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Business and Business Environment

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LO1: Explanation of different types of organizations

LO2: Demonstrate the interrelationship of the various functions within an organisation

and how they link to organisational structure

Introduction
The modern business scenario encompasses a number of types of organization which any
company has to deal with in order to make its mark in the market. According to the opinions
of Linton, et al. (2019), the different types of organizations can be of various size, shape and
should encompass a number of characteristic features in order to ensure that they all have their
relevant market. The different types of organizations which exist in the market and can give
tough competition to any of the established enterprise or even a start-up are private, public and
voluntary organizations (Renedo, et al. 2016). Each of the organizations has their own scope
and market features which help them gain substantial business ideas in the market. According
to the analysis of Brandão, et al. (2016), the business function of each of the organization has
also relationship with their organizational structure, the bigger the functions of the
organization, the greater the structure of the enterprise. The following report analyses the
overview of the different types of organizations in the province of UK, along with the business
function in relation to the organizational structure is also given for the National Health Service
of England.

Overview of the different types of organizations

The Apollo Hospitals range which has opened in the province of UK has to meet the
competition of a number of healthcare organizations which has already been established. In the
province of UK, there are a number of healthcare organizations namely public, private as well
as voluntary organizations which are trying to capture the market and prove their mettle in the
business world (Hollis, et al. 2015). Even due to the immense competition in the modern world,
the public as well as the voluntary organizations are looking forward to establishing themselves
in the market and even earning profit for themselves (Davies, Gompels and May, 2015). The
three organizations which can give Apollo Hospitals tremendous level of competition includes
the London Bridge hospital which comes under the private hospital genre, the National Health
System of England which comes under the public health care system of UK and the NGO
organization named Transparent Hands which funds surgeries and other health benefits to the
poor (Montgomery, et al. 2017).
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Size and Scope of the different organizations

The size of the three organizations considered in the case namely London Bridge hospital,
National Health System of England and Transparent Hands are different as they belong to the
different genres of health care services in UK. The London Bridge hospital is one of the prime
private sector hospitals in UK which provides services to the upper middle class and the richer
sections of the society (Hollis, et al. 2015). The size of the hospital is medium as it concentrates
to a small number of people. The scope of the London Bridge hospital is to provide high quality
healthcare and other services to the people who can avail the services at a rate which can give
them profit and also make them one of the best private sector hospitals in the province.

The National Health System of England is a public healthcare system which is of large size as
it caters to the whole of the population in UK. The organization deals with the people who look
out for public health care services for treating their diseases and even look for options where
they can do their medical tests at a lower cost (Davies, Gompels and May, 2015). The scope of
the National Health System of England is to make sure that they can provide the required
amount of health care services to the people who come under the population of UK at a lower
rate (Renedo, et al. 2016). The National Health System of England charges from the patients,
however, the rate of charging is very minimal.

The size of Transparent Hands is large as the NGO operates all over the world, especially in
the developing and developed nations (Montgomery, et al. 2017). The scope of the organization
is to provide medical bills and amenities to the people who have lack of funding for their own
surgeries and even cannot afford the required facilities for their medicines.

Product and Services supplied

The product and service supplied by London Bridge hospital is the healthcare system and even
medical tests to the people who are ready to pay a good sum of money for the medicine and
healthcare services (Donetto, et al. 2015). In addition, the private hospital also provides
services of quality medicines and food for the patients and their relatives at a high price.

National Health System of England serves healthcare, medicine and even medical test facilities
to the people who cannot afford private hospitals such as the one which are available all over
UK (Davies, Gompels and May, 2015). The national system of health has been formed for
those people who do not have the sources to fund for the high expense of healthcare system
and therefore look for prices which are comparatively cheaper.
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The service supplied by Transparent Hands are the funds for the surgeries of a majority of the
people as well as the medical expenses for the people who are not able to provide the required
amount of money for their medicines or even hospital arrangements (Montgomery, et al. 2017).
The services provided are humanitarian and are for the poor sections of the society.

Vision Mission Business Objectives

The vision of London Bridge hospital is to ensure that they provide high quality service to their
patients at a rate of amount which can be afforded both by the upper middle and high class.
They only strive to provide good service and health records without compromising on the
amount paid (Renedo, et al. 2015). The mission is to provide quality service as per the rate
provided to the people who can afford the health care services without decreasing the price
amount for the services. The business objective of London Bridge hospital is to earn good
amount of profit by providing good quality and esteemed services to the people who come for
the services (Davies, Gompels and May, 2015).

