There are many functions of a business. Some of these include:
- Human resources- Human resources is the function that is responsible for recruiting, training and paying employees. They have access to personal details for the people who they employee, however these need to be stored properly.
- Marketing and sales- Marketing and sales is the function that covers all the activities that tell customers about the business and lead to an increase in sales. They can share what is happening in all of there branches, eg. in a hotel see which one has most rooms rented out.
- Finance- Finance are concerned about the money the business receives from its customers and the amount it spends. It will keep all of its customers account details.
- Customer services-Customer services is a very important function as an unhappy customer might not use the business again and that customer could be lost to a competitor. Also the complaints can be worked upon when they are filed.
- Research and development-Research and development is the function that does exactly what it says researches products and develops them. Some members could present the ideas they found to a group.
- Operations-Operations makes sure that the products or services are delivered to customers when needed.