In this assignment I am going to look at two contrasting organisations‚ one that makes a profit and another that doesn’t make a profit‚ in which case I am looking at Tesco a profit making organisation and Oxfam which is a non-profit making organisation. For these two organisations I am going to describe the type of business activity‚ describe the business purpose of each organisation‚ describe the main differences in type of ownership between the two organisations‚ describe the owners’ liability
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Adeeba Kiran P2 Unit 33 Describe examples of how the internet and World Wide Web is used by ARGOS‚ NHS and OXFAM ARGOS - Public relations Argos uses the internet by creating its online website where customers can shop online and pay through a business websites such as PayPal and also worldwide web as Argos is a multinational company and has branches all over the world and the worldwide web allows customers from all over the world to access their online site. The internet helps the
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Unit 1 – P2 – Business Stakeholders Stakeholder Explanation (definition in own words) What the stakeholder wants from Tesco What the stakeholder wants from Oxfam Customers Customers are the people who come to a business for goods/services they want. This is not always for payment. The customer can be another business or an individual. Customers expect the basics from the business which are Value for money‚ product quality etc. Customers would want e.g. Tesco. To have reasonable prices for
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SEPARATE BUSINESSES‚ ONE A PROFIT ORGANISATION AND THE OTHER A NON PROFIT ORGANISATION DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES‚ PURPOSE AND OWNERSHIP. INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION‚ THE LIABILITY OF THAT BUSINESS. BUSINESS 1: RIVER ISLAND BUSINESS 2: OXFAM RIVER ISLAND: PROFIT ORGANISATION ‘With over 60 years of fashion retailing experience‚ River Island is one of the most successful companies on the High Street. River Island has nearly 300 stores across the UK‚ Ireland and internationally throughout
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released in 2000. One of its songs‚ “Yellow”‚ made them known worldwide. Coldplay has been one of the most successful bands in recent years‚ selling over 40 million albums. Famous hits like “Speed of Sound”‚ “Clocks” and “Viva la Vida” entered the charts in many countries. Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland first met at the University College London in September 1996. At this time‚ they were about twenty years old and studied‚ among other things‚ Latin‚ mathematics and astrophysics. They spent the first
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in two contrasting businesses. I am going to explore the stakeholders involved in each business and how they are affected by the company. My first organisation is Boots Alliance‚ a pharmaceutical shop on most high streets. My second organisation is Oxfam charity. Both provide goods or services to the public; however they have different stakeholders affecting their decisions. Stakeholders are anyone that affects or can affect a business’s decisions. This could be a consumer‚ an employee‚ a supplier
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securities‚ multinational banking‚ loans and holdings. They are in the service sector. Profit in 2013: £10.4 billion Employees: 254‚066 worldwide London Stock Exchange: 618.40 (as of 02/10/2014) Oxfam – The not for profit business I have chosen is Oxfam. It was founded in 1942‚ in Oxford‚ England. Oxfam is also in the service sector‚ offering relief across the Globe. This means they are an international company. Their mission statement is as follows: ‘Working with thousands of local partner organizations
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international brand‚ expanding into Asia by taking over the Lotus supermarket chain in Thailand‚ where customers can now buy scooters (tescooters) and have them delivered to their homes. http://www.tescoplc.com/plc/about_us/tesco_story/# Oxfam: In the early 1970 Oxfam began growing very fast‚ it had its own programming overseas in Africa‚ Latin America and the Caribbean‚ and established a network of staff and volunteers
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off to the charity. An example of this is Oxfam‚ they will sell their products to the public and with all the surplus is sent off to the project they are currently on. The sales concept: Businesses need to know how to sell their products/ services. If they don’t know how to the business is likely to fail but if a business knows how to sell its goods/ sieves then it is likely to be successful. A type of sales technique is hard selling nor Tesco or Oxfam hard sell but businesses such as Anglian‚
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CASE STUDY 1 1. In 2004‚ Toys R Us sued Amazon.com for violating terms of the agreement between the companies; specifically‚ Toys R Us objected to Amazon.com’s permitting Amazon Marketplace retailers to sell toys (Note: when the lawsuit was filed‚ Amazon Marketplace was called “zShops”). Amazon.com responded by filing a countersuit. After more than two years of litigation‚ a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled that the agreement had been violated by both parties. The judge ordered that
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