1. YOU AND YOUR COMPANY. PEOPLE IN BUSINESS

A.-People in business

Here you have some verbs related to office work. Do you know their meanings?

PLAN                LOOK AFTER                     FIND                TRAVEL              MANAGE            SELL        

BUY                CHECK    ORDER             MANUFACTURE             TALK              MEET            PHOTOCOPY      
COME UP WITH AN IDEA                   
BE IN CHARGE OF                 DEAL WITH           ASSIST         DISCUSS   USE         HIRE                 DEVELOP                   EXPLAIN HOW TO USE       SHOW AROUND     ANSWER      OFFER       TURN ON/OFF            

SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER   

Talk to your partner and guess the functions of these positions at a company:

1.The Financial Director	a. is the head of the company.
2. The Marketing Director	b. plans how to sell a product.
3. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	c. manages the company’s money.
4. The Operations Director	d. travels to different places to sell products.
5. A Senior Administrative Assistant	e. finds new employees.
6. The Human Resources (HR) Director	f. manages the production of goods.
7. A Sales Representative (Rep)	g. are all the workers of a company.
8. The Head of IT	h. does office work.
9. The staff	i. looks after the company’s computers.
10. The Personnel Manager	j. deals with issues related to employees.

Circle the correct answer:

1.-You can sell        a. a job       b. a product

2.-To ask for a day off, an employee must talk to  a. the Personnel Manager  b. The HR Director

3.-To photocopy documents you must ask   a. the CEO       b. the Administrative assistant

4.-Accountants check    a. money records and payments     b. the development of new products

5.-The Production Team deal with         a. money records and payments        b. the development of new products

6.-If there is a mistake in an invoice, you must talk to  a. the Operations Director     b. the Financial Supervisor

7.-To order pens, scissors, sticky tape and staples, you must ask   a. the Sales Representative    b. the Administrative Assistant

8.-To ask for a meeting with the CEO, you must talk to the   a. Personnel Manager     b. Personal Assistant.

9.- a. The Human Resources department is in charge of    a. hiring new workers   b. prices of products

10.-The Sales rep deals with     a. hiring new workers   b. prices of products 

(Based on Burlington Professional Modules, Business Administration and Finance)