Functional Areas of Business and Skills Needed by Employees

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Table of Contents
Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................1
2.0 What is a business?.................................................................................................................1
3.0 What is Functional areas of business......................................................................................1
4.0 What are the key functional areas of a business?...................................................................1
5.0 Description of the various functional areas in business organizations......................................2
5.1 Marketing.........................................................................................................................2
5.2 Human Resource Management.........................................................................................2
5.3 Customer Service:............................................................................................................2
5.4 Finance.............................................................................................................................3
5.5 Research and Development..............................................................................................3
5.6 Sales..................................................................................................................................3
6.0 Description of the types of skills needed by employees to be able to work effectively in these
functional areas................................................................................................................................3
6.1 Skills needed by marketing employees............................................................................3
6.2 Skills needed by Human Resource Management employees...........................................4
6.3 Skills needed by Customer Service employees................................................................4
6.4 Skills needed by Finance employees................................................................................4
6.5 Skills needed by Research and Development employees.................................................4
6.6 Skills needed by Sales employees....................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

1.0INTRODUCTION
The world of work is a comprehensive form in this an organisation get explored about
different consequences with this possibility to make all possible changes to attain higher
competitive advancement is perceived in regular manner. It is also being used to empower the
working circumstances so that strength, interest and values get added up in nurture of suitable
relations as within a path to attain fruitful employment (Pérez-Luño, Bojica and Golapakrishnan,
2019). The report below is based on the measure about the key business functions and skill set
that is required to work as John a 21 year old has a lesser experience and understanding about
practice responsibilities and requirement to manage and control working consequences within
business.
2.0What is a business?
The business is an enterprise and an organisation that is engaged and encompassed with the
industrial, commercial and professional activities. In this organised efforts and activities are
required to produce effectual goods and services so that sustained amount of profit is attained by
inducing adequate amount of source. Moreover, it is also defines as the trade and purchase of
goods that is likeable by the competitive marketplace in this profit resultant is higher in terms of
sales.
3.0What is Functional areas of business
There are different areas and team of workers and it is similar with expertise and skills as by
maintaining direct focus towards attainment of standardised outcome. In support of this regular
and well-performed basis is included that is used to build and advance working efficiency and
proficiency. The functional areas are those that performed certain task and activities through
which prominent outcome is perceived as with this it is easy to accomplish long term goals and
target in successful manner.
4.0What are the key functional areas of a business?
The functional areas of business is involved with the different departments such as
marketing, sales, human resource, finance, operations, technology, equipments, information
technology and that all collectively assist to achieve profitable outcome in terms of long term
growth and sustainability (Zimmermann, Ferreira and Moreira, 2019). It is also being known as
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