Company Structures

Contents Key Vocabulary: SB – pg. 4-5 Company Structures Departments in a Company Language Focus: SB – pg. 8-10 (exercise classes) Verbs and prepositions Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Describing Changes Skills: SB – pg. 10-13 Describing jobs Presenting companies

Unit 1. Company structures Key vocabulary: Listening, New Insights into Business, page 4 SHAREHOLDERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY STRUCTURES WORKFORCE The Board (of Directors) Chairperson/President Organisation chart Senior managers OR company officers Managing Director or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Various departments or functions within a company Key vocabulary: Listening New Insights into Business, page 4 Marketing Public Relations Information Technology, IT Personnel or Human Resources Finance Production Research and Development, R and D

KEY VOCABULARY shareholders - people who provide capital workforce – all the people working in a company Board of Directors – a group of persons who govern the corporation Chairperson/ President – a person who heads the Board of Directors Managing Director (MD)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – person who has overall responsibility for the running of a company Senior managers – monitoring and correcting the work of a group of people Middle managers - lower executives and employees who supervise day-to-day operations

POSSIBLE EXAM QUESTIONS Who is at the top of a company? 2. Which departments in a company do you know?

POSSIBLE ANSWERS 1. Who is at the top of a company? (Ko se nalazi na vrhu kompanije?): At the top of a company hierarchy is The Board (of Directors). New Insights into Business pg. 4 2. Which departments in a company do you know? (Koje sektore u okviru kompanije poznaješ?): Some of the various departments within the company are: Research and Development, R & D; Marketing, Public Relations, Information Technology, IT; Personnel or Human Resources, Finance, Production etc. (New Insights into Business pg. 4)

DESCRIBING JOBS I am (was) employed as I work (worked) in I this role, I report directly to The job involves I am in charge of doing sth I am responsible for doing sth I was promoted to The next position I held was…

Speaking How old are you? How much money do you earn? What kind of a company do you work for? Where did you study? How long have you been with this company? What are you responsible for?

PRESENTING COMPANIES Name of the company Headquarters Chairman Number of employees Business activities Main markets Sales in (year)

Speaking Where is the company based? Where are the company’s headquarters? How many people does the company employ?

TESCO

Unit 1: Company structures. Practice. Fill in the gaps with the words given below. There are two words extra you do not need to use. ___________________________ IS A PERSON WHO PROVIDES THE CAPITAL. THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF A TYPICAL COMPANY IS SHOWN IN ITS ___________________________. AT THE TOP OF THE COMPANY HIERARCHY IS THE ___________________________, HEADED BY THE ___________________________. THE ___________________________ IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICY DECISIONS AND STRATEGY. ___________________________ HAS THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RUNNING OF THE BUSINESS. MANAGING DIRECTOR (CEO), SHAREHOLDER, WORKFORCE, CHAIRPERSON, PERSONNEL, ORGANISATION CHART, BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2X) SHAREHOLDER ORGANISATION CHART BOARD (OF DIRECTORS) CHAIRPERSON / PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGING DIRECTOR (CEO)

1 Accounts Dept. 1. senior director after the chairman responsible for day-to-day direction 2 A.G.M.UK 2. the place where visitors and clients report on arrival at a company 3 board of directors 3. a company's principal or main office or centre of control 4 chairmanUK 4. department responsible for finding and buying everything needed by a company 5 director 5. Annual General Meeting of a company's shareholders 6 executive officerUS 6. the highest executive officer of a company; head of a company 7 headquarters 7. department responsible for Research and Development of (new) products 8 manager 8. department responsible for administering a company's financial affairs 9 managing directorUK 9. any of several executive officers, each responsible for a separate division 10 Marketing Dept. 10. person who holds or owns shares in or a part of a company or corporation 11 organisation chart 11. a member of the board of directors 12 Personnel Dept. 12. a group of people chosen to establish policy for and direct or control a company 13 presidentUS 13. department responsible for finding customers and making sales 14 Production Dept. 14. a table or plan showing a company's structure graphically 15 Purchasing Dept. 15. person who manages the affairs of a corporation - chief executive officer n. 16 R & D Department 16. dept. responsible for putting goods on market, inc. packaging, advertising etc 17 reception 17. department responsible for recruitment and welfare of staff or employees 18 Sales Department 18. person who heads a Board of Directors; head of a company; chairperson 19 shareholder 19. department responsible for physical creation of product 20 vice presidentUS 20. person responsible for day-to-day running of a dept.; executive officerUS

PAST Simple vs. Present Perfect

Describing changes Intransitive verbs – verbs which do not have objects Transitive verbs – verbs which have objects Porast Intransitive verbs: increase, rise, go up The population is increasing. Transitive verbs: increase, raise The government has raised taxes. Pad Intransitive verbs: decrease, go down, fall, decline, drop The prices have fallen. Transitive verbs: decrease, reduce, drop We reduced our prices.

Fill in the gaps with the suitable form of rise, arise and raise. 1. Sales ______________ (rise, arise, raise) by 20% over the 2014 Christmas period. 2. Last month, the bank ______________ (rise, arise, raise) interest rates to 15%. 3. If any problems ______________, (rise, arise, raise) let me know. 4. House prices are likely to ______________ (rise, arise,raise) towards the end of this year. 5. I shall certainly go to Scotland next year, if the opportunity ______________ (rise, arise, raise). rose raised arise rise arises

Describing changes. Describing graphs. at from of under by of to

VERBS + PREPOSITIONS Apply ……FOR………something/…TO………..somebody Benefit……………FROM……. Approve ………OF…….. Succeed………IN…………. Depend………ON……………….. Result …………IN……… Believe………IN…….. Refer…………TO………….. Belong……… TO Report………TO………..somebody/……ON……something

Practice, pg. 8

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