Organizations of a Business
My employer for the last 4 years has been Scottish Enterprise Borders.
Using this organisation as a case study will allow me to demonstrate
that I have a clear understanding of how business organisations are
structured.
Scottish Enterprise Borders has a mission statement that very clearly
communicates to staff, stakeholders and our publics what we do.
1. "Our purpose is to help the people of the Scottish Borders create
and sustain jobs, prosperity and a high quality of life."
The statement itself is our broadest possible communication of the
organisation's philosophy, purpose, goal, value and function. It
describes the underlying design, aim and thrust of what we do. It also
reflects a realistic but farsighted determination of who Scottish
Enterprise Borders is, whom it serves, what it does, and what it
strives to accomplish.
Scottish Enterprise Borders has seven company goals which underpin our
overall strategy. All of our goals are customer, business and
behaviourally driven.
2. a) Our main consumer/customer goal is "Satisfying Customers." Our
consumers/customers are wide and varied and may include members of
the public, others in the network, businesses, partners, sponsors
and colleagues.
b) The main goal relating to our product or services is "Expert In Our
Field." We strive to ensure staff are knowledgeable, experienced,
continuously learning, and able to broker/signpost to the right
expertise.
c) Operationally our main goal is "Driven By Results. This goal
encourages us at an operational level to be high achievers, future
focussed and conscious of impa...
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...ea of business function deals
with our strategy, business support, European applications/claims,
rural issues and stakeholder relationships. The key function for this
area would be to produce our Operating Plan and monitor our
performance against key indicators.
· Partnerships, Skills and Learning- This core function deals with
national programmes such as Skillseekers and Modern Apprenticeships.
Workforce and market development and regeneration of outlying market
towns.
· Administration - Each of the functional areas has 1 administrator
who looks after the needs of the team. The administration function is
wide and varied and could involve anything from manning reception to
small scale project management.
· HR - centralised
· Marketing - centralised
· Finance - centralised
· ICT - centralised
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