BUS 475 Week One Discussion Questions DQ #1: Select a small business that you may want to start. What is strategic management and planning? Why would a strategic plan be important to the success of this business? How are the four functions of management relative to creating and implementing a strategic plan? I want to start an e-commerce sales business. The strategic management and planning guidelines for this kind of business include the following: Planning - As an owner‚ I will analyze
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Methodology: 1. Use E-R model to get a high-level graphical view of essential components of enterprise and how they are related 2. Then convert E-R diagram to SQL DDL‚ or whatever database model you are using E-R Model is not SQL based. It ’s not limited to any particular DBMS. It is a conceptual and semantic model – captures meanings rather than an actual implementation The E-R Model: The enterprise is viewed as set of * Entities * Relationships among entities Symbols used in
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Functional areas Function Areas What are main activities for each Functional area Finance Producing invoices‚ checking payments are received and chasing up overdue payments Recording money received Checking and paying invoices received Preparing the payroll and paying staff salaries Monitoring departmental budgets to check managers are not overspending Issuing regular budget reports to all departmental managers Producing cash flow forecasts and regular financial reports for senior managers Advising
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Functional Areas of Business Management MGT/521 Functional Areas of Business The functional areas of business are areas that allow the organization to operate‚ develop‚ and progress abiding by laws and regulations when implementing policies and procedures in the organization to all employees and management. There are 10 functional areas of business: Management‚ law‚ human resources management‚ leadership‚ accounting‚ finance‚ economics‚ research and statistics‚ operations management
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Functional Areas of Business: Operations and Project Management Gregory J. Deschapell MGT521/Management February 12‚ 2013 Dr. Rosamaria Murillo Functional Areas of Business: Operations and Project Management There are several functional areas that compose a business. These areas frequently‚ if not constantly‚ interact with one another to ensure that the organization succeeds. This paper will summarize two of these functional areas: Operations and Project Management. We will also review the
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Functional Areas of Business Every company is different and each of them have different needs. A business that has more than one department assigns each department a particular job or function. This paper will give a summary of at least two functional areas of business of interest to me. I will also give an explanation of what my role as a manager would be in the functional areas of business that I have selected. The two functional areas of business that I have chosen are human resources and marketing
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Functional Areas of Business There are many functional areas in business. In fact‚ each function has a manager role that helps with “coordinating and overseeing the work activities of others so that their activities are completed efficiently and effectively” (Robbins & Coulter‚ 2012‚ p. 8). Three of the functional areas are Marketing‚ Operational Management‚ and Accounting. With regard to areas in business‚ there are also functions in management that all areas follow. These functions consist of
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Functional Areas of Business Roles of a manager within the functional areas of business are important for the success of any organization. Functional areas are classified under four category and they are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Intensive focus of these functional areas is critical for managers to ensure business success through efficiency and the effective use of employees. Planning The first step in the management function is planning because planning is the basis for
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Functional areas of Greggs:12 At Greggs Head office they have eight main functional areas which are; Marketing- Infilling a market lead ethos thought out‚ researching on external opportunities to understand current and potential customers‚ developing the marketing plan and strategy. Managing budgets and market success. Job roles within marketing: researcher‚ questionnaire designer‚ online survey producer. Production- only found in in manufacturing businesses such as; Heinz. Receives deliveries
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Functional Areas of Business La’Kisha Thomas University of Phoenix Management MGT 521 Greg Luce February 11‚ 2013 Functional Areas of Business The functional areas of business are management‚ law‚ human resources management‚ leadership‚ accounting‚ finance‚ economics‚ research and statistics‚ operations management‚ marketing‚ and strategic planning. Although‚ all of the functional areas are essential to the success of a organization‚ two areas stand out as key to getting the business started
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