
- •Company. Human resources. Management
- •Lesson 1
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- •Company vs. Campaign
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- •Corporation vs. Company
- •Talking about Companies
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- •Task 17. In the text “Talking about Companies” (Task 12) find the words which can be tranlsted as:
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- •Lesson 2
- •Vocabulary building Starting a business
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- •Some of the World’s Oldest Companies
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- •Lesson 3
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- •Organizational Structure
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- •Lesson 4
- •Vocabulary building colleagues and rivals
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- •Human Resources
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- •Ensure vs. Insure
- •Vocabulary building Employing people
- •Vocabulary building Getting rid of employees
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- •Lesson 1
- •-Ability
- •Vocabulary building Words for Bosses
- •Management and Managers
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- •Lesson 2
- •Levels and Patterns of Management
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- •Lesson 3
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- •Authoritarian / authoritative / autocratic / bossy
- •Leadership Styles
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- •Eeffective vs. Efficient
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precise definition [pri`saıs ֽdefə`nı∫ən] – точне визначення;
to vary [`veəri] / [`veri] – різнитися, відрізнятися; розходитися; міняти(ся); змінювати(ся);
to trace (from) [treıs] – простежувати(ся); брати початок;
partnership [`pα:tnə∫ıp] – товариство, компанія; партнерство;
joint-stock company – акціонерна компанія; акціонерне товариство;
trust [trAst] – трест, концерн;
to emphasize [`empfəsaız] – робити наголос, підкреслювати; надавати особливого значення;
risk-taking nature [`neıt∫ə] – ризикована натура; ризикована природа;
business empire [`bıznəs `empaıə] – бізнес-імперія;
jurisdictions [ֽGuərıs`dık∫ənz] – юрисдикція; влада; повноваження; сфера повноважень;
debt [det] – борг; заборгованість; боргове зобов’язання; борговий інструмент; зобов’язання;
registered company [`reGıstəd `kAmpəni] – зареєстрована компанія;
public limited company [`pAblık `lımıtıd `kAmpəni] – відкрите акціонерне товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю; акціонерна компанія відкритого типу з обмеженою відповідальністю; товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю (АТОВ); публічна компанія з обмеженою відповідальністю;
stock exchange [ֽstOk ıks`t∫eınG] – фондова біржа; біржа цінних паперів;
restriction [ri`strık∫ən] – обмеження; перешкода;
transfers of shares [`træntsfə:z əv `∫eəz] – передача акцій (передача прав власності на акції іншому власнику);
shareholder [`∫eəֽhəuldə] – акціонер (акціонерного товариства); пайовик; учасник (товариства з обмеженою відповідальністю);
payroll [`peırəul] – фонд заробітної плати; платіжна відомість.
Task 13. Tick the correct sentence.
The word company is traced from 1150 B.C. |
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The abbreviation co. dates from 1679. |
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A company may be called an enterprise, especially to emphasize its risk-taking nature. |
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A large company mainly owned by one person or family is a business empire. |
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A registered company is the least common type of company. |
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A company may be registered either as a public limited company or a private company. |
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Public companies are large American companies whose shares can be publicly traded. |
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A private company must have a name ending with the initials “Plc”. |
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Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. |
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In legal terms, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the “masters.” |
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Task 14. Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B.
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Task 15. In the text “Talking about Companies” (Task) find antonyms of the following words.
1. credit; |
4. unregulated; |
7. unadventurous; risk-free; |
2. unlimited; |
5. privately; in private; |
8. to conform; to standardize; |
3. inaccurate; |
6. special; rare; unusual; |
9. unlisted; undocumented; unregistered. |
Task 16. a) Fill in the blanks with noun or verb forms. Use your dictionary if necessary.
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to define; |
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to abbreviate |
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b) Use the correct noun or verb forms in the sentences. Change the grammatical form of the words if necessary.
define
There is no general agreement on a standard _____ of management.
In the contract agreed between the union and the employers, overtime is _____ as work after 6 p.m. on weekdays, and anytime on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.
association
The _____ between the two companies stretches back thirty years.
I _____ wealth with freedom.
abbreviate
The business of artists and repertory, commonly _____ to A&R.
The postal _____ for Kansas is KS.
incorporate
We shall try to _____ some of your ideas into our future plans.
BBC is a public _____ for radio and television broadcasting in Britain.
regulate
The European Community has proposed new _____ to control the hours worked by its employees.
The Code _____ the takeovers of all public companies.
restriction
The _____ of press freedom is seen as an abuse of human rights.
The French, I believe, _____ Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.
organize
Several projects have been delayed by poor _____.
The workers have the right to _____ themselves into unions.
posit
He was offered a managerial _____.
He _____ that the world economy is a system with its own particular equilibrium.