Functional areas
Functional areas indicate the different parts of the business and the employees that work in different parts. In Tesco there are many employees who have certain job skills and work together to complete the main aims of the business. They get their raw materials from certain countries such as: USA, Germany, Sweden and France. They then check the end product and distribute the products. Functional areas of a business mean that there is a special job or role in one area of the business. The main functional areas of Tesco are:
• The finance department
• Human resources
• Finance and accounts
• Administration and IT
• Marketing
• Sales
• Customer services