INTRODUCTION

A Day in Croatia’s Business Life  Član Uprave Turisthotela stekao dionica  Mali dioničari poručuju da je ponuda Mola preniska  Sindikati preferiraju Kanditovu ponudu za Sladoranu  Rast trgovine na malo u srpnju 5 Sept, 2008, Poslovni dnevnik

Translation  Član Uprave Turisthotela stekao dionica  Member of Turisthotel Board acquires 1,707 shares  Mali dioničari poručuju da je ponuda Mola preniska  Small shareholders consider Mol’s bid too low

Translation  Sindikati preferiraju Kanditovu ponudu za Sladoranu  Trade unions prefer Kandit’s bid for Sladorama  Rast trgovine na malo u srpnju  Retail trade up in July

Business English expressions  Member of Turisthotel Board acquires 1,707 shares  Small shareholders consider Mol’s bid too low  Trade unions prefer Kandit’s bid for Sladorama  Retail trade up in July

UNIVERSITY ESSENTIALS  name  school organization  people  studies (degrees, types of, study programmes, majors, courses, exams)

Degrees (academic titles)  3 degrees (first, second, third) 1.bachelor’s degree (3 or 4 years of study) 2.master’s degree (c.5 y) 3.doctor’s degree, doctoral degree, PhD (c.8y)  Cultural note and use of titles (Reader)

Prepositions I am studying for a degree in economics/business He received his MA degree from the University of Zagreb. She has a MSc in biology. I thought she had a Ph.D..

Artsvs.Science  Arts, humanities, social sciences (?)  Bachelor of Arts (BA)  Master of Arts (MA) e.g. Bachelor  Natural sciences using quantitative methods (social sciences?)  Bachelor of Science (BSc)  Master of Science (MSc) of Economics/Business

Overview  FEB and its organization: the Dean, Council, departments  People: students:full-time s. /part-time s., junior s./senior s. faculty (teachers): professors, lecturers, assistants administrative staff: the Student Administration Office  Studies: undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate / study programmes: Economics, Business / full-time, part-time study programme  Majors (graduate studies): e.g. Accounting, Economics, Finance, Informatics, Management, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Tourism, Trade,...  Courses:curriculum, syllabus, compulsory/elective/optional c.  Exams: preliminary e., final (comprehensive) e., sign up (apply for) an exam, take an exam, sit an exam, pass an exam, fail an exam.

Translate the words/expressions below (Assignment 2):  diplomski studij=?  obavezan predmet  prijaviti se za ispit  EFZG  Sveučilište u Zagrebu  smjer  izvanredni student  akademski stupanj

What is the difference between...? ECONOMIC ECONOMIZE ECONOMICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIST ECONOMY

ECONOMIZE, ECONOMICAL, ECONOMIC, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIST, ECONOMY 1.…………………………… (adj.) 1.relating to or involving economics, money, finance, 2.which produces enough profit to make it worth continuing with 2.……………………………(n.) someone who studies the way in which wealth is produced and used in an area 3.…………………………… (v.)to reduce the amount of time, money, goods etc. that you use 4.…………………………… (n.)1.the system by which a country’s goods and services are produced and used, or a country considered in this way, 2.the careful use of money, goods, time etc. so that nothing is wasted, 3.a way of spending less money 5.…………………………… (adj.)using money, time, goods etc. carefully and without wasting any 6.…………………………… (n.) the study of the way in which wealth is produced and used

1.ECONOMIC (adj.) 1.relating to or involving economics, money, finance, 2.which produces enough profit to make it worth continuing with 2.ECONOMIST (n.) someone who studies the way in which wealth is produced and used in an area 3.ECONOMIZE (v.)to reduce the amount of time, money, goods etc. that you use 4.ECONOMY (n.)1.the system by which a country’s goods and services are produced and used, or a country considered in this way, 2.the careful use of money, goods, time etc. so that nothing is wasted, 3.a way of spending less money 5.ECONOMICAL (adj.)using money, time, goods etc. carefully and without wasting any 6.ECONOMICS (n.) the study of the way in which wealth is produced and used

ECONOMIC, ECONOMIZE, ECONOMICAL, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIST, ECONOMY 1.The country is facing a severe.... crisis. 2.He expects Europe’s to grow faster. 3.This system was extremely because it ran on half-price electricity is the oldest in social sciences. 5.What has gone wrong with the system? 6.Some analysis is required here. 7.Strikes were damaging the country’s She has a degree in

Reader: ex.III (p.8) 1.The country is facing a severe ECONOMIC crisis. 2.He expects Europe’s ECONOMY to grow faster. 3.This system was extremely ECONOMICAL because it ran on half-price electricity. 4.ECONOMICS is the oldest in social sciences. 5.What has gone wrong with the ECONOMIC system? 6.Some ECONOMIC analysis is required here. 7.Strikes were damaging the country’s ECONOMY. 8.She has a degree in ECONOMICS.

Home assignment  Reader (R): Read pp.9-10  Ex: p.9(a, b), p.11 (1,2)