DEPARTAMENTUL DE LIMBI MODERNE Ș I COMUNICARE

FACULTATEA DE AUTOMATICĂ Ș I CALCULATOARE

SEMESTRUL II – SEMINAR 4-5
COMPANY PROFILE
• WARM UP

• Do you know the meaning of the following words? Use a dictionary if

necessary.
• Job share-(of two part-time employees) share the work and
pay of a single full-time job.
• Nine to five job-a job during regular business hours usually in an office.
• Workload-the amount of work to be done by someone or something.
• Overtime -time worked in addition to one's normal working hours.
• My opposite number-a person who has a very similar job or rank to you
but in a different organization.
• Self-employed-not working for an employer but finding work for yourself
or having your own business.
• Holiday entitlement-the number of days of paid holiday in a year that a
worker is entitled to take.
• Company-an organization that sells goods or services in order to make
money.
• Workshop-a room or building where things are made or repaired using
machines and/or tools.
• Factory-a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are
made using machines.

• Using a dictionary if necessary give one example of……

• A manual work-Picking tomatoes.
• An academic work- Consultant in a company.
• A vocational job-Laboratory technician.
• A job with great variety-Architectural Designer.
• A job with irregular hours-Web Designer.
• A job with routine task-Bookkeepers.
• A job with regular deadlines-Translator.
• A job with lot of paper work-Manufacturing Technician.
 • Read the following text:

Money motivated, eager, looking for work in a dynamic or fast-moving industry?

We are looking for ambitious, dynamic sales professionals, with the talent and drive
to develop a rewarding career within the IT industry. You will work in class –knit
teams maintaining and developing relationships with diverse range of clients.
Ideally, you will possess some previous IT sales experience and a serious academic
background. Most important you will have a strong desire to succeed.
If you fit to the description and are seeking, for a lucrative career in IT then send
a CV and a motivational letter.
The text has some words with similar meanings in connection with work. Find them
• industry, career,sales professionals;
• teams, clients ;
• sales experience,academic background.

• ABOUT COMPANIES

According to dictionaries a company is:

• A voluntary association formed and organized to carry on a business. Types of

companies include sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability, corporation,
and public limited company.
A corporation is
• Firm that meets certain legal requirements: to be recognized as having a legal
existence, as an entity separate and distinct from its owners. Corporations are
owned by their stockholders (shareholders) who share in profits and losses
generated through the firm's operations, and have three distinct characteristics (1)
Legal existence: a firm can (like a person) buy, sell, own, enter into a contract, and
sue other persons and firms, and be sued by them. It can do good and be rewarded,
and can commit offence and be punished. (2) Limited liability: a firm and its owners
are limited in their liability to the creditors and other obligors only up to the
resources of the firm, unless the owners give personal-guaranties.
• Multinational Corporation – corporations operating in several countries, but
managed from a home country.
Corporations that derives a quarter of their revenue from operations outside of its
home country.
There are four types
• Decentralised with strong home country presence.
 • A global centralised corporation that acquires cost advantages through
centralised production wherever cheap resources are available
• An international company built on the parent corporation technology, R&D

• A transnational enterprise that combines the previous three approaches.

A Company is different compared to a corporation

COMPANY
Structured in different ways (partnership,
a sole proprietorship
Liability is assumed by owners
Liability can be limited or unlimited
Most companies are owned by one small
handful of people
CORPORATION
Exist separately from their legal owners
Liability is limited to the holding of
shares
Each shareholders own a small piece of
the large corporate structure.
Owned by thousands of different
individuals.
Shareholders share the profit and losses

• Complete the sentence using one of the words below:

Employee flaw lack morale project resources

• Joanna is working on a very interesting project at the moment.

• Unfortunately , there is flaw in your reasoning.
• What used to be called Personnel is now called Human Employee.
• The new manager is doing his best to raise morale in the office.
• Sadly, our new product has met with a total lack of consumer interest.
• We are extremely sorry to lose. Mattas an ?resources.
• Here is list of different aspects and practices of industrialisation. Read the
explanations carefully, then find equivalents for some of them in the text
below

EXPRESSION EXPLANATIONS
Heavy industry e.g. works, shipping, steel
Light industry Manufacturing different components, textile,
home appliances
Manufacturing industry Making different things e.g. consumer goods
Service industry Serving people; e.g banking, restaurants,
tourism
High-technology (HI-TICH) Involves advanced technology such as
computers, robots, software
Low-technology Involves little technology
Black –market Illegal transactions
Money laundering Money from black market are artificially turn
into legal ones.
On piecework They are only paid for work they produce.
Public- private-parnership Partly state owner partly owned by private
industry or owners.
Subsidiaries Money/ grand, which enable them to stay in
profit.
Inward investment Investment from foreign companies

