All the roles in a business

Many people ask about how to best plan when setting up a new business, or when improving an existing one. An important element is covering all the essential roles in the business. While most experts agree there are around 100 roles in an organisation, this is a somewhat condensed list to make it easier to approach.

What is important to understand is that you don’t need a person for each, but each role must be assigned to a person being responsible for that role. Otherwise, who’s going to look after it?

Administration (general)
Blogging
Bookkeeping, banking and payments, reconcilations
Brand development and management
Budgeting and forecasting
Business planning
Community outreach
Compliance
Copywriting / Content Development
Customer service
Development and design
Event management / coordination
Facilities management
Financial control (CFO)
Funding expert
General management
Governance
IT&T management
Joint ventures, alliances and sponsorships
Leadership
Legal affairs
Logistics and shipping
Marketing
Occupational Health & Safety
Operational management
Photography and video
Procedural and systems development
Procurement
Production management / control
Public relations / public opinion
Quality Assurance
Reporting and control
Revenue
Sales
Social media management
Strategic planning
Supplier management
Team development
Technical documentation / FAQs
Technical development
Trend watching
User experience development
Visioning
Web site development
Web site management