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Facoltà di Economia

• Corso di Laurea in Economia e Gestione Aziendale
• Corso di Laurea in Economia e Finanza
• Lingua Inglese
• Luisanna Fodde
• Olga Denti
• a.a. 2006/2007

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COMPANIES English words connected with
COMPANIES CLUBS SOCIETIES ASSOCIATIONS MANAGERS
DIRECT ORGANIZE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE MANAGE
MANAGEMENT PARTNER PARTNERSHIPS Ltd LIMITED
PLC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY INC.
INCORPORATED CORPORATIONS ENTERPRISE
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COMPANIES CORPORATIONS ENTERPRISES ENTREPREN
EURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOINT STOCK
COMPANIES Plc Inc MULTINATIONALS
SUBSIDIARIES SHAREHOLDERS DOTCOMS,
ORGANIZATIONS BUSINESSES CONCERNS FIRMS Sole
trader, self-employed
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TYPES OF COMPANIES A MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATION A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS A
MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE SMEs Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises A HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
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Global Companies When a company globalises it
tries to choose the best method to enter the
overseas markets. Some of the methods
are ACQUISITION JOINT VENTURE CONSORTIUM FRANCHIS
ING LICENSING LOCAL PARTNER SUBSIDIARY MERGER
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Global Companies ACQUISITION (TAKEOVER) -JOINT
VENTURE-CONSORTIUM-FRANCHISING-LICENSING-LOCAL
PARTNER - SUBSIDIARY - MERGER A) Buying or
taking over another company B) A company partly
or wholly owned by a parent company C) Selling
the right to a manufacturers trademark D) Giving
someone the exclusive rights to sell products in
a certain area E)A person or company who
cooperates with a foreign company who wishes to
enter the market F) Two or more companies join
temporarily to carry out a large project G) A
group of companies in similar businesses working
together. H) The integration of two or more
corporations into one
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Company Structure STEEP(TALL) HIERARCHY Many
levels of management (hierarchical and
bureaucratic organizations) FLAT HIERARCHY More
equality and flexibility Match the words with
the definitions (p. 10)
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Company Structure STEEP(TALL) HIERARCHY Many
levels of management (hierarchical and
bureaucratic organizations) FLAT HIERARCHY light
organizational structure More equality and
flexibility less traditional company (p.
12). Company divisions/departments IT, HR, LA,
F, C Information Technology, Human Resources,
Legal Affairs, Finance, Communications PRESIDENT-
CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOARD OF
MANAGEMENT) MANAGING DIRECTOR (CEO CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER) GENERAL MANAGER (JUNIOR,
MIDDLE, SENIOR)
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Hierarchical structure
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Hierarchical structure
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Companies (Reading Comprehension) A matter of
choice (p. 9) READING 1 Choice influences the
environment. If consumers, producers and
shareholders have more choice, companies must
become more flexible to give consumers,
shareholders, ecc. what they want
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• Companies
• (Reading Comprehension)
• A matter of choice (p. 9)
• READING 2
• II para
• Hierarchical and bureaucratic organizations.
  Provided lifetime employment, good relations with
  trade unions, standardised production
• 2. III
• Changed production systems, flattened their
  organization, flexible employment
• 3. III
• Moving/changing from mass-produced goods to
  customised products (smaller quantities, larger
  profits)

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Companies (Reading Comprehension) A matter of
choice (p. 9) READING 2 4. VI, V, VI para Giant
companies, New global companies (no factories, no
tangible products), Networks 5. VII Because
consumers, producers and shareholders have more
choice 6. VII Flexibility
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• Companies
• (Reading Comprehension)
• A matter of choice (p. 9)
• PARA I
• was run polysemy
• PARA II
• The verb finite and non-finite verbs (making,
  introduced, provided..)
• PARA III
• giant corporations (giant trade unions, II,
  giant companies, IV) NOUN COMBINATIONS
• standardised customised Morphological
  structures VERBS FROM NOUNS

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• Companies
• (Reading Comprehension)
• A matter of choice (p. 9)
• PARA IV
• -What is a possible synonym for takeover and a
  possible one for owns (paraV)?
• PARA VI
• To market. Can you think of other English
  examples of words with more than one value (verb,
  nouns, adjectives..)??
• PARA VII
• What is the opposite of traditional
  flexible lower, v. quickly survive
  dominated

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