UNIT 1ABOUT A COMPANY

Content

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Unit focus 1 About a company

Vocabulary builder

• Vocabulary

viewpoint • Organizational structure• Staff and duties

Communication

• Talking about a company

Grammar check

• Grammar review: Present Simple tense

Warm up

After studying this unit, student should be able to….•Give the meaning of the vocabulary•Describing the importance of organizational structure•Identify the purposes of organizational chart•Identify the duties and responsibilities of staff•Ask and answer about the structure of a company•Make sentences using the present simple tense

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Warm up

Work in pair. Look at the picture and answer these questions:1.What is this man writing?2.Who do you think he is most probable?3.Where does he most probable work? 4

About a Company: Definition• A.K.A. firm• A kind of organization where groups

of people work together and are in the activity of trading.

• A.K.A. “enterprise” when concerned risk-taking nature

• A.K.A. “corporation” when concerned large size

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About a Company: An Effective CompanyTo be an effective company, it has to be……•Divided into departments •Assigned individual and group with right responsibilities•Delivered a proper organizational structure•Provided and presented a clear organizational chart with the hierarchy of responsibilities within

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vocabularyEX.1 Pronounce these words and give the meaning

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Business Finance Department

Profit

Organization

Employee Director Capital

Enterprise Employer Manager Stockholder

Personnel Advantage Supervisor Corporation

Production Structure Operative Staff

marketing responsibility

partnership tax

vocabularyEX.2 Put the words from EX.1 into the right category

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people division Kind of firm

others

Viewpoint: Organizational Structure• Definition:

The formally prescribed pattern of interrelationships existing between the various unit of an organization

on your own wording:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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Viewpoint: Organizational Structure• Importance:• Let employees know where and how

they fit into it• Enable people to work together toward

company goals • Satisfy contributions to the firm• Way to turn plan into action

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Viewpoint: Organizational Chart• Definition:• A simple diagrammatic form presenting

relationship between departments and hierarchy of rank, order, and job roles.

On your own wording:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Viewpoint: Organizational Chart• Organizational chart can be used to

show:• The level of authority and responsibility

from the top to the bottom • The relationships between departments• The lines of formal communication

channels• The relative status and prestige of

employers.

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Sample organization chart I13

Sample organization chart II 14

Viewpoint: Organizational ChartEX.3 Answer the questions.1. What is the meaning of organization?

2. What is the organization structure?

3. why is the organizational structure important?

4. what is the organizational chart?

5. what are the purposes of the organizational chart?

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Viewpoint: Staff and Duties

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category Term and duties

Directors - non executive director - executive director

Overall controller of limited companya specific industrial-expert outsider giving counseling day-to-day senior manager. A.K.A. managing director (MD.)

Manager Controller of functions and activities of the firm under MD. command

Team members company operation engaged- employees

Supervisor So called “working leader” for 5-6 people within its department contributing to clear-allocate task and increase motivation

Production operatives

manufacturing or assembling task-involved employees

Support staff Supporting or administration task-engaged employee

Viewpoint: Staff and Duties

EX.3 Answer the questions.1. How many types of directors are there in a business area?

2. What are managers responsible for?

3. What might happen in the firm if supervisors are no longer to work .

4. Give 3 samples of production operatives..

5. Give 3 samples of support staff..17

Viewpoint: Types of Business Organizations• Sole proprietorship• Partnership• Corporation• Cooperative

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Viewpoint: Types of Business Organizations• Sole proprietorshipTerm: a business owned by one person

and the owner has total and unlimited personal liability of debt incurring by

Pros: quicker decision and closer contact with the customers

Cons: all decisions must be done by oneself

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Viewpoint: Types of Business Organizations• Partnership Term: a business formed by two or more people

operate for the common goal of making profit but each partner has total and unlimited personal liability of debts incurred bytypes: - general partnership - limited partnership - limited liability

Pros: sharing risk across more people if business is in serious trouble.

Cons: more partners join business, more stakes of profit are divided

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Viewpoint: Types of Business Organizations• CorporationTerm: a profit-focused, limited liability

entity having a separate legal personality from its member

a corporation is owned by multiple shareholders and is overseen by a board of directors, which hires the business’s managerial staff.

