Employees at Sonora Foods are organised into teams. These include: :: Business and Management Studies

Employees at Sonora Foods are organised into teams. These include: production, hygiene, and maintenance. Sonora Foods Ltd. 2 Describe how Sonora Foods Ltd is organised. 2 Identify and explain the roles and working arrangements of three different employees in the same functional area from the following list: Manager, Supervisor, Operative and Support Staff 2 Explain how the organisational structure affects communication between employees. 3 Compare the different working arrangements for the three identified employees. 4 Evaluate whether the organisational structure is appropriate for enabling employees to work together effectively 5 Judge the effectiveness of the different working arrangements of the three identified employees 6 Suggest and justify flexible working arrangements for them that the business might consider in the future 6 In Unit 2-Theme A my coursework was based on Cummins UK. For the rest of Unit 2 I will base my coursework on Sonora Foods Ltd. Sonora Foods Ltd. Describe how Sonora Foods Ltd is organised Sonora Foods produce the following products: Tortillas, Nacho Bites, Taco’s, Burritos, Wraps and Seasoning Blends. Sonora Foods is divided into four teams. These are: Senior Management Team, Operations Team, Finance Team, Hygiene Team and the Technical Team. All these teams have a managers and team leaders to keep each department running smoothly. The operations staff at Sonora Food are organised to work with different shifts. These are: day shift, 40 hours a week (7am-4pm). Afternoon shift, 35 hours a week (4pm-midnight) and night shift, 32.5 hours a week (midnight-7am). These are the shifts and working hours for the operatives. The wage is  £5.35 during the day and rises to  £10 for staff working on the night shift. This is how the operatives are organised, this has been successful for Sonora as all the operatives are happy with the arrangements allocated to their jobs. Operatives are the employees who are based on the production floor to produce the goods and keep the production line up and running smoothly throughout the day. All the four teams have an organisational chart. There are two types of organisational charts which businesses use. They’re flat structure and tall structure. Tall structures have lots of layers, which represent the difference in jobs and how much work is needed to do each one. The jobs at the top end of the chart will be managers and directors, these jobs will pay more than the jobs lower down the chart. Flat structures have fewer layers and are more used in smaller businesses. These have the higher staff at the top then a larger number of staff who are working with different jobs, but these jobs are at the same level of priority and rate of pay.