Oxfam International

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Oxfam is a charity isn’t 'owned' by anybody, but there will be recruited, paid staff and a CEO. The CEO would arrange with all the staff and media, but all the choices would be made by a panel of directors. The panel of directors would be chosen by the individuals who pay (donors/associates). The directors have the duty to follow their members or associates desires and do what they aim or set out to do. I.e. help third world countries or provide health and education to the poor.

Customers are the main participants in organization this is because they help unlimitedly keep buying food, drinks, and also mainly help organization (like Oxfam) buy used drink bottles and wrappers for recycling and make collection for Oxfam. This will be classified as a good deed that the business is doing to the environment and to the WORLD! “Without their involvement it is not possible collecting money for Oxfam”. Employees: they are workers of Oxfam and work in flood relieving, food preparation, relief- placings etc. Moreover, pressure groups help in protesting if government is not funding properly by constructing strike on roads, institutes, cities etc.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/how-we-work/our-goals-and-values

SIZE/SCALE:

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Oxfam is world's 3rd largest non-profit organization with over 5700 workers actively participating all around the world which clearly shows the humongous growth it has reached with no sufficient source of profit flowing in! Oxfam works and has contact in over 90 countries which suggests that this global organisation is once more showing success!

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/how-we-work/our-goals-and-values

GOALS:

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Oxfam's 6 goals put resident communities and the voices of poor people at the centre of change and here there are:

1. Help people claim their right to a better life-More women, young people and other poor and downgraded people will be able to apply all their rights to influence the decisions of people in power and hold them liable for their actions.

2. Champion equal rights for women -Women are still massively under-represented and often troubled. We will help more poor and downgraded women claim their rights, and work to significantly reduce the prevalence of violence against women.

3. Save lives, now and in the future- When natural disasters strike - or in times of war - we'll be there to save lives, providing clean water, food, sanitation and other fundamental needs. Fewer men, women and children will die or suffer illness, insecurity and deprivation.

4. Safeguard global food supplies- We're working to protect food supplies so that people always have enough to eat. More people who live in rural poverty will enjoy greater food security, income, prosperity and resilience through fairer global food systems.

5. Help people claim a fairer share of natural resources- Natural resources are vital for prosperity. We will work to help the world’s most demoted people become significantly more prosperous and resilient, despite increasing competition for land, water, food and energy sources, and stresses caused by a changing climate.

6. Increase money for basic services- And we're pushing for more and better-targeted money to go to basic development such as health and education, so that more women, men, girls and boys can participate fully in the economic, social and democratic life of their societies.

Similarities:

- Both business’ are ran by managerial structures i.e. CEO

- Both produce goods that can be sold (same sectors)

- Global Organisations.

Differences:

- Tesco makes profits whereas Oxfam doesn’t.

- Tesco’s profits are divided with stakeholders whereas Oxfam has or gets any profits.

- Oxfam doesn’t have any owners whereas Tesco does.

- Shares are sold that belongs to Tesco as it is a ‘PLC’ whereas Oxfam is ‘Not for Profit’ business.