Talking about Jobs and Business Environment

Talking about Jobs and Business Environment

COMMUNICATING IN BUSINESS CHAPTER 4 (UNIT 3&9)

WHAT DO YOU DO? 

*I am a data specialist/a technician/a chemist.
*I work in the finance dept/in the marketing dept.
*I'm in finance/in marketing.
*I work in an Indonesian state-owned enterprise in Bandung. 
*I work full-time/part-time/freelance

WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? 

*I work for a vaccine and serum manufacturer. 
*It's a vaccine and serum manufacturer. 
*We manufacture vaccines and serums. 
*The company specializes in vaccine manufacturing.
*We provide a range of vaccines. 

WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES?

*I'm in charge of ensuring the running of company's policies. 
*I'm responsible for maximizing the qualities of our human resources.
*I deal with trading and distribution. 
*I'm currently involved in a special assignment to ...
*At the  moment, I'm working on a project to improve our capitals. 

WHO IS YOUR BOSS?

*I report to Bapak/Ibu ...., who is the Director of Operations. 
*Above me, there is Bapak/Ibu .... Below me, there are ..... people who report to me. 
*My department is divided into ... sections. 
*I work with a person from .... (country/company). 

let's practice

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is incorrect?

• I'm in charge of marketing the product.

• I'm responsible for developing our client base.

• I deal with Quality Control.

• At the moment I'm working a new IT project.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correct?

• I'm in charge marketing the product.

• I'm responsible developing our client base.

• I deal with Quality Control.

• I'm involved on a new IT project.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is incorrect?

• I work for Bio Farma.

• It's a vaccine manufacturer company.

• We manufacture vaccines.

• The company specializes manufacturing vaccines.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correct?

• She was in charge to complete the project by deadline.

• She was responsible to complete the project by deadline.

• She was stressful to complete the project by deadline.

• She was under pressure to complete the project by deadline.

Multiple Choice

We've looked at the benefits. Now let's see the ........... of the recommendation.

• decrease

• downside

• benchmark

• recession

Take a look at page 103 and do the activity

Multiple Choice

Who is the Office Manager?

• Alice

• Charles

• Tom

• Nancy

• Mary

Multiple Choice

Who is the Boss?

• Alice

• Charles

• Tom

• Nancy

• Mary

Multiple Choice

Who are Nancy and Mary?

• The bosses

• The sales managers

• The office managers

• The sales representatives

TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of inflation?

• A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced.

• A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Multiple Choice

What is unemployment?

• The number or proportion of unemployed people.

• The condition of having paid work.

Multiple Choice

What is the balance of trade?

• The proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower.

• The difference in value between a country's imports and exports.

Multiple Choice

What is investment?

• The action or process of investing money for profit or material result.

• A commercial enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more parties which otherwise retain their distinct identities.

Multiple Choice

What is import?

• Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.

• Send (goods or services) to another country for sale.

THE ECONOMY 

Inflation 
Unemployment  
Investment
The balance of trade 
Interest rates
Exports imports
************
to increase/to go up - a little/ a lot
to decrease/to go down - slightly/significantly.

Multiple Choice

What is market share?

• The portion of a market controlled by a particular company or product.

• The price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company

Multiple Choice

What is turn over?

• The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced.

• the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.

Multiple Choice

What is sales?

• The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

• The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something.

THE COMPANY 

Turn over
Market share
The share price 
Productivity
Sales Prices 
**************
to go up/to rise/to soar
to go down/to fall/ to slump

CORPORATE STRATEGY 

to take over                 a joint venture
to merge with              a core business
to relocate                    a forecast
to focus on                   a recovery
to abandon                  a recession
to tailor                         a productivity

MANAGEMENT 

1. Downsizing                  
2. Outsourcing    
3. Restructuring 
4. Bench marking 

a.  reorganizing 
b. comparing your performance with your competitor 
c. making the company smaller and more efficient 
d. an external company provides an internal service

DO YOU AGREE? -- OPINIONS

• I think that ...

• In my opinion ...

• As I see it ...

DO YOU AGREE? -- AGREE

• I agree with you. 

• I think so too. 

• Definitely. 

DO YOU AGREE? -- DISAGREE

• I'm not sure.

• Yes, but ...

• I see what you're saying, but ...