1.4 Functional Areas within Business Organizations
Unit 1: Exploring Business Purposes
1.4 Functional Areas within
Business Organizations
Unit 1: Exploring Business Purposes
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Key skills
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Relationships between functional areas
In this section, you will consider the links between
different functional areas and the importance of
good communication in an organization.
Working together
Communication
Interaction of different
functional areas
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Business activities
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Working together
The functional areas in a business may work on the same or
different projects, but ultimately they share the same goal:
to achieve the aims of the business.
In order for a business to succeed, the functional areas
in that organization must co-operate and communicate
– both with each other and with their customers.
For example:
Human Resources is
responsible for recruiting staff
across the whole of an organization.
Finance is responsible for paying staff in all departments.
How do you think the interaction of functional areas
might differ between large and small organizations?
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Relationships between functional areas
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Working together
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Working together
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Methods of communication
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Communication pros and cons
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Assignment: The interaction of functional areas
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Build the business!
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Glossary
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