Warming-up

Task I. Work in Pairs:

You are reviewing the job titles of several people in the company you are working for. For one of these people, John Smith, your partner has all the necessary information. Ask questions to find out:

a)

• His responsibilities.

• His date of joining the company.

• Length of time in this job.

• Location of home.

• Interests and hobbies.

• Particular likes and dislikes.

b)

• If he has a company car.

• If he travels abroad on business.

• If he is hardworking and reliable.

• If he is married or single.

• If he has children.

• If he likes his job.

Task II. Name some well-known companies and say what products they produce.

Task III. There exist different types of companies. Let us review some terms used to describe companies.

1. Read and translate the following international words.

Global, national, international, European, private, domestic, public, business, firm, company, holding company.

B. Find antonyms to the following words.

Private, national, foreign.

C. Look at the table below and say, what companies are active in:

• Computer industry

• Electronics industry

• Automobile industry

Company	Location	Activity
Matsushita Electronics Corporation	Japan	The production of electronics
Robert Bosch GmbH	The Federal Republic of Germany	The production of TV studio equipment
IBM Corporation	The USA	The production of computers
Microsoft Corporation	The USA	The production of software
Ford Company	The USA	Automobiles
GAZ Company	Russia	Automobiles, cars, trucks
BMW Company	The Federal Republic of Germany	Automobiles

D. Discuss these questions:

1. What do you think globalization means?

2. What global companies can you think of? What industries are they in?

3. Do global companies do more harm than good?

4. Is GAS a national or international company? Is it private or not?

5. Which company mentioned in the chart is big (small, national, international)?

Task IV. A. Match these products and the names of the companies, which produce the products:

Products	Companies
Coffee	GAZ
TV sets	Macdonald’s
Hamburger	Colgate
Toothpaste	Coca Cola
Soft drinks	Sony
Automobiles	Ford Company

B. Brands often have the same name as their manufacturers, the companies that produce the goods, e.g. Coca-Cola, IBM, and Colgate. Can you think of some more examples?

Task V. Agree or disagree:

1. There are more big companies than small ones in the world of business.

2. Organization is the strongest point of business success.

Task VI. Discuss with your partner:

Different business textbooks emphasize the importance of organization for success in business. Read the statement below and share your views on it:

“Take away all our factories, our trade, our avenues of transportation, our money, but leave me our organization, and in four years, I will have reestablished myself”(Andrew Carnegie).

Task VII. A. No doubt, the role of a manager in business is tremendous. Do you know what his duties are?

Read the words and phrases given below and group them into pairs of synonyms:

1) to manage	a) to be in charge of
2) to be responsible for	b) to report to
3) to be responsible to	c) to run

E.g. to be responsible to = to report to