Tesco's organisational structure
Task 1 Organisation: TESCO plc Our Mission TESCO is a company, which is dedicated to professional management of both people and property. They are committed to each other through mutual respect and support. We realize the importance of individual growth in order to strengthen the whole. They invest in the development of the individual through training, education and reward. TESCO is committed to serve our owners, our residents, agencies and each other with integrity, fairness and honesty. They seek a balance between preservation of our resources and realization of profit. TESCO's strive to combine accuracy and reliability with accountability. TESCO is a caring organization that endeavours to exhibit PRIDE IN EXCELLENCE AIMS AND OBJECTIVE > TO INCREASE PROFIT: TESCO 's profits have topped analysts' forecasts, coming in at £1.4bn, with turnover up 11.5% at £28.6bn. Britain's biggest food retailer also said it had achieved its target for emerging markets as underlying operating profits rose 78% to £212m. Analysts had forecast that the underlying pre-tax profit would be between £1.33bn and £1.39bn. Six years ago, TESCO launched a four-pronged plan to drive growth in food, non-food, and retail services like banking and overseas hypermarkets in places like Asia and central Europe. > TESCO expands TESCO has been expanding more than ever for previous six
McDonald's. What are the Management functions at McDonald's?
McDonald's INTRODUCTION TO McDonald's Mission Statement Mc Donald's vision is to be the UK's biggest, best quick service restaurant experience. Since McDonald's opened its first restaurant in the UK in October 1974, the Golden Arches have become a familiar symbol, now seen on high streets, alongside major roads, on cross channel ferries, in leisure and retail parks and at airports. During 2000, the company bought young people from communities all over the UK to perform on stage at the Dome in Greenwich as part of McDonald's Our Town Story. This explains the History of McDonalds. By the end of 2000, there were 1,116 McDonald's restaurant operating in the UK, representing a total investment in property and equipment of over £1.5 billion. The company employed just fewer than 50,000 people and 18,000 were employed by McDonald's franchises. Today, more than 2.5 million people in this country place their trust in McDonalds every day - trusting the Company to provide them with food of a high standard, quick service and value for money. E1 CLEARLY IDENTIFYING MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AND THEIR APLLICATION TO THE BUSINESS A restaurant manager makes sure that customers can come into the restaurant and enjoy the quality food and service they have come to expect from McDonald's. This takes in everything from the welfare of staff through to the performance of the restaurant
Sainsbury's organizational structure.
Task 3 (E4, C2, A1) Sainsbury's organizational structure Businesses are structured into different into ways according to the way they operate and according to their culture. The structure of business can affect the way it works and performs. You need to understand the differences between the following types of structure: * Tall * Flat * Matrix * Hierarchical Flat and tall structure:- The term 'scalar chain is a rather old fashioned one and stems from the days when large organizations were bureaucratic, with lots of layers between the top and bottom. Scalar chain refers to the number of levels within the structure or hierarchy of an organization. The scalar chain set out the authority, responsibility and the framework that determined superior and subordinate relationships. The idea of setting out everyone's role and position is to make it clear who is responsible for what, and that there is clear line of authority. Matrix structure:- A matrix structure can be used to combine the grouping method we have identified. In such a matrix it is probable that each member of the organization will belong to two or more groups. A matrix is thus a combination of structures, which enables employees to contribute to a mix of activities. The matrix enables the organization to focus upon a number of aims at the same time, and gives it the flexibility to respond to new markets where
Human resources for my business. The recruitment process is extremely important as it will allow me to gain fully qualified beauticians for my business by outlining all the requirements needed in a position at Asian Beauty and it will also save a lot of t
Human Resource Introduction Recruitment is the process of identifying that your business needs a new employee and recognising what the new employee's job should involve. The skills, qualities and experience required for the job will need to be established and as a result of this the right person will apply for the job. Recruitment includes four different stages, the job analysis, the job description, the person specification and advertising the job opportunity. The job analysis is the breaking down of a job into its component parts in order to identify exactly what the job requires such as, how many workers are needed?, and what qualities and skills the workers need. The job description is a document that describes the role of the job, this would contain basic information about the job such as, the job title, duties and responsibilities and who they will be responsible to. The person specification is a document that describes the skills, qualities and qualifications required in a person to successfully do the job and advertising the job opportunity is the process of informing potential employees that there is a vacancy in the business. The recruitment process is extremely important as it will allow me to gain fully qualified beauticians for my business by outlining all the requirements needed in a position at Asian Beauty and it will also save a lot of time and money.
Organisational structure + job roles
Organisational structure + job roles Why organisations need some type of structure? All organisations need some type of structure to operate productively. Even a small firm will have specific job roles for the staff, so there may be a general manager, along with technical experts and others responsible for sales and accounts. An Organisational structure shows all the different job roles and it also shows who is responsible for who (chain of command). Organisational structure shows the span of control. Span of control means how many people a person is responsible for. It lets all employees know who their line manager is - businesses need to know this in order to operate efficiently. Organisational structures are usually shown on an Organisational chart. There are 3 main types of structure: . Flat structure This is an example of flat Organisational structure. A flat structure usually has 2 or 3 levels and the chain command is frequently short in a flat structure. The advantages of a flat structure are highlighted below: * Easy to make decision * Communication is easier * Owner or manager has greater control over the staff * Owner or manager will know what is happening on the shop floor * Staff tend to have more independence and job flexibility We usually see a flat structure in smaller organisations with few employees. 2. Hierarchical structure This is an example
What motivational strategies does Sainsbury's use with its employees to maximise their overall performance?
