Unit 5
Working together
Objectives
Focus
Warming up
5.1 Getting to know the workplace
5.2 Different kinds of companies
5,3 Company organization
5.4 Company developments
5,5 Working with others
Sum-up
Assignment
Objectives
When the learners finish learning this unit,
they should be able to
Show someone physically around the office
or premises
Describe how the business is organized or
structured
Describe to outsiders or friends what their
company actually does
Focus
Getting to know the workplace
Sectors of industry and company
organization
Warming up
A foreigner met you on your road and asks
you to help him to direct him to the library,
how would you describe?
5.1 Getting to know the workplace
This section covers the important
question of finding one's way about a
company's premises either as
someone who is new to the company
or as a visitor,It concentrates on
office life and how offices are laid out.
Listening
Listen for the recording,where are the different offices?
Related vocabulary
Accounts department canteen
Coffee machine General manager
gents toilet reception
marketing dept,Lifts
Photocopying room purchasing dept.
Sales dept,conference room
Canteen
Ladies reception
Gents Photocopying
Personal
Manager
Mr,Robinson
Marketing
Accounts Sales
Conference
room
Lifts
General
Manager
Purchasing
Stairs
Coffee machine
5.2 Different kinds of
companies
In this section various aspects of
describing companies and
referring to their activities are
covered,
It deals with types of business
and occupational structure in
various sectors of industry and
product groups.
5.2 A Do you know them?
Goods-producing companies
belong to the secondary sector.
service-producing firms to the
tertiary,etc,
The companies listed have been
selected to fit into these two
main categories,
Answer to 5.2 A
Secondary,e.g,manufacturing
Bayer Pepsi Saab-Scania Ford
Tertiary,e.g,services,banking,
insurance,tourism,leisure
BNP British Airways Sears
Hilton International
5.2 B Fill in job
look through the article and then
fill in the missing information
Suggested answers to 5.2 B
business /major /secondary
/services/ workers/ another
/most /countries /work
Primary / labor /basic /fully
/productive / economic / fishing
/percent
5,3 Company organization
This section deals with the
divisions and departments of a
company and the use of job
titles within the company.
5.3 A Listening
Listen to the recording in which
a man talk about the structure of
his company.
Repeat how the three missing
names are pronounced:
Robert Leaf George Harris
Chow Fung
Answers to 5.3 A
Managing Director,Robert Leaf*
Finance Director,Weimin Tan*
Marketing Manager,Rosemary Broo
Production Manager,George Harris
Personnel Manager,Deirdre Spence
Research and Development Manager
Dr Tarcisius Chin
Planning Manager,Chow Fung
General Manager,Singapore Factory,Lee
Boon Eng
member of the board of directors
These are the equivalents
USA GB
President Chairman
CEO MD
Director Vice President
Financial Accountant
Controller
Director Manager
5.4 Company developments
This section reviews the history
of two well known companies,
(This exercise should be
completed at home to save time.)
Answers to 5.4 A (1)
Suggested answers
DatesWhat happened?Who did
what?1847Simens was
foundedWerner Siemens &
Johann Georg
Halske1849Company was
established in
SprendilingenJohann Phiipp
Holman1866Invention of dynamo
machineWerner Siemens
Answers to 5.4 A (2)
DatesWhat happened?Who did
what?1882First large foreign order
begunHolzman Co.1885Workforce
exceeding 5,000Holzman
Co.1917Aktiengesellschaft
foundedHolzman Co.1950Foreign
business restartedHolzman
Co.1979Acquisition of J,A,Jones
Construction CompanyHolzman
Co.1981Purchase of Lockwood Greene
Engineer,Inc.Holzman Co.1989Takeover
of Steinmüller GroupHolzman
Co.1992/3Recorded annual sales of DM 82
billionSiemens
Answers to 5.4 A (3)
HolzmanSiemensLocations of the
company's activitiesAmsterdam,Baghdad,
East Africa,South AmericaIn more than
50 countriesActivities of both companies
up to 1940sRailroad and railroad
projects,all fields of building
construction and civil engineeringPower
engineeringRecent activities of the
companiesPurchase of American
companies and one of the most
important German corporationsAn
innovative leader on electrical and
electronic market
5,5 Working with others
This section deals with the
functions of agreeing and
disagreeing.
5.5 A 1)
Read the article about a
different company,Samco.
Answer the questions given,
Suggested answers
1 Workers
2 The assembly line and economies of scale
3 A quarter of employees fix their own
4 The workers decide
5 Employee
6 Employees
7 There are no central computers
8 There are no controls over expenses and
business travel
9 He makes his own
5.5 A 2) read the second
extract
Find the answers to these questions:
1)Who makes decision?
2) What have been abandoned?
3)How are salaries decided?
4) How are profits shared?
5) Who recognizes the factories?
6) Who chooses new sites for development?
7) What role do computer play in the factory?
8)Who controls expenses and business
travels?
9) Who makes the boss’s tea?
Suggested answers
1 Workers
2 The assembly line and economies of
scale
3 A quarter of employees fix their own
4 The workers decide
5 Employee
6 Employees
7 There are no central computers
8 There are no controls over expenses and
business travel
9 He makes his own
5.5 A 3） Read another extract
Answer the questions:
1) What products dies the company
make?
2) How have the profits of Semco
developed recently?
3) What is the sales situation?
4) What happens to its output?
5) How would you describe Semco’s
financial situation?
Suggested answers
1 Pumps,dishwashers and
cooling units
2 They have increased fivefold
3 Good,$30 million
4 23 per cent is exported
5 Free of debt
Sum-up
In this unit,we learnt:
How to describe your workplace
The structure and organization
of a company.
Assignment
Write a letter to introduce a
company.
Search for some information
about a company on Internet
(Group-work).