The vision of National Health System of England is to make sure that all the people of UK are
safe and healthy without any epidemic disease hitting them. The main vision of the public
health care system is to ensure a stable and safe life for all the citizens of UK at a concessional
rate (Donetto, et al. 2015). The mission of National Health System of England is to make sure
that no person in the province of UK do not die due to any illness as they are always keen on
providing services for the under privileged people residing in the country (Rothnie, et al. 2015).
The business objectives is to be a no profit no loss organization where they will be charging
from their patients a nominal rate for their treatment and will provide them the required
benefits.

The mission of Transparent Hands is to provide medical services and cost of surgeries to all
the people of the world who cannot afford to fund their own expenses (Montgomery, et al.
2017). The vision of Transparent Hands is to make a world where no human beings will suffer
due to lack of healthcare services and where every individual will receive healthcare
irrespective of their socio-economic status (Hollis, et al. 2015). The business objectives of
Transparent Hands are to provide amenities to the people in terms of healthcare. The NGO
provides funds for the surgeries to the people who reside all over the world and cannot afford
the medical bills.
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Organizational and Legal Structure

The organizational structure of London Bridge hospital is extended as the hospital consists of
a management team who looks after all the workings of the organization. In addition, there is
a range of doctors, nurses, ward boys and even the patients who come to the hospital for help
(Bell, et al. 2015). The hospital also has a number of employees who work at the back end of
the enterprise. The legal structure of London Bridge hospital is very strong as the company is
backed by a number of lawyers and other people who have good knowledge about law
(Rothnie, et al. 2015). The hospital if falls into trouble will have strong legal backing to solve
the issue.

The organizational and legal structure of National Health System of England is huge as it
encompasses people from different walks of the health genre. There are doctors and even the
government which looks after the running of the organization in the province of UK (Bell, et
al. 2015). The department of health in the England province is the guiding organization for the
National Health System of England which has an apt legal backing for making sure that they
do not have any issues in the proving of healthcare services to the people who cannot afford it.
The legal structure is definitely strong as the National Health System of England is a part of
the healthcare department of the UK Government.

The organizational structure of Transparent Hands is simple as the NGO is basically interested
in providing cost and amenities of surgeries and other medical services to the people who reside
all over the world (Montgomery, et al. 2017). The NGO has a number of workers; however,
the internal structure of the organization is not very large. The legal structure of Transparent
Hands is very strong as the NGO has to deal with a number of people who can be against their
philanthropic motive.

Stakeholders
The stakeholders of London Bridge hospital are the management, employees, shareholders,
doctors and even the patients who come to the hospital for help (Bell, et al. 2015). The
stakeholders have their own range of benefits which they derive from the organization in terms
of profit and even lose, when the hospital runs at low revenue.

The stakeholders of National Health System of England are the government, patients,
employees and doctors who work in the organizations. Being a government run body, the
organization provides services to the people due to their aim of having a health service system
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which is available for all (Rothnie, et al. 2016). The stakeholders work either for the voluntary
purpose or due to their humanitarian reasons.

The stakeholders of Transparent Hands are the people who work for the NGO and the patients
which take help from the NGO in terms of their surgeries and other functions. The NGO
workers are also major stakeholders as they are the ones who are affected due to the different
works of the NGO.

Business Function in relation to the Organizational Structure

The different business function of National Health System of England is as follows:

 To serve the people of UK with the required health care facilities at a minimal rate
 To make sure that the poor people who cannot afford high-end healthcare are treated
well with government grants
 To ensure that the government-led healthcare system is at no-profit no loss zone.

The functions interrelate in the organizational chart and analyse the advantages and
disadvantages of the structure of the organization. Being a nation-wide enterprise which deals
with the health care system of the people of UK, National Health System of England primarily
deals with the medical conditions which can affect the majority of the people (Montgomery, et
al. 2017). In addition, the advantages of such system are the availability of healthcare system
for all the people whereas the disadvantage for the system is related to the fact that the overall
healthcare aspect is not up to the mark due to the lack of amenities for the system. The structure
of the organization is large to medium due to the accumulation of a large number of people for
the healthcare services.

Conclusion
Overall, it can be concluded that Apollo Healthcare need to determine their own target
customers in order to make their place in the market. In addition, the three types of
organizations namely private, public and voluntary attract the different types of people into the
healthcare systems. Therefore, it can be concluded that the different types of organizations have
relation with the structure of the system in order to ensure that the business functions are proper.
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