MG408 Graduate Challenge: Business Functions and Skill Development

This report, submitted as part of the MG408 Graduate Challenge, examines the crucial role of various business functions, including marketing, finance, customer service, and human resources, within an organization, using Marks & Spencer as a case study. It highlights how these functions are interconnected and contribute to overall organizational performance. The report also emphasizes the importance of developing specific skills and techniques, such as presentation and essay writing skills, for graduate students and professionals to enhance their career prospects. The report provides a detailed overview of the business functions and the skills required to excel in the professional world, including practical applications and real-world examples to support the analysis and conclusions. It also contains references to support the arguments and findings.

MG408 Graduate Challenge

Executive Summary
Training and development is essential for graduate students and working professional due
to career progress matter lot. It essential to learn various kind of skill and techniques because
accept challenges and move forward. Organisation perform different kind of business function so
essential for employees to learn skill which actively performed in effective manner. Business
function such as finance, Marketing and HR all these function are linked internally. There ample
number of business function so it is duty of employees perform well in order to company
organised training sessions to learn communication and presentation skill.

Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1)Explain business functions and importance in order to improve overall performance of
company. ....................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................5
P2) Describe various skill and techniques which is required to learn for graduate students......5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Professional and students face so many challenges in life related to career learn skills
which help to growth in future. The report is about Marks & Spencer is one of the global brand
in UK which famous specially in clothing segment. It provides a wide range product and services
in order to fulfil the requirement of customers (Acharya, 2016). The paper consist a business
functions which is performed effectively and they all are coordinated with each other because
enhancing profitability of company as well as study about skills and techniques which essential
to learn for professional because helps in future perspective.
TASK 1
P1)Explain business functions and importance in order to improve overall performance of
company.
Organisation structure plan in that way so comfortably flow activities of company.
Business structure properly works in order to various kind of business functions perform
effectively in organisation. In context of Marks & Spencer, business function internally
connected and coordinate with other departments on that basis operations activity performed
effectively. There are different types of business function which are follows.
Marketing-: Marketing play vital role in order to achieved organisational goal and
objective of company. It department which collaborates to all other department of organisation
such as finance, human resources, production and customer service. Marketing manager of
marks and Spencer motivated employees to achieve sales target on specific time frame
(Asamoah, 2017).
Finance-: These department is a important pillar of organisation without that other
organisation activities cannot perform effectively. It considered as strong pillar because provides
financing facility to other departments. In relevance of organisation, top management handle a
finance activity due to making proper budget regarding total cost which incur in business
activities.
Customer service-: It department which establish in mostly companies because
customer is important for an organisation. It play major part in organisation and provide services

to customer. Service executive of Marks & Spencer take a feedback of customers and solve
concern and satisfy needs and wants of customers.
Human resources-: HR manager recruit right person at right place. In relevance of
organisation, utilize different selection criteria on the basis of ability and capability. Selection
procedure is different in order to long process and includes so many step of selection test. It
collaborates with other department provides a information to need a candidate.
Hence, these is business functions which coordinates to each other and internally linked so
business functions work completed effectively so it impacts on the other functions also
(Ashenafi, 2017).
TASK 2
P2) Describe various skill and techniques which is required to learn for graduate students.
In context of Marks and Spencer, there are various skills and techniques which is
essential to learn college going students and professionals so grape opportunities in future.
Presentation skill-: It is important skill for professionals who are working in
multinational companies because perform the activities in daily routine. Marks and Spencer
organised training and development programme for new johnnies to learn skill and adding value
in the organisation in order to perform day by day activities (Comeron, 2017).
Essay writing skill-: Theses kind of skill essential to learn for students whereas working
professional due to so many activities and work are done which required a good writing skills. In
relevance organization it considered such kind of skills because at the time of selection
candidates so taste their writing skills.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that business functions which play vital role
in organisation in order to perform activities smoothly. All the functions of Marks & Spencer
linked together in that way so easily attain a goal of company. It includes various skill and
techniques which essential to learn graduate student as well as working professionals due to
increasing competition day by day. In addition to this, professional learn these kind of skill so
successfully accomplishing career goal.

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