Working together
Objectives
Focus
Warming up
5.1 Getting to know the workplace
5.2 Different kinds of companies
5,3 Company organization
5.4 Company developments
5,5 Working with others
Sum-up
Assignment
Objectives
When the learners finish learning this unit,
they should be able to
Show someone physically around the office
or premises
Describe how the business is organized or
structured
Describe to outsiders or friends what their
company actually does
Focus
Getting to know the workplace
Sectors of industry and company
organization
Warming up
A foreigner met you on your road and asks
you to help him to direct him to the library,
how would you describe?
5.1 Getting to know the workplace
This section covers the important
question of finding one's way about a
company's premises either as
someone who is new to the company
or as a visitor,It concentrates on
office life and how offices are laid out.
Listening
Listen for the recording,where are the different offices?
Related vocabulary
Accounts department canteen
Coffee machine General manager
gents toilet reception
marketing dept,Lifts
Photocopying room purchasing dept.
Sales dept,conference room
Canteen
Ladies reception
Gents Photocopying
Personal
Manager
Mr,Robinson
Marketing
Accounts Sales
Conference
room
Lifts
General
Manager
Purchasing
Stairs
Coffee machine
5.2 Different kinds of
companies
In this section various aspects of
describing companies and
referring to their activities are
covered,
It deals with types of business
and occupational structure in
various sectors of industry and
product groups.
5.2 A Do you know them?
Goods-producing companies
belong to the secondary sector.
service-producing firms to the
tertiary,etc,
The companies listed have been
selected to fit into these two
main categories,
Answer to 5.2 A
Secondary,e.g,manufacturing
Bayer Pepsi Saab-Scania Ford
Tertiary,e.g,services,banking,
insurance,tourism,leisure
BNP British Airways Sears
Hilton International
5.2 B Fill in job
look through the article and then
fill in the missing information
Suggested answers to 5.2 B
business /major /secondary
/services/ workers/ another
/most /countries /work
Primary / labor /basic /fully
/productive / economic / fishing
/percent
5,3 Company organization
This section deals with the
divisions and departments of a
company and the use of job
titles within the company.
5.3 A Listening
Listen to the recording in which
a man talk about the structure of
his company.
Repeat how the three missing
names are pronounced:
Robert Leaf George Harris
Chow Fung
Answers to 5.3 A
Managing Director,Robert Leaf*
Finance Director,Weimin Tan*
Marketing Manager,Rosemary Broo
Production Manager,George Harris
Personnel Manager,Deirdre Spence
Research and Development Manager
Dr Tarcisius Chin
Planning Manager,Chow Fung
General Manager,Singapore Factory,Lee
Boon Eng
member of the board of directors
These are the equivalents
USA GB
President Chairman
CEO MD
Director Vice President
Financial Accountant
Controller
Director Manager
5.4 Company developments
This section reviews the history
of two well known companies,
(This exercise should be
completed at home to save time.)
Answers to 5.4 A (1)
Suggested answers
DatesWhat happened?Who did
what?1847Simens was
foundedWerner Siemens &
Johann Georg
Halske1849Company was
established in
SprendilingenJohann Phiipp
Holman1866Invention of dynamo
machineWerner Siemens
Answers to 5.4 A (2)
DatesWhat happened?Who did
what?1882First large foreign order
begunHolzman Co.1885Workforce
exceeding 5,000Holzman
Co.1917Aktiengesellschaft
foundedHolzman Co.1950Foreign
business restartedHolzman
Co.1979Acquisition of J,A,Jones
Construction CompanyHolzman
Co.1981Purchase of Lockwood Greene
Engineer,Inc.Holzman Co.1989Takeover
of Steinmüller GroupHolzman
Co.1992/3Recorded annual sales of DM 82
billionSiemens
Answers to 5.4 A (3)
HolzmanSiemensLocations of the
company's activitiesAmsterdam,Baghdad,
East Africa,South AmericaIn more than
50 countriesActivities of both companies
up to 1940sRailroad and railroad
projects,all fields of building
construction and civil engineeringPower
engineeringRecent activities of the
companiesPurchase of American
companies and one of the most
important German corporationsAn
innovative leader on electrical and
electronic market
5,5 Working with others
This section deals with the
functions of agreeing and
disagreeing.
5.5 A 1)
Read the article about a
different company,Samco.
Answer the questions given,
Suggested answers
1 Workers
2 The assembly line and economies of scale
3 A quarter of employees fix their own
4 The workers decide
5 Employee
6 Employees
7 There are no central computers
8 There are no controls over expenses and
business travel
9 He makes his own
5.5 A 2) read the second
extract
Find the answers to these questions:
1)Who makes decision?
2) What have been abandoned?
3)How are salaries decided?
4) How are profits shared?
5) Who recognizes the factories?
6) Who chooses new sites for development?
7) What role do computer play in the factory?
8)Who controls expenses and business
travels?
9) Who makes the boss’s tea?
Suggested answers
1 Workers
2 The assembly line and economies of
scale
3 A quarter of employees fix their own
4 The workers decide
5 Employee
6 Employees
7 There are no central computers
8 There are no controls over expenses and
business travel
9 He makes his own
5.5 A 3） Read another extract
Answer the questions:
1) What products dies the company
make?
2) How have the profits of Semco
developed recently?
3) What is the sales situation?
4) What happens to its output?
5) How would you describe Semco’s
financial situation?
Suggested answers
1 Pumps,dishwashers and
cooling units
2 They have increased fivefold
3 Good,$30 million
4 23 per cent is exported
5 Free of debt
Sum-up
In this unit,we learnt:
How to describe your workplace
The structure and organization
of a company.
Assignment
Write a letter to introduce a
company.
Search for some information
about a company on Internet
(Group-work).
