Find the answer to each clue. One or two letters are given in each case.

a) Woman or man who has their own company.

b

p

m

m

f

m

o

m

b) Owns film studios - perhaps in Hollywood. (2 words)

c) One who started a company.

d) Collective term for TV, radio, newspapers.

e) Owns wells and pipelines - for ‘black gold’.

(2 words)

 

 

Organizations

Write the missing word in each sentence.

a) I work for myself. I have been s _ _ _- employed for ten years.

b) We borrowed £ 80, 000 from the building s _ _ _ _ _ _ to buy our house.

c) We became a p _ _ _ _ _ limited company last year and since then our share price has risen by 15%.

d) I work for myself so the tax office classifies me as a s _ _ _ trader.

e) We are a not-for-p _ _ _ _ _ organization dedicated to providing health services for the poor.

f) Like lots of charities, we employ a professional to organize our f _ _ _ - raising activities.

 

Choose the best word to fill each gap from the alternatives given below. Put a circle around the letter, А, В or C, of the word you choose.

Aberdeen Reliance is one of the country’s smaller life insurance companies. It was set up in 1920 as a (1)................. This means that the 15, 000 people who have insurance policies with the company are (2)................. These, in theory, own all the (3)............... and there are no (4).................. Last year, the board of directors wanted to sell the company to a large American (5)..............., but first they had to get the policy holders to agree to (6)................. This was heavily defeated, proving that many people still value the traditional status of the company.

 

1. A mutual 2. A partners 3. A profits 4. A customers 5. A corporation 6. A freelancing

В public В directors В salaries В traders В sector В demutualization

С incorporated С members С expenses С shareholders С proprietor С limiting

Find the answer to each clue. The first and last letters are given in each case.

i						d
C						y
f									r
p										p
v								y
d							n

a) Ltd written in full

b) What the «C stands for in PLC

c) Someone who works for him/herself- not for one company

d) Organization owned and rim by two or more people

e) Charities are in this sector of the economy

f) Money given to a charity

 

Business philosophies

defects improvement practice control performance shoppers checks

Draw a line from each word on the left to a word on the right to make a word pair. (There is one extra word that you don’t have to use.) Then use your word pairs to complete the sentences below. The first one is an example.

continuous quality mystery zero spot best

 

 

 

 

a) We regularly upgrade our products because we believe in continuous improvement .

b) To test customer service in our stores we send in......................

c) We look around the industry for examples of...................... and then copy them.

d) I believe that..................... is all about checking that products match the specs.

e) We can’t afford any mistakes. Our target is to have........................

f) We make frequent..................... throughout the manufacturing process.

 

Choose the best word to fill each gap from the alternatives given below. Put a circle around the letter, А, В or C, of the answer you choose.

" I’m Sue Carter, production manager at F1 Parts PLC. We make engine parts for high performance cars. Here we believe in (1)............... quality management. The (2)...............of each part are given to one-hundredth of a millimeter. At every stage we check that our products (3)...............to the specs. We try to get it right (4)............... time because, if there is a defect, (5)............... is very expensive. We are always looking for ways to improve quality and so our motto is (6)..............., which comes from Japanese.’

 

1. A all 2. A dimensions 3. A work 4. A one 5. A reworking 6. A aikido

В full В pieces В conform В first B repairing B bonsai

С total С components С exact С last С recalling С kaizen

 

Write the abbreviations in words.

a) TQM T _ _ _ _ Q _ _ _ _ _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

b) BPR B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ _ _ _ R _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

 

28. What kind of business organization might each of these be – a sole trader, a partnership, a public or private limited company or a public sector company:

1. a small corner shop,

2. a firm of solicitors,

3. the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Britain,

4. a large commercial bank,

5. a publishing house?

PROJECT WORK and WRITING

1. Write the essay choosing one of the following topics:

1) English and the World of Business

2) What is Business English?

3) Business English is the language for professional use

4) Business English as a language of cross-cultural communication

5) Business across cultures

6) The role of Business Communication

7) English as Lingua-franca

8) English as a language of Business and commerce

9) Business English and your future career

While fulfilling the task you should follow some basic patterns of essay writing:

a) Choose the central idea or thesis of your essay. For example: Information technology has revolutionized the way we work.

b) Outline your essay into introductory, body and summary paragraphs.

c) The introductory paragraph begins with an interesting sentence. For example: Home workers have grown from 150, 000 to over 12 million in the past 5 years thanks to the wonders of the computer.

d) After this first sentence, add your thesis statement from above.

e) Use one sentence to introduce everybody paragraph to follow. For example: The Internet has made this possible by extending the office into the home.

f) Finish the introductory paragraph with a short summary or goal statement. For example: Technological innovation has thus made the traditional workplace obsolete.

g) In each of the body paragraphs (usually two or three) the ideas first presented in the introductory paragraph are developed.

 

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