Pass 1
Describe the type of business, purpose and ownership of two contrasting organizations.
In this assignment I will be describing the type of business, purpose and ownership of two contrasting organizations. The two organizations I have chosen are Hema and Oxfam these are two types of business which are different to each other.
Hema is one of the organizations that I have chosen, it is an international organization Hema . Which offers a lot, they have got, clothes, food, bikes, bedding, accessorize, school stuff. Hema’s main aim is to maximize profit. Hema operates in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France and Germany the main benefits for Hema to operate on a large scale are that they will make more profits in a shorter period of time. The reason for this is because in the Netherlands alone they have got 600 stores from which they generate their money from. And then in other countries they have got more stores from which they make money, so even though they have got large profit margins in the Netherlands alone they have more around the world from which they will receive more profits.
Another organization I have chosen Oxfam which is also an international organization which is working along with 13 other groups around the world. Oxfam tries to put an end to worldwide poverty they do this by providing tools to enable people to become self supporting and those open markets of international trade where crafts and produce from poorer regions of the world can be sold at fair price to benefit the producer. Oxfam works with partners and communities on long term programmers to exterminate poverty and fight injustice. There are many fund raising events taking place which raise money for Oxfam as well as other business which represent them.
Hema and Oxfam are both international organizations the benefits of both organizations being worldwide is that they will have a much wider customer base which means that they will