Functional Areas

Functional Areas

What data it needs

What it does

What information it creates

 

Human Resource

This in a business is important as it supplies employees and creates job descriptions for new jobs so it is responsible for the hiring and firing of employees to a business. It is also responsible for promotion and time off or pay slips, they also create employee contracts and monitor staff records. They would need who works in the company, their rate of pay and who is off sick so they will need to keep records of this to monitor the employees or people in the business. Human resource creates information in which the business needs to run such as information on the employees.

Marketing

The marketing department are responsible for the planning, advertising and profit development of the company alongside organising and promoting any special offers or events for example. They are also responsible for the popularity of the company as they must make sure that they try to advertise within the marketing department as best as possible, if they fail to do this they will cost the company money as they without them marketing correctly the company won’t make a good profit and therefore the budget for marketing will decrease. Marketing is also responsible for the revenue and they will create information such as posters and adverts depending on the type of company, the data it makes is also the best seller and price range as this all helps the business. They must make sure they research what the customers like to see on their marketing for example.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is a functional area which consists of a limited group and therefore limited data and the actual making of the product. They need to make sure they have all the equipment needed to manufacture their products and also make sure everything is done properly and runs smoothly. They must know what the product is, how many they need to make and when they need to be done by else the company won’t work.

Purchasing

This department deals with the buying of raw materials and other items in which the business needs to function and for the organisation of the business which can include the services and utilities. They often deal with the day to day or can be larger purchasing of products within the business. They will need data such as the budgets, the amount of stock, deals within the business and the value of stock. As a department they can tell the business how much they have to spend in the business and carry on along with how much they have spent and gained as profit.