Match each of the words with the following definitions
product, customer, salary, employees
___ payment for work, usually monthly
___ people who work in a company
___ an item that has been made
___ a person who buys goods or services
Speak about the work of the management team.
5. What sub-departments does R&D have?
6. What do they do?
You work at Forever Young Ltd. Draw the organisation chart of your company. Explain the company structure to your partners.
8. There are many occasions when you are expected to talk about your place of work. It many also involve referring to the way in which the company is organized. It many cases American job titles differ from British ones:
AMERICAN BRTISH
President Chairman
Chief Executive Officer Managing Director
Vice President Director
Financial Controller Accountant
Director Manager
Personal Director Personal Manager
Marketing Director Marketing Manager etc.
9. When you want to classify someone in a company, you can do it according to:
- their responsibility;
- their position in the hierarchy;
- their job specification;
- their location.
10. Alice Everett (AE) has decided to explain to Hilary:
who is who in the company;
who is responsible for what on the company;
who everybody works for.
Read the conversation and classify everyone in the company.
WHO IS WHO IN THE COMPANY
AE: I think I’d better take this opportunity to explain to you exactly who’s who in the company. You’ll need to know who to go to if you want to contact a particular manager. Let’s start right at the top: David Burton is the Managing Director and his Personal Assistant is Mary Wilkins. The Personnel, Marketing and Finance/
HB:Uh-huh.
AE:Right. Let’s deal with each one in turn. Michael Scott looks after Production, and his title is Production Manager, and Daniel Harkin works as Personal Assistant in the Production Department. Then there are two secretaries. Is that clear?
HB:Yes.
AE:Moving on to Personnel, we’ve got Sheila Polson, and her title is Personnel Director. Jane Hargreaves works for Sheila Polson as Personnel Assistant. And then there are two secretaries in the department. OK?
HB:Yes, fine.
AE:As you know, I’m the Marketing Manager and for the next two months you are going to work as my Personnel Assistant. Helen Wright and Karen Williams, the two secretaries in the department, will report to you. Is that clear?
HB:Uh-huh.
AE:And finally, Paul Cummins is responsible for the Finance Department. His PA is Judith Walker. And then there are three secretaries in the department. You’ve met one already, I think. So that’s a brief overview of the structure of the company. Do you have any questions?
Text 3
Read this text about Zodiac, a highly successful clothing company , and complete the chart. The information is from its company website.
About Zodiac Inc.
Zodiac Inc. is a global company with three distinct brands – Zodiac, Gemini and Capricorn – and revenues topping $8 billion. The company has its headquarters in Seattle. At the heart of our company are more than 100,000 people worldwide, supporting our catalog and website operations.
Long-term, quality growth has always been a priority at Zodiac Inc. – which is why we’re constantly improving the way we sell our products, serve our customers and run our business.
1.
| Brands | Zodiac, Gemini, Capricorn |
| Revenues | |
| Headquarters | |
| Number of employees | |
| Main aim |
Now look at another extract from the Zodiac website. Find the answers to these questions as quickly as you can.
1 In which year did Zodiac:
a) first sell on the Internet?
b) open its first shop abroad?
c) open its first store for children?
d) first offer shares?
e) introduce its own credit card?
2 Where did Zodiac open its first store:
a) in the US?
b) overseas?
c) for babies only?
d) in France?
e) in Canada?
Company milestones
1971 Walter Lewis opens the first Zodiac store in Seattle.
1978 Zodiac goes public, offering half a million shares of stock on the New
York Stock Exchange.
1984 Capricorn opens its first store, selling children’s clothes.
1989 Zodiac goes international, opening its first store outside the US in
Japan.
1991 Zodiac’s first Canadian store opens in Toronto, Ontario.
1992 Zodiac launches its Gemini discount brand in Manhattan.
1994 Zodiac enters the French market, opening a store in Paris.
1996 First Zodiac and Capricorn stores open in the UK and Germany.
1997 Zodiac opens its first baby-only store in Seattle.
1998 Zodiac goes online at zodiac.com and achieves sales of $280 million.
1999 Capricorn goes online and introduces its private label credit card and
catalog.
2000 Zodiac establishes more than 200 new stores.
2001 Gemini launches its Online Store at Gemini.com.
3. Match words on the left from ‘Company milestones’ with their definitions.
1 go public a) sell in overseas markets
2 go international b) trade on the Net
3 launch c) offer shares on the stick market
4 go online d) introduce
5 achieve sales e) set up
6 establish f) reach a sales target