Richer Sounds. Analysis of structure, job roles, personal attributes and team working.

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RICHER SOUND

In this particular task, I am going to compare two organisations where one will be Betta Value Stores and the other is Richer Sound. While comparing these two organisations I am going to look at their structure, job roles, personal attributes and team working and I have written all this in Betta Value Store earlier in my other task and now I am going to do same aspects for Richers Sounds.

Introduction:

Richer Sounds is in the private sector and was first opened in London in 1978 and was started by Julian Richer in the age of 19. Then Richer Sound became a private limited company to gain the benefits of limited liability. Richer Sounds store sell hi-fi separates, home cinema equipments, plasma screen and LCD screen TVs, DVD and MP3 players, amplifiers, DJ gear and other types of related accessories. They have given all details of their product on their website which is . Where it also tells that any customer can buy the product direct from store, by mail order or from internet (website of richer sound). One reason of becoming Richer Sound a limited company is because of buying audio separates to keep in stock cists money and without liability then any financial problems would have meant that the owner, Julian Richer would have been in such a big trouble or have been personally liable for any debts. The size of Richer Sounds is medium sized organisation. In 2003 we employed 376 people, including directors, 110 worked in office or in management, 203 worked in retailing and warehousing. They have 45 stores around whole UK. Richer Sound was listed as being the top British-owned company in the official list of the UK’s 100 Best Companies to work for.

Richer Sounds Organisational Chart:

Richer Sound has ten levels where its is start from top Julian Richer chairman’s office then below is managing director’s office, David Robinson and reports to Julian Richer and then below this there are eight directors and control different departments like John Currier is a Finance director, John Clayton is a operating and training director, Claudia Vernon is a marketing director, Jez Avens is a deputy managing director, Solomon Essah Essel is a distributing director, Julie Abraham is a IT and stock control director, Gary Woodward is a purchasing director and Dan Bumham is a merchandising director and these all directors’ reports to David Robinson. These entire different departments carry different activities such as finance department control accounts, payroll and purchase ledger, operating and training department control customer services which is controlled by Ricky Faust and do HiFi direct and corporate sales and do web/ mail orders, training/recruitment office, colleagues support, call centre, stores operations and property/health and safety, marketing department control all the marketing and design (stores/ website), managing department carry all the services, security and cost control activities, distribution department control warehouse and distribution activities, IT and stock control department do all IT work and control stock and logistics, purchasing department control all purchasing activities and merchandising department also control the marketing area and POS (point of sale).

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By looking at this all information of Richer Sounds Organisation Chart, tells that it has many levels. It shows that Richer Sound is a large organisation and has more levels than Betta Value Store.

Job Roles:

  1. Chairman- This is the top position on the organisation. It is held by Julian Richer.
  2. Managing Director- this position is held by David Robinson and reports to Julian Richer.
  3. Directors- this position is held by the senior directors who are on the management board and these all directors’ reports to David Robinson.
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*** The writer has clearly applied their research and it is firmly based in an analysis of Richer Sounds. It fails to fully understand the difference between the Head Office and store sides of the business. There is too much repetition suggesting a better structure could have been used. Although they have used spell check, they have not proof read their work resulting in many mistakes.