All the departments of Boots are in the same building. This is good for the communication because they can talk to the other departments and not having to e-mail or telephone each other. Each department in Boots will have a finance director for example the director will give advice to senior managers on the overall financial position of the organisation. The financial director, marketing director and the operations director will discuss each department and their performances within the business at regular board meetings.
Marketing
Boots will need to contact the finance department to see how much money they have been budgeted because if Boots want to make an advert for their knew product they will need to know how much money they have to use so that they do not over spend. Boots may contact the finance to monitor sales for example to see if the advertising campaign has increased sales.
Boots may contact the operation department to ensure that the type of product, for example perfume, has had quality checks; and it is of high standards before it comes to Boots. Boots want to advertise the same product that is being made, for example cosmetics; because if they advertise the wrong product they will lose the money they used to advertise. Also annual reports are written when marketing and operations departments are having discussions in order to make sure all the information in the report is up to date. This information is then passed to the finance department, who then will produce a report.
Operations
Operations will contact finance to check what their budget is because Boots want to get their budget for the operations department so they do not over spend. Operations can contact the sales department to see have much perfume etc they need so that they make enough for the shelves in Boots because they do not want to run out of the item.
Operations will talk to marketing because Boots want the right product and the right amount so that they don’t run out or over order the product. The operations department will be working with marketing and sales because they will need to aware of how much goods are being sold and what needs to be re-ordered because of the electronic tills used by Boots.
Finance
Finance will contact all the departments to tell them how much they can spend. Also if a department has over spent their budget because Boots do not want to owe money to other businesses. The finance department will contact the operation and marketing department to see if they have finished the annual reports, so as they can publish the information. The finance department are working with the marketing department because they want the marketing department to know how much budget they have to spend on the advertisement. The finance department in Boots will be assisting the other departments well because they will tell the different department on how much money they can spend so that they don’t overspend.
The finance department will contact the operations and production department to get all the receipts and invoices because they need to put them in the right order and monitor exactly what has been bought and sold. The finance department will contact the operations department to see who they owe money to because they need to pay on time and check to if they paid the right amount. The finance department will tell the other departments how successful they been this is usually done via the annual report. It is important for Boots to pay their bills on time because they will not want to pay the interest. Also they will not to damage their reputation. If their reputation is damaged businesses they might not give the products on loan.
