Company structure, cont.
HW check:
• Submit the paragraph on big / small companies
• Company structure (MK, p 22-23)
Vocabulary
Delegate decision making
Delegate responsibilities
Give instructions
Give priority
Make decisions
Motivate staff
Take decisions
 Take a piece of paper, close books & notebooks 
answer my questions
Recognize the topic and use the words /
phrases to talk about it.
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reducing the chain of command
removing layers of workers
decision making
empowerment
delegate
Recognize the topic and use the words to
talk about it.
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large manufacturing companies
departments
divisions
complicated activities
WHICH COMPANY DEPARTMENT IS IN
CHARGE OF…?
• money paid, received, borrowed, or owed
• promoting, selling and distributing products or
services of its company
• discovering new knowledge about products, to
create new and improved products
• recruiting new staff & administrative aspects of
the employees
• legal advice to other departments in the
company
• actual construction and preparation of products
COMPANY DEPARTMENTS
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PRODUCTION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
ADVERTISING
LEGAL
ACCOUNTS
PERSONNEL (HR)
MARKETING
FINANCE
PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR)
• RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
• MAINTENANCE
• DISTRIBUTION
• QUALITY CONTROL
• INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (IT) etc.
…deals with
…is in charge of
…is responsible for
DIVISION
vs
Usually ______ -based
(or ______-based)
e.g.
Food Division
Cosmetics Division
Automotive Division
Plastics Division
European Division
Asian Division
DEPARTMENT
Usually _______-based
e.g.
Production Department
Finance Department
Purchasing Department
Marketing Department
Sales Department
HR Department
PR Department
R&D Department
IT Department
ICT Department
DIVISION
vs
Usually product-based
(or market-based)
e.g.
Food Division
Cosmetics Division
Automotive Division
Plastics Division
European Division
Asian Division
 MK, p 24
DEPARTMENT
Usually function-based
e.g.
Production Department
Finance Department
Purchasing Department
Marketing Department
Sales Department
HR Department
PR Department
R&D Department
IT Department
ICT Department
Vocabulary: ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS
Rephrase the following phrase:
The company consists of…
is composed of…
is divided into…
is made up of…
contains ...
includes …
…departments (function-based: production dept.),
divisions (product/market-based: Food division,
Asian division),
sectors, sections, business units, arms…
Vocabulary: Division of responsibilities
Rephrase the following question:
What are you responsible for?
What are you in charge of?
What are your responsibilities?
Vocabulary: Chain of command
and line authority
Rephrase the following question:
Who is your superior?
Who do you report to?
Who are you responsible to?
Who are you accountable to?
Who are you subordinated to?
Who do you receive instructions from?
Use: report to, be accountable to,
be subordinated to
Managing
Director (MD)
MarketingProduction Finance
HR Manager
Manager Manager Manager
Cosmetics Division
Food Division
Manager
Manager
Chain of command and line authority
• Who can appoint
promote
remove
dismiss
YOU?
• Who reports TO YOU?
Who is accountable to you?
Use: appoint, promote, remove, dismiss
Use: reports to, is accountable to
Managing
Director (MD)
MarketingProduction Finance
HR Manager
Manager Manager Manager
Cosmetics Division
Food Division
Manager
Manager
Wikinomics and the future of
companies
MK, p.21
• Title?
• Synonym for cooperate?
• A word linking wikinomics and
outsourcing?
• Opposite to “outsourcing”?
Assignment:
COMPANY STRUCTURE
HIER.
key words
advantages
disadvantages
FUNCT.
MATRIX
(MK, pp.22-23)
TEAM
Take a piece of paper (A4)
• Close your books
• Drawing dictation
HW: 1. MK, p 24: Incompatible goals
2. Describe company structure below using phrases
from RB, pp 36-37 (submit on Wednesday)