Importance of Different Business Functions

Assignment task
A 500-word business report on the importance of different business functions to demonstrate core academic skills of evidence-based writing and Harvard referencing.

With reference to academic texts, define the role of Marketing, Finance, Operations Production and Human Resources. Explain the importance of all these functions working together well, with supporting evidence based on successful organisations.

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
LO 1 Evaluate the importance of different business functions and show how they link together.
LO 3 Develop and appreciate the academic skills and techniques necessary to be a successful undergraduate student.

Task requirements
This assignment requires an evidenced based approach to the discussion of the business functions of organisations.
The research materials for this assignment will come from academic text from other course areas outside of the module. For example, from The Business Environment core text by Worthington and Britton (The Internal Environment: Chapter 2) and Principles of Marketing core text Brassington and Pettitt (Introduction: Chapter 1). The use of online sites such as Wikipedia, Businessballs etc are not deemed suitable for use as sources for academic definitions in H.E.

Additionally, credible web-based sources are important to provide evidence to support the points made in your report and use of corporate websites, national news media e.g. BBC News, The Telegraph etc. and trade magazines such as Marketing Week, Forbes etc.is recommended. 

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s institutional grading descriptors. A proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of the Harvard academic referencing conventions.

This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Level 4 with the grade breakdown as follows -:

Knowledge and understanding 15%

Argument/analysis 15%

Evidence based writing 
Number of sources used 10%
Suitability of sources for use in H.E. 10%
Diversity of sources used 10%
Harvard Referencing 
In text 20%
Reference List (Alphabetical).  20%

Submission details
This assignment should be submitted electronically. Please use the relevant Turnitin submission point in the Submit your work area in your Blackboard module shell. 

• Please ensure that your work has been saved in an appropriate file format. Turnitin will only accept the following file types: Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, OpenOffice (ODT), Hangul (HWP), Google Docs, or plain text. Your file must also contain at least 20 words of text, consist of fewer than 400 pages and be less than 40MB in size. 

• You can submit your work as many times as you like before the submission date. If you do submit your work more than once, your earlier submission will be replaced by the most recent version. 

• Once you have submitted your work, you will receive a digital receipt as proof of submission, which will be sent to your forwarded e-mail address (provided you have set this up). Please keep this receipt for future reference, along with the original electronic copy of your assignment 

• You are reminded of the University’s regulations on academic misconduct, which can be viewed on the University website. In submitting your assignment, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood these regulations