An Organization Of My Interest - 1825 Words

ACC1021 Assignment One Introduction In this task I have chosen an organisation of my interest (Tesco) and I am going to provide the following details; †¢ A theoretical definition of an organisation (later applied to Tesco) †¢ Classification of Tesco †¢ Main functions of Tesco †¢ The three levels of decision making †¢ Stakeholders of the business †¢ A SWOT and PEST analysis of Tesco †¢ Recommendations A Theoretical Definition of an Organisation By definition an organisation is an organised group of people whom of which all have their own purpose and responsibilities all done to achieve one mutual goal, to succeed. In the book ‘Images of an Organisation’ the author shows how some organisations can be compared to the similarities of things such as†¦show more content†¦A business requires somebody to take charge and manage its parts (workers) so that it can perform to its potential and achieve its goals. The downside to machine organisations is that they do not perform well when it comes to change. When you look at most machines its parts are only intended to do specific tasks when you then try to make that part do something else it may be able to do it, however it won’t do it as well as it may be required to do as it has already been moulded and created to perform another task. Workers in machine organisations will have had a specific routine as to how they get the job done, when you ask them to c ome out of that routine they will not be able to perform as well as before. So say Tesco is a machine you look at one of their stores and in a way the store is a cog, the workers of the store are the bearings which allows said cog to rotate and to fulfil its role in the operation of the machine. If one of the bearings gets rust and can no longer perform its duties then said bearing will be replaced, as if a worker at your local Tesco couldn’t perform his duties he would be replaced with another who could. So you have all of these cogs (stores) in the machine (organisation) and if they are all doing what they are intended to do then the machine (organisation) would be operational and achieve its purpose/goals given of course that its operator (manager) knows how to operate it. Classification of Tesco (Profit or Non Profit) Tesco is definitely