The Functional Areas of Business Management 521 March 4, 2013

Abstract Companies are formed [The passive voice is a form of "be" (are) and a participle (formed). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Prefer the active voice. For example, passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student completed the paper on time. See Center for Writing Excellence > Tutorials & Guides > Grammar & Writing Guides > Active & passive voice] in different ways. There are small businesses with no definite functional areas because the owner performs almost all the tasks. When the business expands, it is necessary to have specialized department or functional areas. Functional areas are structured [Passive voice ] by different departments with different tasks and responsibilities. These functional areas are group of employees with diverse skills and expertise. Functional areas may include client service, operation, finance, human resources, marketing, and administration and [in academic writing, if this is a series, place a comma before the final conjunction (and)] IT support. These functional areas leads to more well organize business practice.

The [Make sure paragraph indentation is five to seven spaces or one tab stop] Functional Areas of Business Human Resources [Check capitalization: This is not capitalized unless part of a proper noun (company or brand name)] and Marketing are functional areas formed in most large businesses.