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Viewpoint: Types of Business Organizations• Cooperative• A so called co-op is a profit-oriented and

limited liability entity• Its members can share decision-making

authority.• Typically classified as either consumer or

worker co-op• Ideology basis of economic democracy

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Viewpoint: Types of Business OrganizationsEX. 4 Answer the questions1. How many types of business organizations?

2. What is the advantage of a sole proprietorship?

3. Which kind of business needs people so called shareholder?

4. Why do we have to consider the forms of business organization?

5. If you want to run a business, what should you do firstly?

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Communication: Talking about a company• Check out the dialogue below

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Mr. Logan:

What company do you work for, Mr. Brown?

Mr. Brown:

I work for Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Logan:

And what department do you work in?

Mr. Brown:

I work in a Marketing.

Mr. Logan:

What are your responsibilities?

Mr. Brown:

I’m responsible for advertising and selling the company’s goods. I have to find and keep new customers and tell them about products.

Communication: Talking about a company• Check out the dialogue below

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Mr. Logan:

What company do you work for, Mr. Brown?

Mr. Brown:

I work for Ford Motor Company.

Communication: Talking about a company• Check out the dialogue below

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Mr. Logan:

And what department do you work in?

Mr. Brown:

I work in a Marketing.

Communication: Talking about a company• Check out the dialogue below

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Mr. Logan:

What are your responsibilities?

Mr. Brown:

I’m responsible for advertising and selling the company’s goods. I have to find and keep new customers and tell them about products.

Communication: Talking about a company• Asking about the organization chart

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Communication: Talking about a company

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Mr. Logan:

Who is in charge of Marketing Manager?

Mr. Brown:

Mark Booth

Mr. Logan:

Who reports to him?

Mr. Brown:

Fred Hayes and Jim Smith.

Mr. Logan:

Who does he report to?

Mr. Brown:

John Brown/ He reports to John Brown.

Communication: Talking about a company

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Mr. Logan:

Who reports to him?

Mr. Brown:

Fred Hayes and Jim Smith.

Mr. Logan:

Who does he report to?

Mr. Brown:

John Brown/ He reports to John Brown.

Communication: Talking about a company

EX.5 Make the question statements from the responses below.

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Mr. Logan:

…………………………………………….

Mr. Brown:

John Brown

Mr. Logan:

…………………………………………....

Mr. Brown:

Mark booth, Tom White, and Alan Hall

Mr. Logan:

…………………………………………….

Mr. Brown:

The board of director

Communication: Reading the profileTypically most companies provide people their background information. This is so called a “company profile” that is like description of a company including 7-8 issues as follows:1. Name of company 5. Turn over2. Activities 6. Profits3.Workforce 7. Market4. Location 8. other issues related

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Communication: Reading the profileEX. 6 Read the profile and circle/ highlight the sentences or clauses then show the right issue from

what each one you circle.

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Grammar Review: Present Simple Tense• Form

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Grammar Review: Present Simple Tense• Uses

o Indicate a general or permanent activity

oDescribe a truth or current belief

oDescribe how often an activity is done

o Indicate a fixed schedule in the future

o indicate both how someone acts and feel

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Grammar Review: Present Simple Tense• Note

o Adverb of frequency used for the simple present is just broad o Subject-verb agreement for this tense:

- add –s when main verb follows 3 rd person singular- match the right helping verb to the right subject- add –es when the verb end in: /s/, /z/, / /, / /, / / , / /- change the letter “y” to “I” and add “-es” when the verb follows 3 rd singular subject and end in consonant “y”

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Grammar Review: Present Simple TenseEX. 7 Give 2-3 samples from each notice given

o Adverb of frequency used for the simple present is just broad ………………………………………………………………………

o Subject-verb agreement for this tense:- add –s when main verb follows 3rd person singular ……………………………………………………………………- match the right helping verb to the right subject …………………………………………………………………

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Grammar Review: Present Simple TenseEX. 7 Give 2-3 samples from each notice given

- add –es when the verb end in: /s/, /z/, / /, / /, / / ……………………………………………………………………………….- change the letter “y” to “i” and add “-es” when the verb follows 3 rd singular subject and end in consonant “y” ……………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….

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Note

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