Report on Contrasting Organisations

• Provide great quality products/services at affordable prices; I.e. being able to provide customers with a range of healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food. Also to offer them a range of diverse products such as electronics, appliances, toys and games, sport and leisure, home and garden as well as other services such as loans, insurance, credit card, travelling and etc.
• Improve the growth of non-food ranges; I.e. being able to provide customers with as many products and services as possible, with the same quality, value and innovation allowing customers to have a broader shopping experience.
• Reach more customers through additional channels; I.e. being able to reach more customers by widening their shopping options, e.g. proving online shopping and home delivery, opening new convenience stores, offering bank services and also by enlarging product ranges.
• Grow supermarket space; i.e. expand the business by opening new stores and increasing the range of products and services offered. Therefore reaching more customers and enabling them to make use of all products and services provided.
• Respect the environment; i.e. being able to provide customers with great services and quality products in the most eco-friendly way possible, as well as recycling, minimising waste and using more energy efficient appliances. Therefore minimising CO2 and pollution to the environment.
• A great place to work; i.e. show staff how important they are, as well as providing them with a safe and joyful environment to work in.

Key Stakeholders and Their Interest:

As a well known business Sainsbury’s has many stakeholders who are affected by every step the supermarket chain takes. Whether the company’s profits and sales increase or decrease, stakeholders are still affected by it. The table below shows some of the key stakeholders involved with Sainsbury’s Plc:

NHS:

The NHS was launched in 1948 from a very ambitious project to bring health care and benefits to everyone regardless of their wealth or class. The NHS is one of the worlds’ most publicly funded health services, providing everyone residing in the UK with health care services. The NHS also employs a work force of 1.5 million people, and is able to cover all of its costs, i.e. wages, drugs, training, medical equipment, buildings and etc through taxation.

As previously mentioned the NHS (National Health Service) is publicly funded, which means it gets money from the government who gets funds from taxpayers.

As one of the worlds’ largest health care centres, the NHS has many purposes including:

• Provide services to everyone; i.e. allow everyone residing in the UK to use the services provided, regardless of wealth or class.
• Be based on clinical need; i.e. serve people according to the seriousness of their need and not on their ability to pay.
• Provide a comprehensive range of services; i.e. provide access to a range of services throughout primary and community health care, immediate care and hospital-based care for everyone.
• Meet patients’ needs and preferences; i.e. provide them with great quality services and treat them as individuals, with respect and dignity.
• Support and value staff; i.e. provide staff with support, training and career opportunities, as well as reward, recognise and invest in them for the future.
• Devote all funds to NHS patients; i.e. using all funds correctly for the benefits and welfare of all patients.
• Reduce health inequalities; i.e. understand how social, environmental and economic factors may have an affect on patients. And also putting extra effort to prevent and treat ill patients.
• Respect patients’ confidentiality; i.e. keep patients’ details safe, as well as not sharing them with any other third party companies, unless it is required by the patients themselves.

Key Stakeholders and Their Interest:

The NHS as well as Sainsbury’s has many stakeholders who are also affected by projects, plans, investments and etc within the health centre. The table below shows some of the key stakeholders who are involved with the NHS:

Conclusion of Both Companies:

Both Sainsbury’s and the NHS have various differences due to the sector in which they are in, their objectives, goals, interests and most importantly the audience they are targeting. These can be seen on the list below:

• Sector is one factor which differs Sainsbury’s from the NHS i.e. Sainsbury’s aims is to make a profit and expand its business, whereas the NHS aims at providing a service by breaking even, meaning it spends all the money it receives without making any profit.
• The goals and objectives between them are also different, as Sainsbury’s overall goals and objectives are to provide its customers with a good service and make a profit from it, whereas the NHS aims at providing a service to as many UK residents as possible without making any profits.
• Their interest is also different as Sainsbury’s main interests are to attract as many customers possible, beat its competitors, grow its market space and most importantly complete all these purposes profitably.
• The audience is one factor which can be a difference as well as a similarity between the two companies. I.e. Sainsbury’s audience is customers who are looking to buy products or services, whereas the NHS audience is patients who need a service or a treatment but will not need to pay for as they already pay their taxes.

However they also have a few similarities which include some alike stakeholders and purposes, as seen on the list below:

• Some of their stakeholders can be the same, as Sainsbury’s customers could also be NHS patients, and they could also have the same suppliers as well as belonging to the same community and etc.
• As mentioned above their audience can also be the same, as they may be targeting the same people but with different objectives.
• Both companies also have some similar purposes which include providing a range of service and products with great quality, respecting patients/customers details by keeping them safe and using them for the right purposes only, and also by treating their staff as the heart of everything they do, achieve or acquire.