Question

Functional strategies are applied at the level of an organization such as sales, marketing, human resource, and finance".

a. Do you believe there will be resistance from any of these departments? Why or why not? If so, which departments?

Answer 1

Functional Strategies

In each and every organization the leaders and high-level management team create a plan which need to be implemented within the organization through which the organization can achieve planned objectives and goals effectively and efficiently and then the management team at the department level gets their route plan on which they have to work these different strategies for the different department is known as the functional department. These strategies are prepared in such a manner that they do not interfere in the functioning of other departments. This is the reason that functional strategies will not face any resistance from any department within the organization.

Now let us discuss this briefly through some points.

• These strategies are prepared in such a manner that they work exactly according to the plan and improve their performance just according to the management through which the organization can effectively achieve their objectives they are working for.
• It helps several departments work in such a manner that at the end of the day they are supporting each other and smoothing the workflow which is beneficial for both the departments and the organization as well.
• It helps bring coordination among the different departments and even team members and gives a new chance to change their working style and start working on a new one which will keep the interest of the employees towards their work.