1 Company Structures Key vocabulary (© Most companies are made up of three groups of people: the shareholders (who [Provide the capital, the management and the workforce. The management structure of a typical company is shown in this organtsation chart. 422Atsd Board of Directors i & Managing Director ~———__ +, AAR AAR Senior management pt— +, _1,—__1,—__, ZARA ARARAZA Middle management ‘At the top of the company hierarchy is the Board of Directors, headed by the Chairperson ‘t will usually appoint a Managing Director or Chief Executive who has ‘overall responsiblity for the running of the business. Semior managers or company officers head the various ‘functions within the company, which may include the following. 2 Marketing © Finance: b Public Relations { Prodaction ‘© Information Technology or IT g Research and Development of R and D 4 Penonnel oc Human ResourcesCompany Structures Lead-in 1 Em Listen to seven people talking about thes work and decide while department each cane works for 1 ?0 30 +0 sO #0 70 2 Philips is @ major multinational company which hhas almost 30,000 trademarks registered worldwide. In groups, study the organisation chart below. Corporate Departments [ Fe Accounting Conte! 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Example: The approximate number of designess working for Philips: 400 11 The number of people working for Philips worldwide 2 The number of countries with sales and service cutlets 3 The number of countries where Philips has research facilities 4 The approximate number of scientists working in Philips’ research laboratories $ The number of integrated circuits produced every day Practise reading the figures aloud. Listen to the cassette and check your pronunciation. 4S seen and wrtte down the numbers you hear. Te — Fo §———— 7 —— eo A Bs 1 Match the words from the text with thelr corresponding definitions. 1 an innovation (tine 8) a aplanned series of actions 2 a patent (line 9) main offices 3 diversification (line 9) c 4 arrange (line 10) a S headquarters (Time 1:5) fe aselection or series 6 {making different types of products 7 8 8 b an agreed course of action the right to make or sell an invention. 1 location (tine 24) a strategy (line 32) a policy (tine 36) 2 im pairs, replace the words im italics with the words used in the text. 1 Gerard Philips set up (¢ S a.b1i She @) a company in Eindhoven. 2. The company initially speciafised in (c________ __) making carbon- ‘Blament lamps a Deccoeest be eee Nein chs fie’ # sea rhe Be [oem en. Inn 1983.1 teroduced (1 S- Each day its factories produce (t direuits. “) the compact disc onto the market. 0 __}.a total of $0 rnillion integrated . 6 Royal Philips Bectronics As ram (ma _ 7 The Supervisory Board carey watches ‘business. 8 Policies are put into practice (1 __ ‘Committet. 9 The Group Management Committee conststs of members of the Board of ‘Management and chairmen of most of the product sectors (@ _____ _-)- 10 The Group Management Commitize serves to ensure that important matters 0) and ways of doing business (p______ _ -_) are shared across the company. Now check your answers with the text.Vocabulary development: verbs and Prepositions 3 Complete the parsage using words from Vocabulary | and 2 in the enrreet form. The bey to Philips sucess can be described by twa words. The fist i compar ew products. The second is?__ Philips is active in about 4100 businesses. ‘varying from consumer electronics to domestic appliances and from security systems to semiconductors. With such a wide®___ of products tthe -___all company The Supervisory Board *__ the general business of the group and it also advises and supervises the Board of Management. ‘Some verbs are ahways followed by the ssme preposition. Look at the ‘from the text on page 6. 4h the beginning, X concentrated ea moking carbon-loment lamps. (ine 4) ((W/nen a preposition is followed by 2 vert it always takes the ‘ing’ form) These paicies are implemented by the Group Manogement Committe, -eomslits of the members ofthe Board of Management. (line 39) 1 Match the prepasitions with the verts below. from in(x3) toed) for of on (xz) 2 Complete the sentences wing verbs and prepostions from exercise 1 in the correct form. «© Iv the purchasing department there is a manager, and five employees who a a ns inthis the value of and ‘company, we firmly creativity «The cevelopment f computer technology has = enormous changes in the way that people work, ¢ Whether ot not we succeed in cresting and seling new products a number of factors, © Most of our sta atleast one of the company’s sports oF etsure clubs. 4 The Personnel Manager thinks that we would a. futher taining in how to use the office software. ‘Woite thige more sentences, using the verb and be : swing PrepositionReading 1 Before reading the text below about Philips, decide whether you think these statements are tree (T) or false (F), 1 Its the world’s second biggest electronics company. 2 Wt bas produced over 100 million TV sets 3 tts hendquarters are in Amsterdam, 4 It was the first company to produce compact discs. § Tt bs active in a small number of specialised businesses. 