• The country cannot depend only on things like restaurants and hotels. Industries
that make things have to be encouraged.-Manufacturing industry
• Nowadays there are many industries that use computers and different other digital
devices. -High-technology
• Countries, which depend on industries that do not use up-to-date technology,
manufacture good for well-developed ones.- Low-technology
• Industries with big factories producing things, like steel and so on has declined, and
now we’re more dependent on industry that makes things like bicycle and
furniture.-Light industry
• The car industry receives large amount of money from the government, money,
which enable them to stay profitable. -Subsidiaries
• Lately many companies have owners private companies and the
state.-Public- private-parnership
• The government tries to encourage investment from foreign companies. -Inward
investment

• Here are some things that people have said about business. Comment on
one of them (50-100 words)
• It is difficult but not impossible to conduct strictly honest business. What is true is
that honesty is incompatible with amassing of a large fortune (Mahatma Gandhi).
I totally agree with Mahatma Gandhi's words, because nowadays
business is a dirty work.
I think in this way for several reasons that I would like to speak about.
Firstly, it is too hard to develop and make a good business with
honest, because our days are so corrupt and you cannot "live" on a
market.
Secondly, you can't come up with good thoughts next to some dirty
rivals, because if you are not from the same camp you risk falling and
 going bankrupt.
In light of above mentioned reasons, I agree with Gandhi's words.

• Read the following text

OMV PETROM SA (ROMANIA)
OMV produces and markets oil and gas, innovative energy and high-end petrochemical
solutions – in a responsible way. With Group sales of EUR 23 bn and a workforce of around
20,000 employees in 2019, OMV Aktiengesellschaft is one of Austria’s largest listed
industrial companies. In Upstream, OMV has a strong base in Central and Eastern Europe as
well as a balanced international portfolio, with Middle East & Africa, the North Sea, Russia
and Asia-Pacific as further core regions. Daily average production was 487,000 boe/d in
2019. In Downstream, OMV operates three refineries in Europe and owns a 15% share in
ADNOC Refining and Trading JV, with a total annual processing capacity of 24.9 mn tons.
Furthermore, OMV has a 36% participation in Borealis, one of the world’s leading
producers of polyolefin.
The Company operates about 2,100 filling stations in ten European countries. OMV runs gas
storage facilities in Austria and Germany; its subsidiary Gas Connect Austria GmbH
operates a gas pipeline network in Austria. In 2019, gas sales volumes amounted to around
137 TWh. Sustainability is an integral part of OMV’s corporate strategy. OMV supports the
transition to a lower-carbon economy and has set measurable targets for reducing carbon
intensity and introducing new energy and petrochemical solutions.
Executive Board
The Executive Board is elected by the Supervisory Board. It manages the day-to-day
business of the company. The Executive Board consists of five members, whose current
mandates have started on April 2019
Since 2007, OMV Petrom has included corporate responsibility principles into its business
strategy. During this period, the company has allocated over 66 million euro to develop
communities in Romania, focusing on environmental protection, education, health and local
development.
The Executive Board manages the day-to-day business of the company and monitors the
activity of its group companies in accordance with the law, the Company’s Constitutive Act,
the internal rules and guidelines as well as the resolutions of the Supervisory Board. It is
elected by the Supervisory Board.

Attributions and responsibilities of the Executive Board

The Executive Board ensures that its own resolutions, the Supervisory Board's and the
General Meeting of Shareholders' resolutions, as well as the internal guidelines are
implemented and that they are in compliance with the law.
• The Executive Board is the corporate body that runs the company and represents it
in relation with third parties. Also the Executive Board agrees on the strategic
direction of the company with the Supervisory Board and is periodically discussing
the progress made on implementing the strategy.
• The Executive Board provides the Supervisory Board periodically report on all
relevant issues of business developments including an assessment of the risks
prevalent and the risk management in place at the company level and at the
companies from the Group in which it holds the majority stake.
• After reading the text fill in the chart with the missing information

• Company name OMV PETROM SA

• Main line of business
• Main markets
• Workforce
• Sales volumes
• Executive board
• Supervisory board
produces oil and gas, innovative energy and
high-end petrochemical solutions
2,100 filling stations in ten European countries
20,000 employees
137 TWh
It manages the day-to-day business of the
company and consists of five members
The Executive Board provides the Supervisory
Board periodically report on all relevant issues
of business developments including an
assessment of the risks prevalent and the risk
management in place at the company level and
at the companies from the Group in which it
holds the majority stake.

