Fun and Sun Holidays management organigram

Non-executive directors			Chairman/chairwoman Chief executive/managing director
Chief financial officer/finance director	Marketing director	Human resources director		IT director	Research director
Accounts department manager	Sales manager	Customer services manager

All the directors together are the board. They meet in the boardroom.

Non-executive directors are not managers of the company; they are outsiders, often directors of other companies who have particular knowledge of the industry or of particular areas.

The marketing director is the head of marketing, the IT director is the head of IT, etc. These people head or head up their departments. Informally, the head of an activity, a department or an organization is its boss.

An executive or, informally, an exec, is usually a manager at quite a high level (for example, a senior executive). But “executive” can be used in other contexts to suggest luxury, as in “executive coach” and “executive home”, even for things that are not actually used by executive

1. Look at the managers listed below. 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.

2. 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.

A Chairperson

B Non-executive Directors

C Director of Finance	D IT Director	E Marketing Director	F Human Resources Director	G Direct of Research
H Accounts Manager	I Production Manager	J Sales Manager	K Customer Services Manager

1. I’m Marco Alatri and I’m the director responsible for the company budget and accounts.

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

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

4. My name is 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 CEO.

F or getting more information about company structure follow the sites:

• Organizational Structures

http://www.apra.gov.au/AboutAPRA/OrganisationCharts.cfm

http://www.baesystems.com/AboutUs/CompanyStructure/OrganisationChart/index.htm

http://www.quickerwit.com/links/105217.htm

http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement/a/OrgCharts.htm

http://www.tpub.com/content/draftsman/14065/css/14065_90.htm

http://www.learnmanagement2.com/organisational%20structures.htm

http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strategy/lesson/orgstructures.htm

• Departments and responsibilities

http://www.kelloggcompany.com/career.aspx?id=1224

http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/communication/departments-jobs

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-different-departments-does-a-business-need.htm

http://www.ygoss.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28&Itemid=19&lang=en

• practice grammar (verbs and prepositions)

http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/vbprp1.html

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/verbprep2.htm

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/verbprep2.htm

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=521

http://eng.1september.ru/2003/41/1.htm

• practice grammar (Past Simple vs. Present Perfect)

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/pspp1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm

http://www.esltower.com/GRAMMARQUIZ/intermediate/present%20perfect%20vs%20past.htm

• about company profile writing

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1021269/COMPANY-PROFILE

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12174576/Company-Profile-Samples

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2060667/Writing-a-Company-Profile

http://www.sideroad.com/Public_Relations/write-company-profile.html