Graduate Challenge: Business Functions Report, Sainsbury Analysis

This report examines the significance of various business functions, specifically focusing on marketing, finance, operations, and human resources, within the context of Sainsbury's operations. It defines the roles of each function, emphasizing their individual importance and how they interrelate to cont...Read More

Importance of different
business functions with
role of Marketing
Finance Operations,
Production and
Human Resources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Roles and importance of functions of business...........................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Business functions are mainly the organisation's activities that are carried out to earn
profit. The finances, human resource, etc. are the few main functions of a business organisation
(Wagner, 2020). The company chosen for this report is Sainsbury which is a chain or
supermarket. This report will determine the roles and importance of the functions of business of
Sainsbury and also the interrelation of them with each other.
MAIN BODY
Roles and importance of functions of business
There are many business functions of Sainsbury carried out by it to grow and succeed.
They are as follows:
Marketing mainly refers to promote or to introduce any product to the existing or
potential customers (Kumar, Sujit and Abdul, 2019). It is the role of the marketing department of
Sainsbury to make plans relating to the product advertisement. The department also analyse the
way their competitors are introducing their products. The main importance of marketing is that
with the help of marketing mix and others, the company make various marketing strategies to
attract customers.
Finance is funds management and allocation (Abd Karim, Nawawi and Salin, 2018). The
main role of the finance department of Sainsbury is to provide managers of various units with
support so that finances can be sustainably used. It also determines and analyse business
operations and accordingly prepare reviews of the finances. This department is of much
importance as it is solely responsible for the management of the funds and allocation of it to
various units.
Human Resources deals with the employees and workforce of a company (Sarvaiya,
Eweje and Arrowsmith, 2018). The role of HR department at Sainsbury is that it recruit
employees for various units according to their skills. This department in a procedural way select
employees that will be useful in the operations of business. This department is very important as
it hire employees that helps company to grow and succeed.
Operations Department of the Sainsbury have roles to perform which includes: training
staff, administration, cleanliness, etc. this departments looks after the needs and demands of the
customer so that the company can serve them best. This department is important as it helps in

attracting customers by making plans in accordance to their needs and demands and also train its
employees accordingly.
All of the above discussed departments and areas are closely related to each other. At
Sainsbury all of them help in providing proper coordination between all the activities of the
company. All the units are dependent on each other for carrying out the functions of the
company (Scharfman, 2020). For example: at Sainsbury if any operation id to be carried out,
they have to consult finance department for the allocation of budget.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded form the above report that the functions of the business are only
successful when all the departments of the company work together. There are various
departments having varied roles and functions at Sainsbury which all work together to contribute
in the profits of the company which leads to the growth and success of the company. All units
are linked with each other and are dependent on each other.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abd Karim, N., Nawawi, A. and Salin, A.S.A.P., 2018. Inventory control weaknesses–a case
study of lubricant manufacturing company. Journal of Financial Crime.
Kumar, B.R., Sujit, K.S. and Abdul, W.K., 2019. Brand valuation–examining the role of
marketing on firm financial performance. Measuring Business Excellence.
Sarvaiya, H., Eweje, G. and Arrowsmith, J., 2018. The roles of HRM in CSR: strategic
partnership or operational support?. Journal of Business Ethics, 153(3), pp.825-837.
Scharfman, J., 2020. Additional Operational Functions and Tasks. In Alternative Investment
Operations (pp. 101-111). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Wagner, S.M., 2020. Business and Environmental Sustainability: Foundations, Challenges and
Corporate Functions. Routledge.