Report on Management Structure, Functions, HR, and Talent at Sainsbury

This report provides an in-depth analysis of Sainsbury's management practices, covering its organizational structure, various business functions, and marketing strategies. It explores the interrelations between different departments, focusing on the marketing department's connections with production, research and development, and finance. The report also delves into the core management functions, including planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling, as well as their interdependencies. Furthermore, it examines HR and talent management strategies, highlighting their role in achieving company objectives. The report concludes with an overview of organizational culture, analyzing different cultural models and their impact on the company's operations and employee relations. This comprehensive analysis offers valuable insights into Sainsbury's overall management approach and its implications for business performance.

Introduction to
management.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Management structure and business functions................................................................................3
Management structure.................................................................................................................3
Business functions.......................................................................................................................4
Marketing functions.........................................................................................................................4
Marketing department and its relations other function...............................................................4
Management functions.....................................................................................................................5
Management functions................................................................................................................5
Interrelations of management functions......................................................................................6
HR and Talent management.............................................................................................................7
HR and talent management.........................................................................................................7
Organizational culture.................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Management is the planning, decision making, organizing, motivation, leading as well as
controlling the human resources and information resources of the company in order to reach out
the goals of company in effective manner. The present report is based on the Sainsbury which is
retail supermarket at UK. The report will discuss the management structure and business
functions. This will evaluate the marketing and management functions. Report will discuss HR
and talent management of company.
MAIN BODY
Management structure and business functions
Management structure
An organizational structure is the system which are outlining the certain activities that
are directed for achieving goals and objectives of company in effective manner. On the other side
management is the act of getting things done through others as well as having them do it
willingly. That is very difficult art, not a science like the computer theories business and
manufacturing in effective manner. There are different types of management theories which are
help to maintain proper employees and solve their problems in effective manner. This creates
more effectiveness for business to maintain their process of work in order to achieve goals and
objectives of company (Heikkilä, Kaipia and Ojala, 2018). Explanations of those management
theories are as follows:
 Max Weber's bureaucratic theory of management is believed which power educes
obedience through the face or the threat of force include individuals to adhere to
regulations. This include the different types of power like traditional, charismatic and
legal power of employees and employer. This have some features such as written by
documents, selection is based on technical expertise and this create formal and
impersonal relations within the Sainsbury. Relationship and transformational theories of management have their complete focus
on making positive connection between the leaders and followers. In this theory leaders
are motivated and motivate to another people who are working with them in effective
manner. This help to make proper relationship between employees and employer at
Sainsbury in effective manner.

Types of organizational structure:
 Hierarchical organizational structure is referred with the common type of
organizational structure which is consider with chain of command goes with the top
management to lower management and the each employee has their own supervisor
(Fareri and et.al., 2018). This have advantage to better defines the level of authority and
responsibility and this help to motivate employees with clear career path or chance to
take promotion. Disadvantage of this can slow down the innovation or important changes
due to increased legal activities.
 Horizontal organizational structure is fit to the companies with the fewer level
between the upper management and self level organization. This have advantage for
Sainsbury employees which is give more responsibility to employees. Disadvantage is to
create confusion between employees when do not have a clear supervisor to report.
Business functions.
Business functions are the effective activity which are carried out by the company which
can be divided into the core functions as well as support functions. There are five management
functions which are as follows with their roles and responsibility: Planning have role to make effective plan for work in better manner. Organizing have role to hire right employee for the job. Staffing have role to obtain qualified personnel for the different job. Leading have role and responsibility to motivate employees for achieving organizational
goals and objectives (Miglietta and Salvi, 2018).
 Controlling have role to help to management for measure the progress towards the
company goals in effective manner.
Marketing functions
Marketing department and its relations other function.
Marketing department plays an very important role in company to promote the business
and drives sales of its products and services at market place in effective manner. This department
have their great relationship with other department of company which are as follows:
Marketing with production department:

Marketing department have role to promote product as per needs of customers and
deliver better quality of products for customers. In that marketing department take support from
production department for producing better quality of product for customer. Production
department take help for marketing department for knowing quantity of products required and
knowing taste of customers in effective manner (Yadav, Dokania and Pathak, 2016). As per that
bother departments have great relations with each other at Sainsbury.
Marketing with research and development department:
Marketing department need to know about the taste of customers by analysing complete
market knowledge. On the other side, R&D department have role to the research and collect
complete knowledge of market by analysing whole market activity in effective manner. In order
to collect complete information from market, marketing department take help from R&D
department for gathering complete information from market place in effective manner into the
Sainsbury (Sarkum, Pramuka and Suroso, 2017).
Marketing with finance department:
Marketing collect money and generate funds from market place by promoting products
and services as well as increasing sale of products in effective manner. On the other side, finance
department have role to allocate funds to marketing department and another one for paying their
bill and clear their payments. Sainsbury marketing department collect funds from market
department and hand over to finance department through that finance have proper finds to
allocate funds to all department in effective manner (Contreras and Ramos, 2016).
Management functions
Management functions
Henri fayol is the first theory which is defines the five function of management. Those
management functions are help to the work by following proper process of work in effective
manner. Those functions are planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling.
Those are very important functions of management explanations of those are as follows:
Planning:
Planning is the first and foremost important function of management. In that manager of
Sainsbury make plan for future condition, develop objectives and secure achievement of future

goals in effective manner (Vergés and Steinberg, 2019). This have process which is when to do,
how to do, where to do and by whom to do it.
Organizing:
Here, managers of Sainsbury organize the workforce in effective manner and structure all
those activities which will be happens in business. For that manager train and recruit employee
for right job and place in effective manner.
Commanding:
Commanding the important where manager of Sainsbury allocate complete responsibility
to employees with legal process. The main role of this is to commanding with company roles and
responsibility in effective manner (Krutyakova and Anyushenkova, 2018). This creates more
effectiveness for business to getting goals and objectives of company.
Coordinating:
Proper coordination between the employees and employer are most important part of the
company because where company have requirement to reach out the success and give better
results to business. For that manager of Sainsbury must the harmonise the procedures and
activities which are performed by the company, meaning which every activity should by
organized complement and enrich work of another.
Controlling:
Controlling is the most important aspect which means that to create proper control on
employees as well as the activities are line with general company policies and objectives. It is
also responsibility fr manager to observe and report deviations from plan and objectives and to
make initiatives for correcting potential deviations in effective manner.
Interrelations of management functions.
Planning with organizing: planning is most important aspects where manager have need to
build proper planning. Planning have their great relations with organizing because both are
interrelated for performing better activities.
Commanding and coordinating: This creates most effectiveness for Sainsbury because
company have great relations between the commanding and coordinating in effective manner
(Coleman and Stern, 2018). In commanding process employer allocate responsibility to
employees and coordinating make proper coordination with employer. Through that both are
interrelate with each other in effective manner.

HR and Talent management
HR and talent management
Human resource are the special responsible for recruitment, selection, interviewing as
well as placing candidate for company in effective manner. They have responsibility to handle
employees relations, payroll, benefits as well as training of employees in effective manner. On
the other side, talent management is the effective process which is involves attracting and
retaining higher quality of employees (Meyers and Dries, 2020). Talent management help to
Sainsbury for achieve goals and objectives of company in effective manner. With the help of
this, employees are able to improve their performance by attending training session of company.
Through that talent management help to achieve objectives of Sainsbury in effective manner.
Organizational culture.
Organizational culture is the collection of the expectation, values and practices which are
guide as well as inform the action of all the team members in effective manner. In order to
analyse different culture which are established into the company here is select Handy's culture
model. This model have types of culture that are power, role, task and person culture within the
company. Explanations of those are as follows:
Power culture:
Power culture refers with the power of one individual person at the workplace in effective
manner. In the organization some of people have power to make changes into the roles and
responsibility which are create issues (Claus, 2019). The strong consequences of power culture is
to make proper change into work process. The week consequence is employees are not ready to
accept those changes.
Role culture:
Role culture is established with rules which is highly controlled with the everyone in the
organization which is known their roles and responsibility within the company. The strong
consequence is to build effective structure of work at the workplace. The week consequence of
this to allocate work done by same person.
Task culture:
This is formed to address specific problems and program projects. The strong
consequence is to address task by each person (Maheshwari and Konstantopoulou, 2017). The

week consequence in the absence of one employee other can not done same work and work will
suffers.
Person culture:
In this, individuals very much see themselves as the unique and superior to the
organization in effective manner. The strong consequence is give positive impact on employee
when they promoted into the company. The week consequence is to negative impact because
employee not promoted and not motivated into the business.
CONCLUSION
The above discussion summarized here, management has important part of the company.
That have proper structure of work in effective manner. Marketing department have their great
relationship with production, finance and R&D department into the organization. Planning,
organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling has the different management functions.
The HR and talent management has effective for achieving goals of company in effective
manner. Power, task, role and person has the different types of organizational culture.

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