6 It provides the lights for famous landmarks such as London's Tower Bridge. Read the text and check your answen. J o o oO Qo oO 1 The founds ofthe worth Ingres lecrerics company were li in 1891 when Gerard Pox esbished a company in Enehoven. the Nethertnds, to manicure ight bubs ac other elect produc nthe beganire. it concentrated on mating carbon flares tarps ard bythe ha cl The corm was one of the largest producer in Europe. Developments in new lighting technologiss fuelled a steady programme of expansion and, in 1914, tedablehed a research bboraory to simile proche innovation. Inthe 19205, Pil decid to pretet fs newtions in X-ray adtion and rad reception wit patents. Thx mated the begrning of the dvesficaion (of ts product range. 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Practice ‘ heed ’ i ep COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY ‘William Colgate *_fountad (found) she _ (Calgate Company in 1906.25 » starch, soap and ‘candle butiness in New York City. For the firs hundred years, the company 2 {do} all its business in Use United Seates. However, in the early 19008, the company 2 (begin) tn aggressive cxpansion + __ [lead asin programme 1 the esrablinhment of (Colgate operations in countries throughout Europe, Latin America and the Far East. 1 amare recent years ic (set up) ‘Eastern Europe and China. Colgate-Palmolive + (become) a tntly global consumer products company, worth $8.7 bo and selling in more than 200 countries ‘Colgate-Palmolive’s five main sectors of business ‘are: Oral Care, Body Care, Household Surface ‘Care, Fabric Caze and Pet Nutrition and Health ‘Care Im the area of Oral Care, Calgate- . (buy) the Ora Pharm Company of ‘Australia and the dencal therapeutics busines of Scherer Laboratories USA in: 1990. For many yearh the company * (have) a strong dental education programme in schools throughout the world and " (maintain) a dose snake) great progress in the use of recyclable bortles and packaging manerials.Describing changes Listening “The following verbs can be used to describe upward ( * ) anid downward (Sy ) movements in peice, quantity and amount. Intransitive verbs “Transitive verbs {een which da not have an object) | {verbs which have an object) ne = goup | _» incense rise reduce drop “The population of the word is increasing. Th government as incrnas Wrong OO “The price of electromic goods have fallen. Se have react our prices ny 10 per cent. These corresponding nouns can also be used. ‘Complete these sentences using.» noun or ver from the bares abowe. Use each ‘word only ance. 1 There are several competing companies entering the market:znd this has cawedt 8 20% _amp in prices. ‘2 Las year was a good year for the campsny snd our sales. 3. The price af coffee has. 4. Asa result of the recession, we have bad to spend an research and development. 5 The in profit is the result of poor management. 6 The recent in oversens investment has been good for the economy, 7 Economists predict that interest rates will If consumer spending ‘continues to slow down. 8 Because of high profits last yeas, the company has announced a salary for all Its employees. Skills FocusCompany Structures When | fin started working in fe Chien Ewa ein a 4 a general worker, For three years inte ‘ofaling plant atu machine epernor. a torn patio of seven years in the cogincering department as 1 mniniemnct aiistant “This lovelved working with technically ckiDted persaooe! in maintaining: past nnd equipment. In both jobs *_ supervise. ‘Since then, however, the structure of the compas hax significantly changed and the supervisor layer no longer exists. General worker, mo report toa plant manager $e position of laboratory officer in the quality ussurance Iabormory. « carrying outa wide range of anabyees on all aspects of the brewing process. For the past year? inthe personnel department as an todusrial Relations Manne: Wl ny { report directly to the Peruensel Manager of the company. 2 Usten to Mr Guerin and check your answers. 3G Listen to part 2 and answer the questions. 1 What conteibuted to Mr Guerin’ trandition from general worker to a managerial position? ‘What is his principal role in the company? ‘What docs this involre? 4) What does be think fs the main skill that a manager needs today? 4 (© Liven to part 3. How has the company changed since Mr Guertn Joined? ‘You may wish to check you understand these word before you listen. contract out industrial unrest consultation negotiation ‘eacty retirement compulsory redundancySpeaking 1 Work in pate. Student A, look at the Information below. Student fi, Hook at the information on page 154. Student A (Susan Robertson) Read your profile. Prepare the questions that you will need to ask Stucient B {Giancario Pererto) In order to complete his profile. Examples: Hw lung have you Bere with your present compar? ‘What are you responsible ix? jerview Student B and complete the profile. Then answer Stadent B's Prevent responsible: + bn charge al deteerining nottonal marating Satagy for ‘brand of paper tows = Heads bosiness tam af 10 people which atures conaumers’epinions af company prcducts. 2. Work In pairs again. Student A, look at the information below. Student 5, took at the information on page 155, ‘Student A Read the company profile and answer Student Bs questions about It. \Now ask Student I questions about the company that be or she has read about, and complete the Investments, retail and travel. ls retail segrvent & led by Virgin Magastores, s network of music and ‘entertainment stores. Virgin operates in 23 ‘countries, including the United States, the Waited Kingdom, Continental Ewrope, Australia and lapsn. 1 1999, the combined sales of the different Ving holding companies exceeded £3 bn.