Study the information about the people and complete the organigram below.

‘I’m Robert. I am responsible for the day-to-day running of the business. I represent the company in the business world’

Hi! I’m Marina. My job isto make sure that the company is producing what people want to buy.’

‘My name is Peter. I am responsible for the entire company when Robert is away on business. ‘

‘Hi! I’m Cecily. I deal with personnel matters and recruitment. I also do with issues of staff welfare.’

‘ I’m John. My area of responsibility is financial issues and money planning’

‘Hi! My name is Liza. I do the bookkeeping and the payroll.’

‘Hi! I’m Jake. I lead the team which makes our products.’

‘ My name is Sonya. I deal with developing and testing our new products’

‘ I’m Ben. I’m in charge of people who sell our products.’

Notes: R&D – Research and Development; HR – Human Resources

2. If you are working, tell your partner about your job. If you are still studying, think about someone you know and tell your partner about their job, using the phrases below:

Describing your job

I'm ….	Mу job responsibility is to ….
My job title at …. (company)	I’m responsible for…

Look at the list of departments in а company (а-h) and read people’s situations (1 – 6) below. Decide which department each person should ask to speak to when phoning the company. There are more departments than you need.

Mr. Мitсhell is а marketing executive who has received several complaints from customers about faulty goods.
Mr. Davies is а consultant who thinks he has not been paid for an invoice
Мr. Finer has just received the results of the laboratory tests on а possible new product
Ms. Smith is a sales executive who is interested in working for the company
Ms. Еvans works in the company as а secretary and she has a problem with her computer.
Мr. Маrtins is а retailer who is interested in stocking the company’s products.

A Human Resources	D Sales	G Production
B Accounts	E Quality Control
C Technical Support	F Research and Development

4. Read the dialogue and fill in the missing phrases:

annual turnover, employ, technical people, workforce

A: How many people does your company __________?

B: We have sixty employees. We have about forty factory workers and ___________ and the rest are admin and sales staff. We started off with only ten people so our __________ has grown a lot. What’s your _________?

A: It was over 2 million euro last year.

What do these companies do? Talk about each companies activities, using the words from the table

Example: Microsoft designs and sells IT software.

SONY	create	banking services
AUCHAN	design	cars
CITYBANK	develop	clothing
ADIDAS	manufacture	electronic goods
APPLE	sell	food and drinks
MICROSOFT	market	Internet services
TOYOTA	offer	IT software
COCA-COLA	provide

These sentences describe two companies, Autotech and Green Fingers. Choose pairs of sentences, which describe similar things and match them with the correct company. Underline the verbs which mean the same things.

GREEN FINGERS A small garden-products company	AUTOTECH A large car-parts company
1 George and Tames Hawkins began Green Fingers in the 1920s/	1 John Smith started Autotech in 1960.

1. John Smith started Autotech in 1960.

2. It has a workforce of 2,500.

3. Autotech exports to over 12 countries.

4. It manufactures car parts.

5. It introduces one or two new components each year.

6. It employs about 35 people.

7. Green Fingers sells some of its products abroad.

8. It makes garden products.

9. George and James Hawkins began Green Fingers in the 1920s.

10. Green Fingers supplies the gardening industry.

11. It launches 12 new products a year.

12. Autotech provides components for the car industry.

7. Сomplete the text with the correct form of verbs:

launch have begin manufacture provide export

Sonara__________ in 1972 near Turin. Today, it ___________ mainly aircraft engines, but in the 1970s it also ______________ the car industry with components. It _______________ a workforce of 2,000. Sonara _____________75 % of its engines to other European countries. Last month, it _________a new type of engine which burns 15 % less fuel than other models.

Match the sentence halves.

1. Panetti employs over 3,500 people,	a) but it plans to expand into France.
2. It introduced four new products last year,	b) including 1,400 in its own retail outlets.
3. It makes bread and	c) including sandwiches and pies.
4. Panetti only supplies its own shops;	d) many other bakery products.
5. It doesn't sell any of its products abroad,	e) it does not make products for anyone else.