MG408 Graduate Challenge: Business Functions Report on Morrisons

This report provides an overview of the key business functions within Morrisons, a major supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. It highlights the roles and importance of departments such as marketing, human resources, production, and finance in achieving the company's goals. The marketing department focuses on promoting goods and services to enhance sales, while human resources is responsible for hiring and managing employees. The production unit ensures the availability of raw materials and the conversion into finished goods. The finance department manages funds and resources across all departments. The report concludes that effective communication and coordination between these interlinked departments are crucial for the overall success and growth of Morrisons. Desklib offers a variety of study resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to support students in their academic endeavors.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Business organisation is created by the individual to conduct the business with the aim of
generating higher profits and revenue so that they can expand their target market. There are
various functions which is being performed in the right direction and some of the major
department are marketing, Human resource, finance, production and many more(Saha, Rathore
and Gigi, 2021). Morrisons is the chosen organisation for this report, It is the supermarket chain
in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Bradford West Yorkshire, England. The company
is founded in 1899 by William Morrison. This respective respective report will cover the
importance and roles of business functions.
MAIN BODY
Business functions refers to the department which is being carried out y the venture in
order to have higher income. Morrisons is working with the different department and their
importance is given below:
Marketing is the department which is concern for promoting and communicating the
company's goods and services in the large market so that sales and revenue of the company can
be enhanced. In context to Morrisons, Marketing having the role is to advertise and
communicate their goods and services to the large audience so that they can make higher sale.
Importance of this functions is to maintain their loyal customers by which they can retain their
products.
Human resource is the unit which is concern for hiring the potential candidate by
evaluating their skills and abilities in order to contributes to the growth and success of the
company. In context to Morrisons, The role of the HR manager is to find the right individual or
the given job role and its importance to provide the fair remuneration and skills so that they can
have the better approach in within the organisation and managing employees.
Production is the unit which is engaged in converting the raw material into finished gods
so that large quantity of products and services can be sell in the market. In context to Morrisons,
the role of the manager is to ensure the easy availability of raw material in order to full fill the
requirements of their customers. It is the important unit which act as the main department as it
offers the finished goods for their further sale(Mounessi and et. al., 2020).

Finance is the unit which is concern for procuring and allocating the funds in the
different departments so that they can be run in a appropriate manner(Ying, He and Wang,
2020). In context to Morrisons, the role of this unit is to acquire and manage the overall
expenses so that resources can be effectively utilised.
These department are interlinked and when they work together, It will leads to have
effective communication and the loopholes of the company can be identified in order to fix them
for the better results of the company. This also helps in maintaining the coordination within the
units in order to reach to the desired gaol of IMO Electronics Ltd. Moro ever, It also helps in
having the feedbacks from the prospective employees in order to understand the overall working
of the company.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that there various department that are working
together for the growth of the company. Marketing unit is ensuring the effective advertisement of
their goods and services for the further sale. Human resource ensure the hiring of the fine
candidate who can perform their job role in an well defined manner. Lastly, Production manager
also ensures the easy availability of raw material so that they can full fill the demand in the target
market.

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