Thorpe Park Guide
Welcome to our Thorpe park guide!!
In this guide I will be discussing the different functional areas
within Thorpe park. Functional areas are different departments within
a business that help the business to achieve their aims and
objectives. e.g. all the tasks that have to be carried out by the
business: Human Resources, Finance, Marketing etc.
Furthermore, within this guide I will also include a full description
of the 5 main functional areas in Thorpe park (Marketing, Human
Resources, Customer services, Health and Safety and I.C.T) and how
they all linked together help the business to strive to success. The
guide will also include how the different functional areas communicate
within a business and how this can affect the future of the business
and how well the business does.
Functional Areas
Marketing:
The marketing department are a small group which work with Thorpe park
and has the responsibility for the marketing debt to ensure that the
brand identity is maintained in all communication both on and of the
park. They are able to do this through identifying the brand identity,
target market, and visual representation of the brand. (brand logo)
For Thorpe park the marketing group target families with children over
the age of 12.
Every year the marketing group produces a plan which covers the
following areas:
Product: In this case the product is what Thorpe park provides for the
product, rides. The marketing department every year with almost out
exception they launch a new attraction ( ri...
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very seriously, because through them they are able to cast forward to
the public their high standards.
Methods of communication
Throughout Thorpe park their exists many methods of communication
between the main functional areas. Especially within the I.C.T
department which has the use of information technology we can discover
many methods of communication. Every department in Thorpe park in some
way has something to do with information technology and methods of
communication within information technology. Through in formation
technology al department are able to keep in touch with one another as
they can send e-mails instead of memos and instead of sending a
messenger. Also the respective leaders of each department also meet up
to discuss many issues about the business using oral communication.
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Communication is important in life. Companies need to communicate with other companies and customers. The managers also need to communicate with the staff. The technology provides us with many means of communication, the most important of which is e-mail.
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