1. Intermediate Business English, Book 3
Unit 3 Organization
Intermediate Business English, Book 3

2. Types of business ownership
Sole trader
Partnership
Corporation

3. Please brainstorm as many different examples of types (not just size) of organization that you can think of.
example: corner shop run by an old couple
BBC
a multinational with operations in countries

4. How many people work in your office?
About half.
Motivation

5. Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Starting up Vocabulary: Company structure
Reading: A successful organization 3. 4.
Skills: Socializing
Case Study: Auric Bank 5.

6. Starting up
Here are some photos of office settings. Please take a look and decide which one do you like.

7. Starting up

15. Starting up Start up questions:
1. Would you like to work in the office in the photos? Explain why or why not.
2. Which people have their own office? Do they have their own office because of a) seniority; b) a need for confidentiality; c) the type of work they do?

16. Starting up
How important is each of the following for showing a person’s status in an organization? Pick 3 most important items from the chart below.
A reserved parking space
An office with a window
A uniform
A personal business card
Your own office
A company car
Your name on your door
Having a secretary
Taking holiday when you like
The size of your desk
Having more than one seat in your office
Flying business class
A company credit card
Having fixed working hours

17. Vocabulary: Company structure
subsidiary
head office
factory/plant
distribution centre
call centre
warehouse
service centre
branches/outlets

18. Subsidiary
子公司
Subsidiary is a company that is completely controlled by another company. It is a company which is part of a larger and more important company.

19. Head office 总部 Board of directors Top executives Financial departmentHR

20. Factory/ plant Production lines Assembly lines Lead time
Production capacity
Engineers
Working staff

21. Distribution centre
分销中心
cargo
Trucks
Wagon

22. Call centre
电话服务中心
Operator
headphone

23. Warehouse
Forklift
Stock
Storage rack

24. Service centre
服务中心；维修基地
Service equipment/ repair tool
Wrench
saw

25. 分公司
A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, stores, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
eg: The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts.