Business Organisations
Spyridon Natsis
The aims of the report:
1. Explain the structure of business organizations
2. Give the legal documents relating to each business.
3. Explain issues in which stakeholders are concerned.
4. Explain the relation between legal requirements, stakeholders and business financial activities.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Sole trader organisations
2.1 Stakeholders of sole traders
3. Partnership organisations
3.1 Stakeholders of partnerships
4. Private limited companies (LTD)
4.1 Stakeholders of LTD
5. Public limited companies (PLC)
5.1 Stakeholders of PLC
6. Conclusion
7. Appendices
8. Bibliography
(1) Introduction
The four most common types of business organizations are partnership, sole trader, private limited companies (LTD) and public limited companies (PLC). Partnerships and sole traders have unlimited liability which means they are personally liable/responsible for the debts of the business. On the other hand PLC and LTD have limited liability, which means that the owner is not personally liable for the debts of the business. All businesses have to face stakeholders. A stakeholder is anyone who has interest in a particular business such as clients, government, banks, suppliers, owners, investors, employees etc.
(2) Sole Traders
Sole traders consists of only one person running the business who has unlimited liability and 100 percent of the shares of the company.
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