Graduate Challenge 1: Analysis of Business Departments and Their Roles

This report, created for Graduate Challenge 1, examines the roles and importance of various business departments within a company, using Asda as a case study. It explores the functions of marketing, finance, operations/production, and human resources departments, highlighting how each contributes to overall organizational success. The report emphasizes the interconnectedness of these departments, illustrating how effective collaboration and communication are essential for achieving business goals. It provides insights into how each department's activities, such as marketing strategies, financial management, operational planning, and human resource management, collectively drive performance. The conclusion summarizes the significance of these departments in maximizing business outcomes.

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Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Role & different department at work place............................................................................3
Importance of all department working together.....................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
Business functions are described as the activities which are executed by firm for
effectively executing process in order to achieve set business mission. The present report brief
about various divisions at work place and their importance in context of Asda which is U.K
based firm headquartered in Leads, United Kingdom. Company sell grocery products,
consumable items, at global level. (DePauw, 2019). Thereafter, importance of all businesses
departments working together for attaining organisational success.
MAIN BODY
Role & different department at work place.
Marketing department: The main role of this division is liked with offering products to their
potential customers who will enhance their sales volume. Asda is planning to develop strategies
which are creative for promotion of business products. Firm can achieve success by designing
innovative advertisement which capture attention of client.
Finance department: The objective of this business division is to design budget,
management of fiscal activity and provide support to working of other business department
(Zhang and Guo, 2019). In relation to Asda they are executing their operations at different
locations for effective management of funds. There will be excel sheet developed for calculating
income & loss statement in order to design effective strategies.
Operations/ Production department: The main role of this sub division is to ensure
working of all business department for gaining their set business target (Hurst, 2019). In context
of Asda the production administrator has the role of ensuring that set activities are carried out in
planned ways for achieving satisfied clients.
Human resource department: The main role of this division is to hire skilled workforce for
the post which is vacant as they are having different activity at the work place such as employee
engagement programme, games etc. for motivating workforce. In relation to Asda HR manager is
working to hire talented staff for performing business operations. Plans and policies are
formulated for smooth business functioning.
Importance of all department working together
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There are various department performing business operations at business such as production
human resource, marketing, finance and all these divisions are working together for gaining
organisational success. Departments are linked with one another for performing business
activities in desired ways (Leki, 2017). If any promotional campaign had to be carried out, then
Marketing department had to arrange funds so they have to coordinate with the finance
department for monetary help in order to capture attention of clients who will purchase their
goods. This is important factor as marketing of products helps in enhancing customer footfalls.
The production department formulate plans and strategies so that there will be no depletion of
money and the available resources will be used according to the desired plan (McNeil, 2018).
The HR executive should emphasis on recruiting talented workforce which will help them in
operational productivity by analysing their skill and capability. There should be training &
development activity organised so that business goals will be achieved in desired manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above business report, it can be concluded that there are various department at
business who are working for performing business operations so that set target can be easily
achieved. The finance, marketing and operational department are valuable for maximising
business performances. It is most vital factor which ensure working of all the divisions for
attaining business target.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
DePauw, K.P., 2019. Evolving Landscape of Global Higher Education: Challenges and
Opportunities from a Graduate Education Perspective. In Major Challenges Facing
Higher Education in the Arab World: Quality Assurance and Relevance (pp. 125-132).
Springer, Cham.
Hurst, D.J., 2019. Transitioning from Urban to Rural: Challenges Seen through the Eyes of a
Recent Bioethics Doctoral Graduate. Narrative inquiry in bioethics, 9(2), pp.91-93.
Leki, I., 2017. Undergraduates in a second language: Challenges and complexities of academic
literacy development. Routledge.
McNeil, L., 2018. Introducing teachers to digital game–enhanced pedagogy: Successes and
challenges in a graduate course. TESOL Journal, 3(9), pp.580-584.
Zhang, L. and Guo, H., 2019. Enabling knowledge diversity to benefit cross-functional project
teams: Joint roles of knowledge leadership and trans active memory system. Information
& Management, 56(8), p.103156.
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