Business Studies and Economics Coursework By Sarah Hussain 12CH What motivational strategies does Sainsbury's use with its employees to maximise their overall performance? Introduction Sainsbury is a Private Limited Company. It is a leading UK and US food retailer with interests in financial services and property. The group compromises Sainsbury's Supermarkets and Sainsbury Bank in the UK and Shaw's Supermarkets in the US. The Group employed 172,90 people at the end of the year The Groups objective is to meet its customers' needs effectively and thereby provide shareholders with good, sustainable financial returns. It aims to ensure all colleagues have opportunities to develop their abilities and are well rewarded for their contribution to the success of the business. It also aims to fulfil its responsibilities to the communities and environments in which it operates. In order to be a productively successful company Sainsbury's has to make sure that their staff are motivated. If their staff feels motivated in the work practice then the employers can expect a higher output per head. This will explained further later on. I have chosen to analyse the motivation techniques of the managers at J Sainsbury plc. I want to find out how they aim to motivate their staff and if they are aware of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and if they implement them in the workplace. In order to
Tesco is the most successful supermarket chain in UK because of its well-known good services and product quality. To maintain this loyalty, they go greater lengths to improve and sustain quality.
BUSSINESS AT WORK COURSEWORK E Tesco is the most successful supermarket chain in UK because of its well-known good services and product quality. To maintain this loyalty, they go greater lengths to improve and sustain quality. Tesco define quality assurance and quality control as an ongoing approach to providing 100% customer satisfaction by providing error free, waste free and accident free products and services. To establish this quality process, each functions management staff attends meetings every day on total quality management and on leadership of quality between functions to achieve objectives. Within the company, a quality improvement team meets weekly to lead and monitor the quality process. The organisation as a whole has principles that it operates on to ensure quality mainly: - * A must to meet customer requirements and satisfaction all the time * Prevention of defects and errors of any kind * Measurements to verify the processes are meeting requirements as intended Improving quality in products is done in many ways. Starting with products produced by Tesco itself to meet their customer needs, products are inspected and tested at various points during production. Staff are highly trained to maintain quality and also keep personal hygiene so that they don't contaminate the products with germs. The products also have expiry dates which also monitored so
McGregor -Theory X and Theory Y
Introduction McGregor -Theory X and Theory Y McGregor, an American psychologist, built upon earlier studies into the psychology of the workplace. From these studies he constructed a model of management attitudes, and from this model demonstrated that managers, wittingly or unwittingly, strongly dictated the type and attitude of workers in their employ. McGregor firstly examined the work of Taylor. In the early 1900's the Classical and Scientific (Taylorian) schools of management, suggested that workers were to be given tasks in their simplest forms. Within such Taylorian businesses, the role of management was to ensure that the simplest, most efficient, and productive working methods were used. Employees would have nothing to contribute but their labour. It can be argued that the early success of Ford Motors was to a large part due to the implementation of this structure. The second element McGregor used was the more recently developed Human Relations School. Studies performed by students of the Human Relations School, such as Mayo, found that many employees would produce higher levels of output, and be more aware of quality issues, if they are brought into the decision making that affected their jobs, rather than being just told what to do, and how to do it . There was a recognition by the Human Relations School that employees would have needs over and above those of
M1: Explain how oral communication can be used in business situation
"M1: Explain how oral communication can be used in business situation" There are number of different ways used to communicate orally in businesses such as by telephone, video conference, voicemail, face to face conversation, interview, presentation, group discussion etc. Business communication is very important because it shows how people interact within the business and communication should be clear so that information is understood. I am now going to chose four oral communication methods and I will give examples in a detail of each method of oral communication which can be used in businesses. * Face- Face communication: Face to face is the best and easiest method to use to communicate with other people. This is because the person can make clear point across to the listener and if they do not understand then they can use the speaker's facial expressions and body language to help them understand, what the person is trying to say. In businesses the best way is to communicate in private without any distractions or disturbances. This is the reason why most of the businesses schedule all their interviews in advance and leave instructions not to be interrupted during interviews. For this communication the person must have strong listening skills and speaking skills. The advantage of this communication is that it is an easy method of confirming something, giving out
location of tesco
Location of Tesco Location is a key factor for every business including Tesco and many aspects of a location must be analysed before it can be chosen. This includes the competition in the area, the reputation and the population of the area. Finding an ideal location is a decision that requires a lot of reconsideration and investigation particularly as Tesco is such a huge company with such big stores. Firstly all Tesco stores require a large area for the stores, as they will be accommodating such a huge variety of products. Secondly they will need a huge car park space for their customers, as the store can have hundreds of customers at any given time as well as providing disabled parking and family car parks. They also require a substantial area for a warehouse to stock their goods as well as loading bays where they receive their deliveries of stock. Some Tesco stores are situated in town centres however this is only if they are able to find such amounts of land they normally tend to locate in other places where they are able to build bigger stores. However building stores in town centres also means high interest rates so Tesco must be wary of this. I will discuss the location of my local Tesco store in Slough. Tesco found a big area of land available in the town centre of Slough and through Market Research and Investigation they were able to conclude that Slough is a
