Match the names of the managers with their titles.
| 1. | Louis Regnier | a) | the CEO |
| 2. | Domenique Faurieux | b) | the Sales Manager |
| 3. | Jacques Mordelet | c) | the Customer Service Manager |
| 4. | Werner Onguert | d) | the Technical and Quality Manager |
| 5. | Bernard Levesque | e) | the General Manager |
| 6. | Jean-Francois Reinauld | f) | the Manager of the Noise and Vibration Division |
| 7. | Silviane Villaret | g) | the GM’s Secretary |
| 8. | Genevieve Cornetti | h) | the Finance and Marketing Manager |
| 9. | Patrick Dhommee | i) | the Human Resource Director |
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TEXT 2
Read the text and choose the correct answer to these questions.
SBS
SBS stands for Siemens Business Services. It is a division of the famous German company Siemens. It is only about five years old but is already responsible for a considerable part of Siemens’ turnover. How? Siemens had the idea in 1995. A whole department of Siemens was at the time responsible for the information and communication activities of Siemens. The idea was to offer this service not only inside the company but outside too. SBS is now one of the world’s leading providers in the area of electronic business solutions and services. Friedrich Froeschl is the CEO and SBS is now an independent division with 33,000 employees in 88 countries and turnover of ?5.8 billion. One of its largest customers is the British government. SBS organizes and manages the passports and national savings accounts for Britain. In Europe its main competitors are IBM, Cap Gemini, and EDS. With growth in this market of at least 15% the future looks bright for this German service company.
1.
1. What is the activity of SBS?
a. a electronic engineering
b. printing
с.database management
2. Which company does Friedrich Froeschl manage?
a. Siemens Business Services
b. Siemens
c. IBM
3. One of its largest customers is:
a. EDS
b. SBS
c. the British goverment
4. ?5.8 Billion represents:
a. Siemens turnover
b. SBS’s turnover
c. SBS’s profit
5. SBS manages electronic services for:
a. IBM
b. British passports
c. 88 countries
6. SBS is:
a. a branch of Siemens
b. a department of Siemens
c. a division of Siemens
What do the following numbers refer to? Make a sentence about each number.
1. 88
2. 5,8 bn
3. 33,000
4. 15
5. 1995
6. 5
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TEXT 3
Read the text and do exercises that follow.
MANNESMANN AG
Mannesmann AG has its headquarters in Düsseldorf and employs 116,247 people worldwide. In 1998, the company’s total sales reached DM 37.3 billion (EUR 19 billion). Of the four core business sectors, Engineering accounted for 35% of its turnover, while Automotive and Telecommunications contributed 29% and 24% respectively, with the remaining 12% coming from Tubes.
Max and Reinhard Mannesmann founded the steel tube business in Berlin in 1890 and three years later the headquarters moved to Düsseldorf. Over the next 60 years, it acquired other companies connected with steel tube manufacturing and between 1952 and 1955 it established steel and tube mills in Brazil, Canada and Turkey. During the 1980s the company diversified into new sectors. In 1987, the firm entered the field of automotive technology with the acquisition of Fichtel & Sachs AG. Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, a cellular phone1 company, was set up two years later. Then in 1990, Mannesmann became the first company to develop a private communications network in Germany. Dr Klaus Esser became Chairman in 1999.
The group has undergone major structural changes since the eighties. Overall expansion has shifted from heavy industry to a strong presence in high technology. Activities in the automotive sector have increased dramatically and telecommunications has become a major business sector.
1. Answer the question:
1. Where are the company headquarters located?
2. How many people does the company employ?
3. What are the company’s total sales?
4. Who founded the company?
5. When was the company set up?
6. Where are the company’s subsidiaries located?
Complete the chart.
| Core business sector | Percentage of total sales |
| Engineering | ---------------- |
| --------------- | 12% |
| --------------- | 24% |
| Automotive | --------------- |
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TEXT 4
Read the following interview with Margi Bogart, Product Marketing Manager at Mindsteps, Inc and do the exercises that follow.
MINDSTEPS
“I workfor Mindsteps, Inc., a start-up firm locatedin Silicon Valley that develops human resources management software for large corporations that have at least 2,500 employees. Currently, we are marketingour main product called CareerSteps, which is a software programthat helpsemployees to assess their interests, values, andskills in order to create a career development plan. More and more corporations are buying CareerSteps as a cost-effective solution to the issues that human resources departments face, such as staff turnover, motivatingworkers, and increasingemployee productivity. Thanks to the success of aninitial pilot, this year Hewlett-Packard is making CareerSteps available to 125,000 of their employees aroundthe world. As the ProductMarketing Manager, I coordinatethe planning and manage the business and marketing efforts for the product. An important aspect of my job involves making sure the product meets the marketingrequirements onceit is completed. At the moment, I am contacting potential clients and am working on the marketing requirements for the next version of our product. On Tuesday, we are presenting the innovative features of the new version of CareerSteps to our main customers”.
Complete the sentences.
1. Margi Bogart works for ________________ .
2. She is ________________ .
3. The company is based in ________________ .
4. The main activity of the company is ________________ .
5. Margi’s responsibilities are ________________ .