Company Organization in Britain

The organizational structure of a British company is as follows: the Managing Director is responsible for running the whole company, and is accountable to the Board. He is assisted by four executive departments. These are: Human Resources (Personnel) department, Management Services department, Finance department, Research & Development department (R&D).

Human Resources Dpt. is responsible for personnel, training and management development.

Finance Dpt. takes care of corporate finance and accounting.

Management Services Dpt. is in charge of rationalization throughout the company.

R&D Dpt. is responsible for new product development. Under the Managing Director there are five Regional Managers; each of them is responsible for the day-to-day management of a territory (North, South-East, West and Central Regions). The five regions are supported by two sections - Marketing and Technical Services. In addition to the parent there are several subsidiaries. The subsidiaries report to the Export Sales department, which in turn is accountable to the Board.

Export and Sales Dpt. is responsible for selling the company’s product.

Technological Dpt. is responsible for the mode of production and elaborating new technologies.

Marketing Dpt. is in charge of marketing activities of the company.

Production Dpt. is responsible for all the aspects of production.

Promotion Dpt. is in charge of advertising activities.

Commercial Dpt. is responsible for trading activities of the company.

Board of Directors

Board of Directors performs three main functions: appoints the administration, considers general policy questions, makes corporate decisions and exercises control over the activities of the administration. It also sees to it that the enterprise (business) can yield profits that shareholders can get high income on their stocks, and it must also analyze its own activities.

Assembly of Shareholders

The highest managerial organ of a Stock Company is the Assembly of shareholders which elects the Board of Directors, and the latter elect their supreme governor.

РАЗДЕЛ IV. КОНТРОЛЬНЫЕ РАБОТЫ

Контрольная работа №1

Задание 1. Прочитайте текст и выполните задания.

A Typical President

The American Institute of Management published some interesting material about life stories of presidents of some large corporations. They collected this material as answers to their questionnaires. They included some questions about the age, education, profession, family background, family life, hobbies and habits into the questionnaires.

Below is the questionnaire with the answers to it.

Your name and surname …………………. Jim Armstrong

Your age …………………………………. I am 40. I was born in 1982.

Your education …………………………… I am a college graduate.

Your profession (occupation) ……………. I am an engineer.

When did you marry? …………………….. I married at 35.

Whom did you marry? ……………………. I married the daughter of our president.

What was your father? ……………………. He was vice president of our company.

What is your hobby? ……………………… I play football, golf and bridge.

Do you smoke, drink? …………………….. I don’t smoke, but I drink a little in the

…………………………………………….. interests of my business.

The answers were analyzed, computerized, and published in the following form: “The typical president spends his business life with one company, or in a single industry. He has a college degree, he becomes president before 45, and he marries later than most men. He usually begins work as an engineer, he is the son or the son-in-law of the president; he likes sports and has no bad habits.

Words

1. life story – биография

2. questionnaire - анкета

3. family background – социальное происхождение

4. family life – сведения о семье

5. be born – родиться (When were you born? Where were you born?)

6. surname (last name) - фамилия

7. to graduate from… – окончить (вуз)

8. a graduate - выпускник

9. to marry – жениться, выйти замуж; married – женат; замужем

10. to computerize – обрабатывать на компьютере

11. degree – степень, диплом; to have a college degree – иметь диплом об окончании вуза

12. single – холост; не замужем

13. son-in-law – зять; mother-in-law – теща,свекровь; father-in-law – тесть, свекор

14. habit - привычка

15. employee – служащий; работник

Задание 2. Письменно ответьте на вопросы.

1. What institute published some statistical material?

2. On what basis did they collect the material?

3. What points did the questionnaire include?

4. What is the name and surname of the person who filled in the questionnaire?

5. What is his age?

6. When was he born?

7. What is his education?

8. What is he by profession?

9. At what age did he marry?

10. Whom did he marry?

11. What was his father?

12. What is Jim’s hobby?

13. Does he smoke and drink?

14. What is typical for the president of a business company?

Задание 3. Подберите английские эквиваленты для следующих слов и словосочетаний.

- биография

- опубликовать статистический материал

- стать президентом компании

- собрать информацию

- иметь высшее образование

- в возрасте 35 лет

- родился в 1987 году

- играть в гольф

- анализировать и обрабатывать всю информацию на компьютере

- иметь вузовский диплом

- быть выпускником колледжа

- Американский институт управления

- иметь плохие привычки

- анкета

Задание 4. Вставьте необходимую форму глагола to be: am\am not, is\isn’t, are\aren’t.

1. I … from Russia.

2. Debbie and Mark … British. They … German.

3. My friend … interested in computers.

4. His parents … around 40.

5. Ann … at home. Her children … at school.

6. How old … you? I … 18.

7. London … situated on the River Evans. It … situated on the River Thames.

8. Our students … from different places.

9. I … keen on sports. But I … rather good at basketball.

10. Her name … Jane. It … Helen.

11. I … married yet. I … single.

Note:

be interested in - интересоваться чем-либо

be keen on – увлекаться чем-либо

be good at – уметь делать что-либо хорошо

Задание 5.Вставьте необходимую форму глагола to have.

1. We ………………. English lessons twice a week.

2. I ………………….. no time to help you yesterday.

3. They …………………… a conference tomorrow.

4. Will he …………… any lectures tomorrow?

5. My sister ……………….. a good time in Greece last summer.

6. When ………… you ………….. your holiday?

7. She ………………. many friends abroad.

8. Where ………… you …………… a rest last summer?

Контрольная работа №2

Задание 1. Подберите английские эквиваленты для слов и словосочетаний, данных в левой колонке.

term
tutor
correspondence courses
enter
requirements
graduate from
term of studies
degree
freshman
subjects

A – степень(диплом) B – курс обучения C - семестр D - предметы E – заочное отделение F – окончить (вуз) G - первокурсник H – преподаватель(куратор) I - поступать J - требования

Задание 2.Переведите предложения на английский язык, используя подстановочную таблицу.

There is There are

a library two terms two computer classrooms all conditions for getting good education fulltime and correspondence courses a good gym a café

at our university. in the academic year.