This document discusses departments in an organization. It defines a department as a section or sub-division of jobs in a business that groups jobs into logical units. Departments are important as they ensure orderliness, unity among workers, proper functioning of business activities, and allow employees to focus on their strong points. The document describes key departments like production, accounts, operations, and finance and their roles and responsibilities. It notes that without departments there would be a lack of orderliness, chaos, decreased output, and deteriorated quality. Departments can also help achieve economies of scale and decreased production costs through specialization and increased efficiency.

1. DEPARTMENTS IN AN
ORGANISATION
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2. WHAT IS A DEPARTMENT?
A department is a section or
sub-division of jobs in a
business. This is the way jobs
are grouped into logical units.

3. WHY ARE DEPARTMENTS
IMPORTANT IN A BUSINESS?
It ensures orderliness when workers are doing their day-to-day
activities.
Makes workers united as they can each help each other in their
various units.
Ensures that the activities of a business are done properly as
everyone has specific functions.
Focuses on employees strong points in their departments.

4. PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
This
department
produces
goods under
the
instructions
of the
production
manager.
The
production
department
deals with
the control
of the cost of
production.
It produces
goods for the
organization.
It embarks
on product
design.
Ensures
quality
control.

5. ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
Accounts are the financial records of a firm’s transactions.
The Accounting Department is in charge of documenting the financial records of
a business.
The Accountant will produce final accounts of the business. These will record
the main financial results over the year and the current worth of the business.

6. OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
The Operation’s role in a business is to take inputs and change them
into outputs for customer use. Inputs can be physically goods or
services.
The Operations manager is responsible for making sure that raw
materials are provided and made into finished goods or services.
A typical manufacturing business will have:
A Factory Manager who will be responsible for the quantity and
quality of products.
A Purchasing Manager who will be responsible for providing the
materials required for the production.
A Research and Development Manager who will be responsible for the
design and testing of new production processes and products.

7. FINANCE DEPARTMENTThis is a department
that is concerned
with the financial
aspect of the
organization. It is
divided into different
sections like
accounting and
auditing. This department
manages the
efficiency of the
financial resources
of an organization.
The finance
department makes
decisions on
financial matters.
Provides
permanent records
of all transactions.
Calculation of
salaries and
wages.

8. What happens if there are no departments?
a. Lack of orderliness in the business.
b. Chaos in the work spaces of employees.
c. Level of output will be decreased.
d. Quality of products will deteriorate because when departments are
present in a business there is specialization and division of labor
which enhance the quality of products sold.

9. HOW DO DEPARTMENTS RELATE
TO ECONOMIES OF SCALE
Since departments improve the
competence of a business it could
therefore lead to a fall in the cost of
production.
For example, in the Production
Department, it deals with the provision of
product or service to satisfy human
wants. If Economies of Scales like
Technical Economies, Marketing
Economies, etc. are used it could increase
the efficiency of products leading to
decrease in the cost of production.