11. Choose the best word from the brackets ( ) to fill the gap.

1 The Ford Motor Company was.............................in 1903. (find/found/founded)

2 There were 2,700 business.............................in the UK in the last quarter.

(start-ups/get-ups/start-offs)

3 Sir Richard Branson is one of Britain's.............................of industry. (bosses/ captains/ moguls)

4 Rupert Murdoch is a media.............................who owns many newspaper and TV companies. (leader/magnate/founder)

5 That's Angelina Carlito. She's a very successful.............................. (businessman/ businesswoman/ business people)

6 My mother started with one shop and now she heads up a huge business ............................. (empire/country/world)

12. The diagram below shows the management structure of Universal Software. Match the people (1-8) with their positions. Write the letter of your chosen answer in the box on the right.

1 I'm Marco Alatri and I'm the director responsible for the company budgets and accounts.

2 I'm Tom Scott. I'm not actually a manager at Universal, but I do sit on the board.

3 My name is Helen Good. I'm the CEO and I also chair the board.

4 My name's Carla Jelinek. I'm in charge of the company's information systems.

5 I'm Dan Matthews. My team develops new products and tests them.

6 I'm Karine and my team deals with calls from the public . . . and complaints!

7 I'm Alex Tait and I'm responsible for company recruitment and staff development.

8 My name is Patrick Aubaile and I report to the CFO.

13. Choose the best word from the brackets to fill the gap.

1. Our sales manager heads...........a department of 40 people, (out/off/up)

2. I work in accounts and Tina is my...............manager, (line/head/over)

3. I work for Franz and I think he is the best..................I've ever had. (boss/ executive/ director)

   4. I was in....................management for 10 years before I became a director. (medium/ middle/ vice)

   5. Tanya Minelli is................ Marketing at Global Foods in New York. (VP/ COO/ CFO)

4. 6 She's the only woman here who has a..............executive position, (higher/ chief/ senior)

14. Different managers work in “Fun & Sun Holidays”. Match each task (1-6) to the manager most likely to be responsible for doing it.

    1. Meet with advertising agency to discuss new advertisements for the company's holidays.

    2. Study possible new holiday destinations in detail.

    3. See the research director to discuss new holiday destinations.

    4. Contact newspapers to advertise new jobs.

    5. Deal with complaints from customers.

    6. Discuss sales figures with sales team.

15. Who's who on this company board? Complete the diagram.

My name's Montebello and I'm president and CEO. We have some excellent people on our board, including two who are not involved in the day-to-day running of the company: Gomi and Jones.

My name's Smith and it's my job to look after the accounts and balance the books. I work closely with Chang and Roberts, as they tell me what their departments need for marketing and research, and I allocate them an annual budget.

My name's Dawes and I head up personnel, on the same level in the company as Chang and Roberts.

16. Read the texts and fill in the gaps with the words in the box.

a).

1- merge, 2- co-operate, 3- form an alliance, 4- be associated.

We've been ………. on a number of projects for many years and I'm delighted to say that the result is that our two companies now want to be even more closely ……….. We're not just going to ………. - we've decided to ………. and create one big successful company.

b).

1-take over, 2- expand, 3- start out, 4- swallow up, 5- acquire, 6- bid for