Significance and Role of Various Business Functions: A Case Study of Sainsbury's

This essay discusses the significance and role of various business functions in Sainsbury's, the largest chain of supermarkets in the UK. It covers the HR, marketing, finance, and production functions and how they contribute to the growth of the business venture.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Business is the separate legal entity which is undertaken with the aim of generating
higher profitability and revenue so that they can expand their market in an easy approach. It also
performs certain functions in order to run the business in the right direction(Cagle, Yılmaz and
Doğru, 2020). Some of the major departments of the major departments are human resource,
marketing, finance, production and so on. Sainsbury's is the chosen organisation for this report, It
is the largest chain of supermarket in the United Kingdom. This essay will cover the significance
and role of various business functions.
MAIN BODY
Business function is defined as the tasks which is being carried out by the venture in
order to have higher income of the enterprises. Sainsbury's is the leading company which
perform various functions in order to have higher profits. Importance and the role of its business
functions are as follows:
Human resource is the department which is concerned for the recruitment and the
selection of the candidate by analysing their skills ad abilities so that they can effectively
contribute to the growth of the business venture. In context to Sainsbury's, the role of HR
manager is to find the right person for their vacant job role and also provide training and
motivate them for their better working. The importance of this unit is to provide the right
candidate who can full fill their duties and job responsibilities in an appropriate manner. This
also helps in appointing the skilful and talented employees with higher efficiency.
Marketing refers to the process of promoting and communicating the product in the
large market so that they can attract the customer for purchasing their goods and services. In
context to Sainsbury's, marketing is having the role is to communicate and advertise their
products and services to the potential buyers. They also use different mediums to attract the large
group of potential customers. The importance of this function is to maintain the long term
relationship with the customers so that they can retain with the product(Podder, Samanta and
Gurunath, 2020).
Finance is the unit which is concern for procuring and allocating the funds in the various
units of the company so that all the business operations can be run in an appropriate manner. The
main role of this unit in Sainsbury's is to acquire, manage and plan the overall expenses by

which resources are being managed in different departments. It is the important unit which act as
the lifeblood to the business as funds are the main sources for the Sainsbury's in order to operate
the business.
Production is the department which convert the inputs in to finished goods by
undergoing many procedures. The production department of Sainsbury's undertakes the role of
easy availability of raw material so that they can finish the production within allotted time. The
importance of production unit is to add value to the products so that they can good quality
product and maintain the customer demand in an appropriate manner(Yankah, Aigbavboa and
Thwala, 2018).
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above essay that business performs certain functions in order to
achieve the objectives. All functions are depends upon the each other and inter linked so that
they can ensure smooth running of the business. Sainsbury's is having potential staff who can
perform their job role in an appropriate manner.

REFERENCES
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Cagle, M.N., Yılmaz, K. and Doğru, H., 2020. Digitalization of Business Functions under
Industry 4.0. In Digital Business Strategies in Blockchain Ecosystems (pp. 105-132).
Springer, Cham.
Yankah, J.E., Aigbavboa, C. and Thwala, W., 2018. Explication of challenges with acceptance
of marketing functions in the management of construction business enterprise.
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