• Answer the questions

• Which should be the professional profile of a recently graduated person who wants
to run for the position of consultant in OMV-Petrom?
A good chemist with knowledge in this field and much dedication for this job.
• Would you like to work in such a company? Give arguments for your answers.
No, I don't like this field because I like more IT's field than this one.
• The text above describes a big company. Can you add something to that description?
Yes, if I could add I would add more about employees, what salary they have and
what their privileges are.
• Decide if the following statements are true or false.
• OMV – Petrom is a multinational company TRUE
• OMV supports a strategy for reducing pollution, which means lower-carbon
economy and targets for reducing carbon intensity and introducing new
energy and petrochemical solutions. TRUE
 • The Executive Board is elected by the shareholders. FALSE (is elected by the
Supervisory Board)
• The Executive Board runs the company and represents it in all relationships.
TRUE
• Reports are provided by company managers FALSE(The Executive Board
provides the Supervisory Board periodically report)
• Write sentences about the text using the following structures:
In my opinion OMV PETROM is a successful company.
As I see it this company is well-structured.
That’s right because this company has Executive Board and Supervisory Board that lead
the company.
That’s wrong because I don't like that this company is still using carbon.
I agree with the system of this company.
I disagree with the thought that this is not a dangerous workplace.
• Explain the meaning of the phrases below. Then use some of them to write a
paragraph about the profile of the company you want to work in

• Parent company-company that has a controlling interest in another company,

giving it control of its operations. Parent companies can be either hands-on or
hands-off owners of its subsidiaries, depending on the amount of managerial
control given to subsidiary managers.
• Holding-an area of land held by lease.
• Core-business-the business activity that is main source of a company's profits
and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry
out
• Shelf-company-a legally-registered company that has no activity.
• CEO-a chief executive officer, the highest-ranking person in a company or other
institution, ultimately responsible for taking managerial decisions.
• Gross internal product- a monetary measure of the market value of all the final
goods
• R&D-activities that companies undertake to innovate and introduce new
products and services. It is often the first stage in the development process. The
goal is typically to take new products and services to market and add to the
company's bottom line.
• Flow chart-a diagram of the sequence of movements or actions of people or
things involved in a complex system or activity.
• After sales-offered or provided by a retailer or manufacturer after the sale of an
item.
 Talking about the profile of the company I want to work in , I can say that I am the
person who adapts easily and does not have many demands on the company.
First, I want to talk about company level. I don't want to work for a company that is at
the beginning of the road, because this think won't raise me at all; a company with a
prestigious reputation can teach me more goods than a small company. I know, for this
I need to be an ambitious person with patience to cope with all obstacles.
Secondly, I want to work in a parent company that has international connections,
because I want to travel and to make exchange of experience. Likewise, I wish that my
company make in every month to show employees all the actions created in the
company.
In conclusion, I want to say that is very important to choose a good company for your
desire job; be careful with that think.

GRAMMAR SUPPORT – PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice is often a source of much controversy in English writing. In 1946, English
writer George Orwell said, “Never use the passive where the active is possible.” While this is
perhaps going too far, many guides to clear writing recommend that people should use
active over passive constructions wherever possible. The word corrector does the same.
Why is this? Because if a writer overuses the passive, it makes things much more confusing.
This is particularly prevalent in legal documents and official documents. Show the students
the following two texts (from a financial advisor to her client) and ask them, which one they
think is clearer.

We have been asked by your home insurers to obtain your written confirmation that all
their requirements have been completed by yourself.
Your home insurers have asked us to obtain your written confirmation that you have
completed all the documents.
Did they prefer the second one? That’s what the Oxford Guide to Plain English (1999) also
recommends (where the example was cited from).
Similarly, university students are discouraged from overusing constructions such as It is
believed that … Why? Because it could mean that they don’t know who believes it or said it.
This kind of information might be important in academic writing. Students should be able
to use the passive effectively in their own writing, but be very careful not to overuse it.

Only the form of be changes to make the tense. The past participle stays the same.
Here are examples of the passive in its most common tenses.
 Tense Example Structure

Present simple Alioli is made from oil, garlic and salt. is/are + past participle

Present is/are being + past

The hall is being painted this week.
continuous participle

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in was/were + past

Past simple
1963. participle

Past was/were being + past

The signs were being put up last week.
continuous participle

Oranges have been grown here for have been + past

Present perfect
centuries. participle

When he got home, he found that his had been + past

Past perfect
flat had been burgled. participle

Future simple The work will be finished next week. will be + past participle

Choose the correct answer

1. The Egyptian pyramids c thousands of years ago.
a. are built b. been built c. were built
2. Your letter b within 28 days.
a. will be answer b. will be answered c. will answer
3. Chocolate c for over 4,000 years.
a. has been produce b.is been produced c. has been produced
4. I don't know who c my bike.
• Stole b. is stolen c. was stolen
5. My car a this week, so I'm going to work by bus.
• is being repaired b. is been repair c. is repairing
6. Not enough of our rubbish b.
a. recycles b. is recycled c is recycle
7. The fire service still a the fire.
a. wasn't put out b. is put out c. haven't put out
8. The underground connection b when I moved into the house.
a. is still being built b. was still being built c. was still building

References
• Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell – English Vocabulary in Use (advanced);
Cambridge University Press, 2002
• http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/private-limited-company.html
• http://www.onestopenglish.com/esol/esol-lesson-plans/pdf-content/cambridge-esol-
skills-for-life-computers-lesson-plan/146918.article