This week’s topics
Business functions and how they work together
- Sales and marketing
- Human resource management
- Production
- Warehouse and distribution
- Finance
- Relationships between business functions
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Explain the purpose of different functions of a business.
- 2.2 Explain the relationship between the different functions of a business.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then discuss how they apply to this week’s topic and note one example from a real business.
Study materials
Videos
- Sales and marketing · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students
- Distribution · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 11.1: The marketing concept · PDF · OpenStax (2026), marketing and customer service; pp. 362–364 · for registered students
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 8.1: Human resource management · PDF · OpenStax (2026), recruitment and selection; pp. 253–256 · for registered students
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10.1: Production and operations management · PDF · OpenStax (2026), the operations function; pp. 329–330 · for registered students
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 16.1: The role of finance and the financial manager · PDF · OpenStax (2026), budgeting and finance; pp. 539–540 · for registered students
- Principles of Marketing, ch. 17.1: Marketing channels · PDF · OpenStax (2023), place decisions; pp. 570–575 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
