduced by Sainsbury’s and business strategies related to marketing that affect the sales and profits of a company. Sainsbury’s approach to business is providing quality services to make the company great as well as to retain customers and long term relationships with suppliers and distributors. In this regard Sainsbury’s seems to have succeeded as its last year’s sales figures have gone up by a considerable percentage and it leads the market in terms of sales, doing even better than Tesco. The management structure including corporate governance and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the company have been given here showing why Sainsbury’s could use its business strategies to become the largest retailer within the UK and move ahead of Tesco and other companies for a larger and more consistent consumer base. This report and analysis focuses on the strategic opportunities and directions available to Sainsbury’s after conducting a detailed analysis of its business strategies including governance...
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...BTEC Level 3 90 Credit Diploma in Business Unit 1 The Business Environment Assignment One Formative Assessment 2015-16 Mr Ranghel ST FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGE BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business How to present your work: * Your work must be word-processed. * Every page should have a footer (font 10) which includes: * Candidate name * Tutor group * Student number * Centre number * Page number Look at the bottom of this page for an example of how to layout a footer. * Every page should have a header (font 10) which includes: * Your name * Unit number and Title * Unit teachers name. Look at the top of this page for an example of how to layout a header. * Your work should also have a title page and contents page. * At the end of your work you should have a list of the sources/resources you used. * Your work should be in Times New Roman or Arial font for general text. * Text should have a font size of 12 (use 14 for headings). * Any image you include should have an explanation of what it shows and where it is from. This could be in font 10 or 11. * Please check your work, for spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your work should be well organised, using paragraphs, showing clear development of information and ideas. * Your work should be stapled together, to avoid losing any sheets of your work. * The work must be your own and written in your own words. If it...
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...Nowadays, global competition is driving the business towards restoration in order to strengthen their position in the global economy. The attention focuses on product quality, processes for the production, and improving workforce. However, many companies are still using the same traditional costing systems, Cooper and Kaplan (1991).The absorption costing paved way due to the lack of visibility for indirect costs so the ABC has been adopted by many organizations rapidly. According to Krajnc et al. (2011), the main difference of ABC to absorption costing lies on how they treat indirect production costs (overheads) and sales. The fundamental goal of ABC is to identify as much as possible direct relationships between products and resources consumed through activities conducted from production to disposal. The ABC system is based on the assumption that the support activities such as activities and sales, the cost of which traditional systems characterized as overheads, offer opportunities for the implementation of activities, and thus are not just for sharing costs. In an absorption costing when the volume of overheads is larger, the likelihood of distortions in reported costs is also greater. In general, overheads that exceed 15 percent of the total cost can cause inaccuracies, Turney (1996). Many companies had major problems by these inaccuracies and so they started using ABC. The traditional approach to cost allocation consists of three steps: Concentration of costs in the productive...
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...Organisational culture is the collective behaviour of humans who are part of an organisation and the meanings that people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organisational values, visions, norms, working language, systems, symbols, beliefs and habits. Organisational culture affects the way people and groups interact with each other, with clients and with stakeholders. The type of organisational culture implemented within a business can be seen as detrimental to the reasons why a business appears to have acted illegally or unethically. For example, huge corporations such as Nike who have obtained and implemented a type of organisational culture which is based on the power sub-type of organisational structure. Power is a type of organisational structure and means that power and decision making within the firm is delegated between just a few individuals. Centralised organisational structures are also associated with businesses that a implement a power sub-type of organisational culture. Businesses such as Nike and GAP that have acquired an organisational structure like the above sort, are implemented in scope to generate substantial profits. Firms that operate solely to generate abnormal profits are considered much more likely to take part in illegal or unethical practices, partly due to the fact that these firms are highly focused in cost minimisation. Consequently, cost minimisation can lead to the participation of firms into illegal or unethical practices, thus meaning...
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...report on a medium/large organisation. The organisation I’ll be exploring is Sainsbury’s. I have chosen Sainsbury’s because it produces its own brand of products such as foods and drinks. Sainsbury’s aims to meet its customers' needs effectively by providing the best quality products to meet their everyday shopping needs and thereby provide shareholders with good, sustainable financial returns. For the report, I’ll be describing the type of business ownership Sainsbury's is involved in, its objectives, its organisation functions, its management style and culture, how communication takes place and the production process of Sainsbury's. 2.0 – PROCEDURE For this report I’m going to use two types of research which are primary and secondary research: Primary research: This means asking someone for their views or opinions. I’ll be using questionnaires and conducting interviews, face to face, by telephone or by post. Secondary research: Secondary research relates to information that already exists, rather than creating your own. I’ll be using information from the internet; the websites that I’ll be using are www.sainbsury’s.co.uk, www.j-sainsbury’s.co.uk, www.google.com, etc 3.0 - FINDINGS Under this section you are going to find all the findings of my research. HISTORY OF THE COMPANY Sainsbury's Plc is a big supermarket. It sells all different kionds of foods and drinks. Sainsbury's supermarkets was established in 1869 by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury and...
