The roles of finance, IT and HR are often considered to be ‘back office’ departments, but also carry major responsibility, explains Rod Newing.

“They should be more than mere administrative support functions and play a much more strategic role,” says Darren Hassall, director of Ellingham Darcy Recruitment. “Department managers must be more proactive than reactive in their relationships with the other functions. To prepare for growth they must ensure their team devises a plan in which preventative rather than corrective measures are taken.”

Read the remainder of Rod Newing’s excellent article on this link:

www.accountingweb.co.uk/article/shaping-agenda-growth/517728