Structure

b). Use the organisation chart in exercise 5 and the language above to complete the sentences:

1. The Managing Director ______________ to the Board.

2. The Managing Director _________________ for running the company.

3. The Managing Director ________________ by four executive departments.

4. __________________ the Managing Director, there are five regional divisions.

5. Each Regional Manager ______________ of a territory.

6. The five regions ________________ by two other sections — Marketing and Technical Services.

7. The Section Leaders _______________ the Regional Managers.

8. In addition to the ______________ company, Rossomon has three _____________: Rossomon France, Germany and Japan.

9. The subsidiaries ____________ to the Export Sales Department.

10. The Export Sales Department is _________ to the Board.

Dialogues

Dialogue 1

Susan: Can you give me a picture of the structure of your сompany?

Hugh: Yes, I’ll try if I can.

Susan: You are part of the Peterson organization, the main activities of which used to be in newspapers.

Hugh: Yes, the basic holding company is Australian, an Australian owned private company, I mean owned-majority share ownership of the Peterson family.

Susan: The British Company is the International Peterson Organization, isn’t it?

Hugh: Exactly. It has three main activities: oil, travel and publishing, of which newspaper is the major part.

Dialogue II

Jaff: Are you familiar with the organizational chart for the company ?

Peggy: No, I am not. What is it like actually?

Jaff: The chart shows how the employees are divided into groups. It gives on an overview of the chain of command in the company.

Peggy: The position can be line and staff ones. But Jaff, would you explain me what span of control is?

Jaff: Span of control refers to the number of people whom one manages directly. The President of our company directly manages the Vice-President of Production, The Vice-President of Marketing and the Controller. Thus, his span of control includes three people.

Peggy: Now I see. Thank you for the explanation.

Dialogue III

John Davis:	Let me tell you about British Electronics company. I’m Financial Director.
Bogdan Stepko:	Where’s you head office?
John Davis:	It’s in London. But we’ve got our branch offices all over the country.
Bogdan Stepko	Your company’s pretty big, isn’t it?
John Davis:	I’d say so. Our workforce is over 2000 and our turnover is almost 65 million pounds.
Bogdan Stepko:	Are you a public or a private company?
John Davis:	We are a family-owned company. We’ve been in it for the last 15 years.

Task I

Draw the structure of your company or a company you know. Make up dialogues and discuss with your group-mate the organisation of the company. The following phrases will help you:

I’m with ………..

I work for ……..

Our company deals with /manufactures/sells …….

The head office is in ………………………

We have branches/subsidiaries/affiliates in ………….

It’s a private/partnership/public ………………….

Its main activities are ……………………

Our turnover is/profits are ……………..

We have a workforce of …………………

1. THE VISIT OF A FOREIGN PARTNER (INTRODUCTION. AT THE AIRPORT. AT THE HOTEL)