What are the 5 main functional areas of a business?
Finance
Sales
Marketing
Recruitment
Human Rescources
Accounts
Operations
Paperwork
Administration / ICT
Payroll
What is Admin/IT's function within the business?
To help other areas in the business function as efficiently as possible.
To purchase Laughing Cow cheese.
To provide details of new products and services to customers.
What functional area does the following list of jobs come from? • Receptionist • ICT Technician
Admin / ICT
What functional area does the following list of jobs come from? • Accounts clerk • Payroll assistant • Finance director
Administration
What functional area does the following list of jobs come from? • Production Supervisor • Quality control manager
What functional area does the following list of jobs come from? • Sales manager • Market researcher
Finance handles budgeting and paying for stuff.
What does Human resources do?
Recruitment, training and development.
Pitching, advertising and sales.
Technical and administration
What do marketing do?
Hiring and firing
Making tea.
What are the consequences of functional areas not operating together?
The whole business falls apart.
"More tea Brian?"
A massive boardroom food fight!
Where can you read more about functional areas?
Page(s) 17-20
Page(s) 33-41
Page(s) 192-198
