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Describe how two businesses are organised (P3)

I am going to talk about two organisations and how they operate. The organisations I am going to talk about are McDonalds and Chester Zoo.

McDonalds is a fast food restaurant and its purpose is to provide the best and fastest customer service so in this way it will give the organisation a good reputation and help them to make more profit.
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This shows how stuff work in McDonalds. If there would be a problem with customers for example, then the assistant manager would take care of this but if there would be something more serious then the business manager will have to take care of it because he is the top head of managing. This also shows how the organisation is organized and how …show more content…

Span of control - Span of control is the number of people that one individual is responsible for in an organisation. The wider the span of control is then the greater the number of whom the individual is responsible. A manager who is responsible for too many people may be so overworked that their staff in turn may not be able to perform their duties effectively. Functional Areas - The functional areas are the specialist areas of activity within an organisation. These include: • Finance • Marketing • Production • Customer service • Sales • Human resources Finance The finance department functions include keeping records of financial activity for example the sales made by the business and providing managers with information that they can use in decision making for example cost of making products. For McDonalds the finance department would have to keep track of how many sales they make per day and what kind of meal or burger makes the most money. For Chester Zoo the finance department would have to do the same which is keeping records of how many sales they make per day and how much profit they make.

Marketing - The marketing function is responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements. The marketing function have to carry out market

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