unit 2 Company organization

Reading—Text A A Presentation
• Walkman is a company making loudspeakers (产品) with （员工）100 employees… • It is located in …., with history of …years • Set out to do sth 打算，着手做某事 • Sth.be exported to sw. …产品出口到… • Rely on sth 依赖， 依靠 • Treat sb. as sth 把…当做… • A take over B A 接管B
Reading—Text A A Presentation
• In 1995 Walkman was taken over by a company called Pearson plc. However, in the late 1990s it decided to leave Pearson and joined up with three other famous companies to set up （成立，建立）the International Audio Group. Together these four now make up （组成）an important Hi-Fi company.
Reading—Text A A Presentation
• Ronald Ebert, the founder of Walkman, first set out to produce the highest level of sound products. Today a large percentage of the company’s products are exported particularly to Japan and Europe. • As a policy, Walkman relies greatly on its partners and customers. We treat our customers as friends.
A dialog
• Ivy: Hello, Scott, this is Ivy. How are you?
• • • • • • Scott: Fine, thanks. How about you？ Ivy: A little busy with my new job. Scott: What’s the name of your company? Ivy: Sunpower. Scott: What’s the nature of your business? Ivy: We’re an engineering company in England, It makes metal boxes. • Scott: When was Sunpower founded? • Ivy: In 1979
Unit2
Company Organization
L/O/G/O
objectives
• • • • • know company structure Introduce an organization Name departments Analyze how to operate a company use the basic terms concerned
A dialog
• Ivy, who has recently found a new job,
calls his friend Scott. They first greet each other and then change to introduce the new company. Generally the introduction of a company includes information like date of foundation, main products, line of business, the number of employees, location, headquarters base, website, GM(General Manager) and so on.
Activity 1
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logo
Headquarter base
foundation
company
employee
profit
Line of business
location
Reading– Text A
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Skim the two texts quickly then answer: Which one is more formal?
Reading—Text A A Presentation
• Walkman is a company making loudspeakers with 100 employees. It is located in New York, with a history of 40 years. • It has a simple rule, to manufacture products that last for ever, while（然而， 表转折） most Hi-Fi companies produce new models every year.
A dialog
• Scott: How many employees does your company have? • Ivy: About 50 • Scott: Where are your main markets? • Ivy: Well, we operate （= run 经营，运营； 操作 . E.g. operate a computer）globally, but mainly in European Union. • Scott: By the way who is your Managing Director? • Ivy: Michael Quirk. • Scott: Oh, Ivy. It sounds like a very good company. Congratulations!