An Investigation into Business Communication

An Investigation into Business Communication

Introduction:

My name is Kalpesh Magudia, I have been appointed as a consultant to a

medium sized manufacturing company, employing 120 people. The company

is called KM Ltd. Previously production and administration has been

located in central London, but a new production site has been

purchased 50 miles away from London, and has meant that the company

and its personnel must be re-organised. The Board of Directors,

Managing Director, Finance Director and Administration Director Will

now work from the London Head Office. The Marketing Director,

Production Director and Human Resources Director will now be based at

the company's new manufacturing facility 50 miles outside of London in

an industrialised business area. I am required to identify the

problems of communication between the two locations and suggest how

they could be resolved.

Communication- messages passed between a sender and a receiver,

through a medium such as a letter or fax. (Ref: GCSE Business Studies,

2nd edition by Alain Anderton).

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At the top of the hierarchy, the series of layers in an organisation

is the Board of Directors, who represents the shareholders' best

interest. Next in line is the Managing Director, who is responsible

for the day- to day of the Finance, Marketing, Product, Human

Resources and the Administration Directors. The business is organised

by function. This means that the company is organised according to

what people in the organisation do.

Board of Directors: People elected to the board of a company by the

shareholders to represent the shareholders' interests.

Managing Director are workers who are responsible for the day to day

running of the company. They are answerable to the directors of the

company. Some managers may also be directors; they are called

executive directors.

Finance Director: The management where balance sheets and profit and