Lesson 1.WHO IS WHO IN A BIG COMPANY.

Every big company has its own structure. If we visit a typical manufacturing company we may find the following departments there:

 

	Production Department				Research and Development Department (R&D)				Personnel Department
		Marketing (Sales) Department				Accounts Department				Delivery Department

Problems:

1. Try to guess at which of the above departments

a) they develop a new product;

b) they make the product;

c) they promote and sell the product;

d) they take care of the company's money;

e) they deliver the products to the buyers;

f) they take care of the company's staff.

 

2. Every department is headed by its manager. Now guess which departments are headed by the following people:

a) the one who is responsible for the company's finances;

b) the one who makes the company's products known to the customers through press, radio and television;

c) the one who recruits new workers and employees;

d) the head of the scientists working for the company.

 

Task 1. Choose the correct word.

Production department; sales manager; financial department, production manager; financial manager; sales (marketing) department.

1. Mr. Foster is at the head of the sales department.

He is a… .

2. Miss King is in charge of finance.

She is a… .

3. Mr. Robbins is in charge of the production department.

He is a … .

4. Mike Foster is a sales manager.

He is in charge of … .

5. Felicia King is a financial manager.

She is at the head of … .

6. Nick Robbins is a production manager.

He is at the head of … .

 

Task 2. Read and translate the text.

Mr. Brown, Mr. Green and Mr. Grey are managers at a bike factory.

Mr. brown is a lower-level manager. He is a team leader. He organizes the work of 10 men who assemble bicycles. He checks the assembly process. He is responsible for the quality of the bicycles produced by his team.

Mr. Green is a middle level manager. He heads the personnel department. He recruits new workers and employees. He is also responsible for the training of the workers.

Mr. Grey is a top-level manager. He is the chief executive officer of the factory. He coordinates the work of all departments. His three functions are: planning, organizing and controlling.

Task 3. Read the text. Complete the sentences using the words from the text.

NATIONAL ECONOMY.

 

What a country does to live is its economy. People make machines, build houses, grow wheat, teach children, drive buses and do a lot of other things. They work in different branches of people's economy: machine-building, construction, agriculture, education, transport.

 

John Brown makes cars. He works in… .

John's father is a farmer. He works in … .

John's wife Mary is a teacher. She works in … .

 

Try to remember.

Слово business  в английском языке многозначно и может употребляться в значении предприятие, дело - занятие, сделка.

business

 

       employment                                                                                   deal

 

                                                                   enterprise

 

I'm in construction business (That's my employment)

He sold his business (enterprise) last month.

He made a very good business (deal) in France.

Слово to employ может служить основой для образования однокоренных существительных, имеющих разное значение.

 

To employ (to give a job)

 

 

                   Employer                                        employee

       ( the one who gives a job)              ( the one who is given a job)

 

Сходными по значению являются следующие слова:

 

Factory = mill = plant

Personnel = staff

 

Glossary.

 

Accountant                                                    бухгалтер   

Accounts department                                 бухгалтерия

To assemble                                                собирать

To be in business                                        иметь собственное дело

To be at the head of business                     возглавлять дело

To be in charge of                                      отвечать за

Buyer                                                         покупатель

Chief executive officer                              главное исполнительное лицо

Customer                                                    клиент

Deal                                                            сделка

To deliver                                                   поставлять; доставлять

Delivery                                                     поставка; доставка

Department                                                подразделение; отдел

To develop a product                                 разрабатывать продукт

To do business                               заниматься бизнесом

Economy                                                    экономика (страны)

To employ                                                  нанимать на работу

Employee                                                   наёмный работник; служащий

Employer                                                    работодатель

Enterprise                                                   предприятие

Factory                                                       фабрика

Family business                                          семейный бизнес

Finance                                                       финансы, финансовая система

Financial manager                                      менеджер по финансам

Goods                                                        товар, товары

High-level manager                                    менеджер высшего звена

To hire                                                        нанимать на работу

Lower-level manager                                 менеджер низшего звена

To make a product                                     производить продукт

Manager                                                     менеджер, руководитель

Marketing                                                   маркетинг

Middle-level manager                                менеджер среднего звена

National economy                                      национальная экономика

Personnel department                                отдел кадров

Position                                                      пост

Private                                                        частный

To produce                                                 производить

Product                                                      продукт, товар

Production                                                 производство

To promote                                                 продвигать, рекламировать

Purse                                                          кошелёк

Quality                                                                   качество

To recruit                                                    нанимать на работу

Research and development department     научно-исследовательский отдел

To run a factory                                         руководить фабрикой

Sales                                                           продажи

Sales manager                                            менеджер по продажам

To sell                                                         продавать

Service                                                       обслуживание

Staff                                                           персонал

To work for                                                работать на (для)

 

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