Task 4 – Functional Areas
1. Describe what a functional area is.
2. Describe what the following functional areas do within a business:
- Sales & Marketing
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Operations
- ICT
- Customer Service
2. Using the table provided describe the functional areas for two businesses including what the functional does and why.
Possible businesses to use: Cornwall County Council, Kettleby Foods
No31 Hair and Beauty, Cadburys, Nielsen, JP Morgan, BAA, LBi
3. Explain why it is important for functional areas
to work together
4. Evaluate how
each of the functional areas works
together and how they
help each other to achieve the overall aims and
objectives of the organisation.