Linkin words :

As a result : par conséquent

All in all globalement
All things considered tout bien considéré
Equally également
Even so bien que
Eventually eventuellement
Forunately heureusement
Furthermore en outre, de plus
However cependant
Nevertheless quand même
On the other hand d’un autre côté
Probably probalement
Therefore donc, par conséquent
Thus ainsi
Unfortunately malheureusement
Although bien que
Despite malgré
In spite of en dépit de
Whereas alors que
Moreover de plus

Idioms :
A company folds when a company goes bankrupt
A company goes belly up when a company goes bankrupt
s.t goes for a song if it is sold for much lower price than its real
worth
shares/profits nose-dive they plummet rapidly
a company or s.o takes a hit prendre un coup
to remain in the black to stay in profit
to be in the red to be in debt
staff get the chop when workers are made redundant
s.t fishy in going on q.q.ch. de louche
People get a raw deal being treated in an unfair way.
Put you in the picture se mettre à jour
Talking at cross purposes on s’est mal compris
Get straight to the point aller droit au but
have a quick word en toucher un mot
Get a word in edgeways on ne peut pas en placer une
Beating about the bush tourner autour du pot
Heard it on the grapevine mon petit doigt m’a dit
On the same wavelength sur la même longeur d’onde

what do you think makes a good manager ?

being friendly and sociable

being logical, rational and analytical
having good ideas
being prepared to word 50 to 60 hours a week
being authoritative: able to give orders

The difference between “satisfiers” and “motivators”

Motivators: interesting job

Promotion
Responsibility

Satisfiers: holidays
Salary, wages, benefits
Good labour relation
Job security

Do you prefer to work for big or small company?

Big company: - change departments

- Better possibility of realizing your potentiel
- probably a higher salary
- Better position in an economic recession

Small company: - the atmosphere is friendlier and you know

everyone
- Your are responsible for a variety of different
tasks
- You can see the result of your contribution to
the company
- More independance and you don’t always
have to wait for permission from a superior.

Vocabulary EBS:

Unit 2 :

Allocate allouer
Communicate communiquer
Develop développer
Make faire
Measure mesurer
Motivate motiver
Perform exécuter
Supervise superviser
Decisions décisions
Information information
Job travail
Objectives objectifs
People les gens
Performance performance
Resources ressources
Strategies stratégies
Subordinates subordonnés
Achieved réalisé
board of directors conseil d’administration
innovation innovation
manageable faisable, réalisable
resources ressources

Unit 3 :

Autotonomous autonome
Decentralization décentraliser
Function fonction
Hierarchy hiérarchie
Line autority autorité hiérarchique
Report to rapporter à
Subordinates subordnonnés
Industrial belt zone industriel
Wealth richesse
Productivity productivité
Corporate ethos culture d’entreprise
Collaboration callaboration
Insulated isolé
Isolated isolement
Fragmentation fragmentation
Subsidary filiale
Unit 4 :

Motivate motiver
Employee employé
Labour relations relations sociales
Responsibility responsabilité
Wages salaire (par semaine ou heure)
Salary salaire (mensuel)
Benefits bénéfice
Perks perte
Promotion promotion
Job security sécurité de travail
Skilled qualifié

Unit 6 :

applicant candidat
Application demande
Application form formulaire de candidature
Apply postuler
Candidate candidat
Curriculum vitae (GB) CV
Resume (US) CV
Employment agencies agence de placement
Interview interview, entretien
Job description description du poste
Job vacancies offre d’emploi
References référence
Short-listed séléction préliminaire

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