Business Report: Understanding Departmental Roles and Collaboration

This report explores the roles and responsibilities of various departments within an organization, including marketing, finance, operations/production, and human resources. It emphasizes the importance of these departments working collaboratively to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The report provides examples of how different departments interact, using real-world company examples like Coca-Cola, ASDA, Marks and Spencer, and Holiday Inn to illustrate departmental functions and collaborative processes. The report concludes that effective collaboration between departments is crucial for overall business success, highlighting the interconnectedness of different functions and the importance of teamwork in achieving desired outcomes. The references include academic journals and books supporting the concepts presented.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
Role of different departments..................................................................................................................3
Importance of department working together............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
In an organization there are numbers of department which conduct work together in order
to attain the desire goal and objectives successfully (Chuang, Ou and Ma, 2020). The main aim
of conducting respective report is to understand role of different departments such as marketing,
finance, operation or production and human resource. Moreover it also includes importance of all
these functions working together as well as it also include example of different organization.
MAIN BODY
Role of different departments
In a company there are different departments whose roles are predefined and specific and all
departments conduct their work in effective manner. Below role of some of the essential
departments are given:-
 Marketing department – It is considered as department which role is to promote products
and services in market so that more and more customers get attracted. The Coca Cola
marketing department adopts new as well as innovative ideas in order to attract marker as
well as it also help in retaining customers for long or life time.
 Finance department – It is considered as one of the essential department in a company as
they provide finance to other departments, through which they perform their work
(Cusimano and et.al., 2020). In respect of ASDA their finance department perform
several role such as develop budget, track or maintain different accounts of company as
well as they also allot budget or funds to other departments.
 Operations/ production department – The next one of the main department is operating or
products which ensure that all the departments are conducting their work in effective
manner for attaining desire outcome. In respect of Marks and Spencer their Operations or
products department ensure that all the manufacturing of products are done in best or
standard quality. They also ensure that all the manufacturing and packaging are done
properly.
 Human resource department – It is the department which helps company in hiring best
manpower for their business operations and functions so that they attain the desire goal

successfully (Dinh and et.al., 2020). In respect of Holiday Inn their human resource
department hires employees who are best for hospitality industry (Eglash, 2020).
Moreover, respective industry also conducts several other works such as employee’s
engagement, training and so on.
Importance of department working together
In a company every department play an essential role but they together conduct work in
order to attain the desire goal successfully. In Unilever all finance, marketing, operations or
products and human resource conduct work effectively. For example when operation department
need to hire employee they ask to human resource that will do advertisement by the marketing
department (Farley and et.al., 2020). Moreover these all process wills conducted by funds which
are allotted by finance department which show togetherness of all departments are essential.
CONCLUSION
By conducting evaluation of above mentioned topic it can be summaries that in a
company there are numbers of department which play different role and responsibilities in order
to attain the desire goal and objectives. In addition to this, these departments are marketing,
finance, operation or production and human resource as well as these all department conduct
their work together so that company achieve their desire goal successfully.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chuang, S., Ou, J. C. and Ma, H. P., 2020. Measurement of resilience potentials in emergency
departments: Applications of a tailored resilience assessment grid. Safety Science. 121.
pp.385-393.
Cusimano, M. D. and et.al., 2020. A population-based study of fall-related traumatic brain injury
identified in older adults in hospital emergency departments. Neurosurgical
focus. 49(4). p.E20.
Dinh, M. M. and et.al., 2020. Incidence and outcomes of aortic dissection for emergency
departments in New South Wales, Australia 2017–2018: A data linkage
study. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Eglash, A., 2020. Aim for Breastfeeding Medicine Departments and Not Physician Champions at
Teaching Institutions. Breastfeeding Medicine.
Farley, J. and et.al., 2020. A Review of Web-Based Special Education Resources Provided to
Parents by State Departments of Education. The Journal of Special Education,
p.0022466920903114.