Business Partner B2 Glossary Unit 1

a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose (Most policy …s come from the White House.)

• budget
• distribution
• initiative

explain or fix something, to make something clearer or easier to understand (She added, as if to ... the situation, that her son Randy would be there too.)

• deliver
• clarify
• perk up

a payment for a job that is set according to a standard scale (What’s the starting ... for a personal assistant?)

• pay rate
• budget
• finance

a plan or series of plans for achieving an aim (The firm is considering a change in its marketing ... .)

• strategy
• introduction
• hierarchy

a principle that a business or organisation thinks is important and which it tries to follow (The following list of core …s reflects what is truly important to us as an organisation.)

• image
• value
• perk

a(n) … office,school,etc.does not have walls dividing it into separate rooms (I prefer working with people in a(n) … office, rather than alone.

• diverse
• open-plan
• cubicle

an attempt to do something that is difficult or that involves hard work (The restructuring was part of a(n) ... to boost company profits.)

• capability

• effort

• concern

an extra payment or benefit that you get in your job (Free theatre tickets are one of the …s of this job.)

• pay rate
• perk
• proposal

an official plan or system for doing something or providing something (The company runs an apprentice training ... .)

• scheme
• sabbatical
• retention

an organisation or structure in which the staff are organised in levels and the people at one level have authority over those below them (Who are the key people in the company …?)

• hierarchy
• promotion
• open-plan