MG408: Business Functions and KFC: A Graduate Challenge Report

This report analyzes the business functions of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), focusing on marketing, finance, operations, and human resources. The introduction defines business functions as activities essential for profit generation, using KFC as a case study. The main body details the roles an...Read More

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

INTRODUCTION
Business functions implies all the activities that are being maintained by the organisation
in order to attain the profit. This use to be complies of all the areas through which the
organisation functions in order to maintain the growth various sectors covered which includes
finance, human resource, products and many more(Beda 2020). . The company that has been
chosen in this report is Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) that is an American company restaurant
which use to deal in fast food. This report will cover the business functions, roles and importance
of the KFC.
MAIN BODY
Role and importance of business functions.
KFC carries certain business functions that helps out to maintain in order to attain growth
in the market which are as follows:
Marketing it covers all the important areas through which the promotion of the company
can be made. There has been implied that marketing department covers various roles for the
company which are like it keep check on all the competitors through which they can increase the
products variety and also try to promote it in by making attractive advertisements. It covers the
Importance like it use the marketing mix in a proper way so as to increase the growth of the
company b y applying marketing strategy(Gu, and Usinger, 2021)..
Human Resource is the important workforce of the company. In KFC the HR
department plays a vital role as they helps out in recruiting all the important clients by checking
all the skills and abilities in managing the business. This creates an utmost importance as HR
helps out to recruit all the right candidate in order to expand and make the growth of the
company.
Finance is the sector which helps to manage all the allocated funds. The role of the KFC
finance departments is to support all the managers in the company in order to manage all the
funds and also to operate all the finances properly. The utmost importance of this sector is that it
helps KFC to provide and manage all the budget and also maximize the profit which is important
for the company(Möller, and Halinen 2017).

Operations departments role is to do all the internal services that are like providing
training to the staff, cleaning, cooking administration of the restaurant and many more. They
serve to the customer all the products which are required by them and with that the main
importance is it covers and organise all the plans and the demands of the customers so as to
attract them in there varies needs, and train there employees efficiently(Mayer, 2018).
Thus all this helps to maintain the growth of the company and worth that it also helps out
to specify the needs and the requirements of the company. The KFC has all the segment
department which create the efficient working like the HR department tends to recruit the
efficiently staff, finance department creates the budgets and funds and operation implies all the
resources and the training and managing the customers needs. All this helps out to maintain the
dependent of the company(Romero-Hall, 2017).
CONCLUSION
The above report concluded that business functions are important for all the organisation
as it helps out to frame the departments. KFC performs the efficient functions smoothly and
profitably. And all this links are interdependent on each other and it helps to gain the profitability
in the company.

REFERENCES
Beda, C., 2020. Stress, Motivation, and Drive: A Narrative Inquiry of Graduate Student
Mothers. Doane University.
Gu, W. and Usinger, J., 2021. Independent Learning, Friendships, and Fate in Intercultural
Adaptation Among International Chinese Graduate Students in the United
States. Journal of College Student Development, 62(1), pp.107-112.
Mayer, C., 2018. Prosperity: better business makes the greater good. Oxford University Press.
Möller, K. and Halinen, A., 2017. Managing business and innovation networks—From strategic
nets to business fields and ecosystems. Industrial Marketing Management, 67, pp.5-22.
Romero-Hall, E., 2017. Posting, sharing, networking, and connecting: Use of social media
content by graduate students. TechTrends, 61(6), pp.580-588.