Thursday 9 May 2013

U4 P1 - Task 6 - Compare the main job roles and functions in two different organisations

Project Extension Task 6

In this part of my coursework I will compare the main job roles and functions in two different organisations, the organisations that I have choose are British Red Cross and Wesminster Kingsway College.


British Red Cross's Departments:
- Finance and Business Development
- Education and Human Resources
- Communication Department
- Fundraising
-International
- Strategy and Evaluation
- UK service department

The Candidate will do: provide information and provide services to learning teams
The Candidate need to be able to use Microsoft Office (epecially Edexel), well communication skills and person who have spare for different changes in the workplace.

Westminster Kingsway College's Department:
 
- Teaching
- Marketing
-IT Department
- HR
- Finance
- Professional development (separeted training department)

Jobe Role: Lecturer - Mathematic

http://jobs.westking.ac.uk/vacancy_detail.asp?ID=220

The candidate for that job will need to: Provide effective teaching, support and assessment in Mathmatics on range of courses including GCSE,AS, and A2
The candidate will need to have: Excellent IT skills, qualifications, experience and need to be flexible  

Both of the organisations are different, they have similar departments but their purpose are different. Westminster Kingsway College provides services by educating the people, British Red Cross also provide education but different type of education like training, and their purpose is th help to the humanity by keeping them safe from disasters, help people in crysis and emergency responds.

Both of them deal with people and sell/provide services to the community.
Westminster Kingsway College's Departments
British Red Cross’s Departments
Teaching and Learning – This departments try make sure that the students are well provided from the teachers. International – This department is working everywhere around the world.

 Human Resources – This department deals with the need of the staff, they find new employees. Education and Human Resources – Its one of the most important departments for the British Red Cross, because they should make sure that the education/training is provided well and make you that the people have all the equipment
Operations – This department is dealing with everyday problems, day to day. Helps to the organization to deal with daily problems.Strategy and Evaluation - This department work with the board of trustees and the senior management and they try to keep to their main strategy. This departments help to the organisation to be one whole.
Finance – This department is important for many department/people because, if somewhere is needed financial help they deal with it. They calculate and give the wages to the employees
Finance and Business Development – This department is important for British Red Cross, because they deal with the money of the people that they have donated to the Fundraising, also calculate the finance work of the organization.
IT Department – One of the most important departments for WKC is that one, because in all the college is needed IT equipment. UK service department – This departments deals with the things only in the UK.
Professional development (separated training department): This department is similar to the HR department, but there are specialist for providing training.
Fundraising - They deal with the resources from charity shops, public appeals, events, trusts and Red Cross training to provide services.
Estates – This department is in charged with the maintenance of the buildings of the college, they area in charged people for changing door/windows/cleaning and etc
Communication Department - They make sure that the information provided by the Red Cross is easy to understand. It helps the media, staff and volunteers, government and donors to keep their knowledge up to date.
Marketing – “The Marketing department’s role is to improve and deliver marketing plans and strategies to help the College meet its target. The department is part of the External Relations Directorate and incorporates a number of units who are specifically targeted with delivering different aspects of the strategic goals”
Marketing – “Marketing involves a range of processes concerned with finding out what consumers want, and then providing it for them”

1 comment:

  1. u4 m1
    An interesting comparison between job roles in British Red Cross and WKC

    u2 p4
    Functional Areas well described.

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