Unit 8 Recruitment, Selection & Employment

Unit 8 Criteria (everything)

Criteria to be covered in Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Scenario Given You have been asked to produce a leaflet that explains to potential employees how the structure of a business affects the job roles and functional areas within the business. To do this you will need to identify two contrasting businesses. To be a suitable contrast the businesses should have different organisational structures, such as one small and one large business. For each business you have selected, identify the different functional areas within the business and explain the purpose of each functional area. Then for each business identify and describe two job roles from different functional areas. Compare the four job roles and their responsibilities (i.e. two from each business), identifying similarities and differences. Finally, for one business, analyse how the organisational structure affects the job roles and functional areas within the business. To do this you should: analyse how the structure contributes to achieving the aims and objectives, showing the importance of the relationships and interactions between the functional areas analyse how the organisational structure impacts on job roles analyse how the organisational structure impacts on the functional areas. Include relevant examples to support your statements.

Say whaaaaaat?

Lets start by looking at what a functional area is? Most businesses have a number of different departments, each has a specific job or task to do - these are called 'functions'. You’ve heard the names used for these functional areas before......

......Here are the functional areas

A closer look

Some of the things the different functional areas do..... Interviewing a member of staff for promotion – HUMAN RESOURCES Preparing a report on daily sales figures – FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS Meeting a sales representative from a supplier – MARKETING/SALES Ordering a supply of potatoes – PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS Preparing a report on the health and safety policy – HUMAN RESOURCES Repairing a faulty piece of equipment on the production line – ADMINISTRATION/IT SUPPORT Doing a survey of customers to find out their views of different products – RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Dealing with a complaint from a buyer about the quality of clothes – CUSTOMER SERVICES

Caution! All businesses will carry out each function, but... Not every business will have a separate department that is responsible for each function Very large businesses will have specialist staff in each department and these departments could be spread across the globe! Small businesses may have one or two people who try and do everything! Different businesses, therefore, will manage their functions in different ways so do not expect every business to do exactly the same thing.

Business Example 1 (A Big Business)

Kettleby Foods Kettleby Foods manufacture ready meals, mainly for Tesco.

Kettleby Foods Functional Areas The company has 4 directors: – Managing Director, – Finance Director, – Production Director – Commercial Director. The business has five senior managers (reports to various Directors): – Personnel (works under the Managing Director), – Technical (works under the Production Director), – Engineering (works under the Production Director), – Product Development (works under Production Director) – Purchasing (works under the Commercial Director). Organisational structure of one aspect of the business: – Production Director – Senior Technical Manager – Junior Technical Manager – Shift Manager – Team Leader – Shop Floor Workers

Business Example 2 (A Small Business)

No.31 Hair and Beauty Is a hairdressing salon based in Somerset, England. The company provides a range of unisex hair styling services and also sells a range of hair care products such as shampoo and conditioners, styling products, wax, paste and hair shapers.

No.31 Functional Areas The Owner ManagerAccountant 8 Stylists2 Receptionists

YOU CAN NOW START THE ASSIGNMENT By using the scenario given in Slide 4. Also, in moodle there is the Sample Assignment (which will really help in understanding what you have to do), where a pupil has met all the highlighted criteria in slide 3. Make sure you pick 2 businesses (Small & Big), where you can find information on easily. You’re assignment can be done in PowerPoint or Word....Doesn’t have to be fancy, as long as the criteria is met.