Job roles in ASDA.

Umar Asif Unit 4 People in organisations(P1) Describe the main job roles and functions in an organisation In this task I need to create a table, in the table i need to show the different job roles and what their functions are within the business. The business that i am going to link my table to will be ASDA. Job RolesResponsibilitiesDirectorsThe responsibilites of the directors is looking after shareholders’ intrests.

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The director of ASDA has the responsibility for ensuring the success of ASDA in such areas like health and safety, employment law, for example is ASDA complying with the minimum wage act. A director needs to avoid conflics of intrest. ManagersThe responsibitlies of a manager is to motivate staff, setting targets and recuting and dismissing staff, allocating work, communicating planning and desicion making, problem solving. A manager in ASDA will supervise and manage the overall performance of the staff in the whole department, they also report recommendations and develop stratigies on how to improve to improve on the quality of service and the quantity of sales. The managers are involved with employing staff to work for them they are also involoved in the career development. They are responsible for the growth and increase of finances and earning that ASDA make. Supervisors/Team LeadersManaging operatives. Motivating their staff and allocating tasks. The supervisors/Team leaders in ASDA will create the rotas for staff to work this will need to be done fairly so that all tasks will be set equally. They will also have to call staff in if there are a shortage of staff that are ill there are nomally staff on a cover rota that would normally do this. Assistant/ Support StaffDay to day general work or clerical duties. The assistance or support staff in ASDA will stock the shevels, help customers with any queries that they have and work at the check outs. The support/assistant staff are on the front line of customer service so they need to act approprialty while taking on the role, the also they need to be trustworthy as they are dealing with customers money. To conclude in this task i have learned that there is different roles within a business (ASDA) and that they require a different type of experience. The lower you get there is more tasks to do for example if you are a assistance/support service you get the jobs that involve more customer service. If you were a manager you would be telling the team leaders to tell the support service what to do on the shop floor. | Page

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danielbeal

4th of Apr 2012

Quality of writing

The style of writing is poor. The student states 'i', which should be 'I'. In addition, the student only uses very basic English, and there is no attempt to use any technical terms within the report. For example the report could use 'BOD's', which stands for 'Board Of Directors', instead of the term 'Directors' which is quite basic.

Level of analysis

The section 'Mangers' doesn't state that each manger will have their own store. Each manger will be responsible for their own store and if the store under performs the business may consider closing this. It's important that the store performs, and this is the mangers duty to ensure that it's on track to meet their financial target. The report states the different levels of employees within the business. However what may be useful is accessing how much each employee is paid and the difference between low skilled job roles, middle senior employees and the BOD's. This would acquire the student high marks, as this is assessing different levels within the business.

Response to question

In summary, the report is quite basic. The report states a number of job roles within the business, and describes a little regrading each one. However some job roles are not within the table. In addition, the student doesn't state their incomes, or asses the difference between low skilled job roles and the higher skilled job roles within the business. The student understands the link between shareholders and the directors of the business, which is good. However the student hasn't explained the different job roles that directors can undertake. For example, the report could include 'An IT director would have to ensure that all technology within the business is up-to-date and ensures that there are using all computer systems as efficiently as possible'.

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