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...individuals and organisation obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging value with others. (Kotler & Armstrong, 2010). The marketing process of accompany typically involves identifying the viable and potential marketing opportunities in the environment, developing strategies to effective utilise the opportunities, evolving suitable marketing strategies, and supervising the implementation of these marketing efforts. (M. Patidar, 2012). Upload Your Assignment 1. Discuss and summarise key issues and element of the process Sainsbury’s which is one of the most prosperous companies in the world has been chosen for case study. There are four key elements of marketing process, environment analysis, and strategy development, the choice of the marketing mix and implementation and control. The Marketing Process Marketing process has several steps and these steps are summarising below: • 1 – By analysing marketing opportunities, Sainsbury’s has the opportunities to find out about the current and future market trends, current resources and capabilities, and internal and external environment. Research into the environment defines the strengths and weaknesses of the Organisation, the competitive forces at work and the macro...
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...Task1:Understand the organisational purpose of businesses P.1.1.Explain briefly the following types of organizations and their purposes. Virgin group ltd Virgin is private limited company and leading international investment group and one of the world's most recognised and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays and health & wellness. Virgin employs more than 50,000 people around the world, operating in over 50 countries. Global branded revenues of £15bn ($24bn) in 2013.(Virgin.com) Sainsbury PLC Sainsbury was founded 1869 by john James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann Sainsbury in London and since has become one of the largest retailers in united kingdom. Sainsbury’s is a public limited company and listed in London stock exchange where its shares are traded publicly. Today Sainsbury’s operates over 1,203 supermarkets and conveniences stores and employs around 161,000 staffs. It has a market share of 16.8% of retail sector. Last year it made pre-tax profit of £798m.(sainsburys.com) McDonalds McDonalds corporation is public limited company. Since its founding in 1948, McDonald's has grown from a family burger stand to a global fast-food behemoth, with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries. McDonalds is popular for big mac burgers all over the wold.it offers business franchise to increase its presence...
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...Executive Summary Business environment is very important to an organisation which will help the firm to identify opportunities and getting the first mover advantage. Besides that, it can also improve performance of an organisation. This report is going to identify all the factors that helps the business run efficiently. First of all, this will understand the purpose for a range of business types (e.g. sole trader, limited company, business partnership and many more). Then will identifies and justifies how objectives evolve, and how they are influenced by the various stakeholders. Find techniques which will enable the business to cope with the environment in which they operate. And in completion realise the different market sectors will have different approaches when defining objectives, satisfying stakeholders, and coping with their external environment. This will be analysed by choosing three different types of businesses which will be compared in their way that they operate. An introduction to business environment Business environment may be distinct as the set of external and internal factors which affect the decision of business. Internal environment is the factor that will affect the business directly, which involve customer, employees etc. External environment refers to the factors that influence the organisation indirectly, which involve PEST (Political, Economic, Social and Legal). Working of the business process is influenced by these forces and factors, which...
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...products such as clothing, home ware and pharmacy. Sainsbury is a PLC Public Limited Company this just means shares can be bought from Sainsbury this expands the business and more profits are made. The advantages of a PLC company is that there is limited liability for the shareholders also these business can raise large capital sum as there is no limit to the number of shareholders. Sainsbury has accomplished this by having shareholders all around England. The downside of a PLC is that there are lot of legal formalities required for forming a public limited company. It is costly and time consuming. However Sainsbury would not find this as a problem as they are successful in UK and one of the largest supermarkets. The liability of J-Sainsbury's is limited this means that the owners (shareholders) of the business are only responsible of the losses of the business, but only of the amount they have invested. To start a PLC, the business must have more than £50,000 capitals...
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...where the business is carried out. So it would be interesting to know how far the culture has influence and supports the business along with the pros and cons in it. Tesco has the largest workforce in UK which is highly diversified. Again the continuous learning process all has impact from organisational culture. The influence of the culture in growth and development of the organization is very much seen in the organization. So the cultural impact is analysed and the significance of culture is evaluated with respect to Tesco. Edgar Schein, one of the most prominent theorists of organisational culture, gave the following definition: The culture of a group can be defined as: "A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems. (Schein 2003:3) In this report, I'm going to analyse Tesco's organisational culture, and ways that it could become more effective if it could change its culture. It is essential to understand the organisational culture of a company if you want to make changes to how work is done, what type of work is being done....
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...Assignment on Managing Communication Submitted by: Mahbub Ahmed Foyez Level: 5 Reg no: 6114 Level 5 Unit : Managing communication Introduction The third largest supermarket in UK, J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury’s) has been founded in 1869, and currently has 890 stores that consist of 547 supermarkets and 343 convenience stores. The company has 150,000 employees and serves more than 19 million customers a week (Company Overview, 2011, online). Sainsbury’s has a range of stakeholders to deal with. A stakeholder can be defined as “someone who has invested money into something, or has some important connection with it” (Chorley et al, 2008, p.2). According to Kozami (2002) stakeholders can be divided into two categories: internal and external. An internal stakeholder for the company is someone who works for the company and therefore is interested in various aspects of the business. External stakeholder, on the other hand, is someone who is interested in the performance and other aspects of the business, even though the individual does not work for the company. Sainsbury’s internal stakeholders can be external stakeholder of the company at the same time. For example, Sainsbury’s employees who also happen to be local residents are the type of individual who are internal and external stakeholders at the same time Task 1 – Research A) Sainsburys is a big organization in UK. They have a big range of stakeholder and they are...
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