- •Unit IV The company structure
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Warming-up
- •Read and translate the following international words.
- •Read the words and phrases given below and group them into pairs of antonyms:
- •(Moodle) Look at the list of the words and phrases given below and group them into the following columns:
- •Company
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •An organization that sells goods or services
- •Number of persons united for business or commerce
- •Number of persons working together
- •Business in Brief
- •Hanson’s empire
- •Flight plan from seattle
- •If New Hanson produces computers;
- •If boeing is a global company;
- •Company Departments and Their Functions
- •Traditional company structure
- •Philips uk limited
- •Product cycle
- •His hopes
- •Reading and Comprehension
- •An american star in europe
- •Reading and Discussing
- •The shamrock organization
- •Study the scheme below and explain what type of the company structure is given.
- •State its differences with the shamrock company structure described in the text above (Task II).
- •Managing Director
- •Sales Manager
- •Limited Company.
- •Sole Trader.
- •Partnership.
- •Speaking
- •Case Study
- •1. Work in pairs. Discuss what action to recommend for one of the two problems:
- •Test Yourself
- •Writing
Read the words and phrases given below and group them into pairs of antonyms:
1) to be responsible to |
a) to fail |
2) to succeed in |
b) to be careless about |
3) to look after |
c) to be responsible for |
E.g. to be responsible to / to be responsible for
(Moodle) Look at the list of the words and phrases given below and group them into the following columns:
To manage (управлять) |
To be under smb. (подчиняться кому-либо) |
To fulfill the functions (выполнять обязанности) |
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To run, to lead, to head, to be responsible for, to be responsible to, to be careless about, to be in charge of, to be in authority of, to supervise, to report to, to be one’s duty, to execute the policy, to fail to do smth, to deal.
Task VIII. A. A company is a success if its staff works well and everyone knows his / her job. Let us review different job titles.
Form a noun describing a position in a company.
Use the suffix –er:
To manage, to lead, to program, to design, to employ, to work, to sell.
Translate the words into Russian.
Use the English words in statements of your own.
B. Review the main functions of company employees.
Form a noun describing a function.
Use the suffix –ing:
To plan, to train, to organize, to manage, to recruit, to save.
Translate the words into Russian.
Use the English words in statements of your own.
Task IX. Read the phrases and decide which phrase in each group is the main.
To direct a company |
To be responsible to |
To be in charge of |
To manage |
To report to |
To be in authority of |
To run |
To be under smb |
To be one’s duty |
To lead |
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To be responsible for |
To head |
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To deal with |
To supervise |
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To be in the province of |
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To be the concern of |
Task IX. Fulfill the scheme:
Company
What I know…. |
What I would like to know… |
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Vocabulary Focus
Types of Companies
Task I. A. Read several definitions of the term “company” and translate them into Russian:
Company
An organization made up of people who work together for purposes of business or trade
(Dictionary of Language and Culture, p. 254)
An organization that sells goods or services
(Key Words in Business, p. 1)
Number of persons united for business or commerce
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, p. 171)
Number of persons working together
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, p. 171)
B. Choose the definition that is the most suitable for business purposes and explain your reasons.
Task II. Give English equivalents:
Работать совместно.
Объединиться для ведения бизнеса или торговли.
Цель.
Task III. Make up word-combinations. Translate them into Russian.
A. Noun+ company
You may use:
Family, parent, etc.
B. Company +noun
You may use:
Car, director, law, profit, profile, etc.
C. Adjective + company
You may use:
Private, public, traditional, multinational, small etc.
Task IV. (Moodle) Match the words and phrases on the left with their definitions on the right:
1) company |
a) company which makes aircraft |
2) shipping company |
b) company with a small number of shareholders |
3) chocolate company |
c) business or group of people organized to buy, sell or provide service |
4) aircraft company |
d) company whose business is in transporting goods |
5) private company |
e) company that belongs to members of a family |
6) family company |
f) company which makes chocolate |
7) business |
g) a group containing a lot of companies in different businesses |
8) giant |
h) a holding and its subsidiaries |
9) group |
i) the production, buying, and selling of goods and services |
10) company car |
j). laws which refer to the way companies may work |
11) company law |
k) person who is appointed by the shareholders to help run a company |
12) company director |
l) car which belongs to a company and is lent to an employee to use personally |
Task V. A. Translate the following extracts into Russian: