1. Work December 15 th 2010 Year 10 Business

2. Criteria: P4 describe the functional areas in two contrasting business organisations [CT] What type of information do we require? The typical functions a company has are: Sales Production Purchasing; Administration Customer service Distribution Finance Human Resources (HR) ICTResources\Functional AreasInfo\141_Functional_areas.pptResources\Functional AreasInfo\141_Functional_areas.ppt Marketing Research and Development (R and D) Where will be get the information from? Resources on the U:drive & the internet – How should it look? Your presentation should be in the form of a PowerPoint - use suitable technical language, at least 10 Functions should be examined. It should include a general definition of each functional area and specific examples for both Sainsbury’s and Subway - Resources\P4 Functional Areas template for Subway & Sainsbury.pptResources\P4 Functional Areas template for Subway & Sainsbury.ppt Sainsbury Link: http://www.jsainsburys.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=5 http://www.jsainsburys.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=5 DESCRIBE: Give a clear description that includes all the relevant features. Think of it as ‘painting a picture with words’.

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4. Criteria: P5 explain how these functional areas link in one of these organisations. [CT, RL] What type of information do we require? Investigate the relationships between different functional areas within Sainsburys. You need to think of examples where different functional areas may need to support another functional area. For example: Sales and finance – these will support each other in that the finance department will manage the money being received from sales and then report back to the sales function its results. Human resources will liaise with all functional areas to discuss job vacancies, promotions, training Customer Service will need to pass on customer feed back to sales and marketing which could affect future sales Where will be get the information from? Resources on the U:drive & the internet – Resources\Functional Areas Info\142_Relationships_between_functional_areas.ppt How should it look? Your presentation should be in the form of a PowerPoint - use suitable technical language, at least 10 Functions should be examined. It should include a general definition of each functional area and specific examples for both Sainsbury’s and Subway - Resources\Functional Areas Info\Functional areas P5.pptResources\Functional Areas Info\Functional areas P5.ppt DESCRIBE: Give a clear description that includes all the relevant features. Think of it as ‘painting a picture with words’.