1. Distinguish between a business function and a business process Describe how a business process cuts across functional lines in an organization. How might a manager organize his or her staff in terms of business processes rather than functional departments? What benefits would there be with this type of organization? What challenges would it pose? Business Functions and Business Processes 17 How could a university organize its business extucation arcund business processes rather than business functions? What would be the benefits to sludents? 3. Assume your uncle raises bees for honey on his farrn. You help him package the honey and sell it on the Internet. Reproduce Figure 1-1 for this small business example. Adela one-sentence description for each function as it relates to selling this artisan honey online. 4. Go to the Amazon Web site (http://www.amazon.com), and step through the process of buying an itern without aclually purchasing the item. Based on this experience, describe the flows of information between Marketing and Sales, Accounting and Finance, and Supply Chain Managerrent al Arazon. How easy is it to buy that iler? 5. Using the Internet research your state's regulations for employing teenagers such as minmum age of employment Do the same for a neighboring state. Are the two state regulations the same? Wir would it be important for Human Fiesources to communicate this information 90 a hinng department? 6. Think of the last time you bought a high-tech electronic Item. How does the process of buying that item cut across the store's various functional lines? What information from your receipt would need to be available to the business functions? Which business functions would need that informaton? How could your receipt help in the process of retuming that itom? Assume you own and run a small is cream shop located on the grounds of a private pool. You want to maximize sales and decide that a lowing customers to buy on credit could be a big driver of sales since most people come to the pool without cash. What information do you need to keep track of to make sure a given customer doesn't go over their $20 credit limit. What problems might occur