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© Финансовая академия при Правительстве РФ, 2008
CONTENTS
| The History of the Company | p.5 | |
| Unit 1. | New Markets Are Vital | p.11 |
| Unit 2. | A Visit to the Factory | p.18 |
| Unit 3. | An Emergency in the Sales Office | p.25 |
| Unit 4. | Trouble with a Special Order | p.33 |
| Unit 6. | Appointing the New Advertising Manager | p.41 |
| Unit 9. | Productivity – A Work Study Survey | p.49 |
| Unit 10. | The Pension Fund Meeting | p.57 |
| Unit 12. | A Labour Dispute | p.65 |
| Unit 13. | Risk of a Takeover | p.75 |
| Unit 15. | Dealing with an Important New Market | p.83 |
| Unit 17. | The New Board of Directors | p.90 |
| Unit 19. | Auditing the Accounts | p.99 |
| Unit 21. | Debtors | p.107 |
| Unit 23. | Insurance | p.114 |
Who’s Who in the Company
Harper, Ambrose - Board of Directors’ Chairman
Grant, Wingate - late Managing Director, Hector Grant’s father
Grant, Hector - present Managing Director – the executive director in charge of the day-to-day running of the company
Wiles, Peter - Production Manager – executive in charge of production of goods in the factory; son of Mr. Grant’s sister - Hector Grant’s nephew, later Director
Martin, John - Sales Manager – executive in charge of promoting sales of the firm’s goods
Corby, Elizabeth - Hector Grant’s efficient secretary
Fielding, Ted - Works Manager
Buckhurst, William - Company Secretary, F.C.A. (a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants)
Thorn, Christopher - Management Trainee.
Mr. Roberts - Representative of Brown & Johnson, Insurance Adjusters
Mr. Baker - Chief Clerk in the General Office
Fenella - inexperienced shorthand typist
Jane - secretary of Peter Wiles
Mr. Windsmore - applicant for a job of an advertising manager
Harvey, Joanna - Advertising Manager
Mr. Scott - representative of Smith-Weston Consultants Ltd.
Ian Hampden, Ian - Personnel Manager
Green, Jack - Shop steward
Smith - an operative
Mr. Brewer - Bank Manager
Mr. Wentworth - the owner of the rival company (mattress-makers)
Mr. Brent - Chief Auditor
Donald Kennet - a clerk
M.Shuttleworth - Sales Representative
| The History of the Company |
Phrase list
Practise the pronunciation of the following words and word combinations; quote the sentences in which they are used in the text. Consult a dictionary and translate them into Russian.
Managing Director
Production Manager
Sales Manager
To be in one’s fifties
To be semi-retired
To attend the board meetings
To put the business on its feet
To capture a contract to supply somebody with something
Happy coincidence
To turn something into success or failure
To give somebody a higher command
To land one’s contract
To catch fire in a government department
To destroy a number of irreplaceable documents
To manufacture items of office equipment
Filing cabinets
To list in the catalogue
To run a business
To join the company
To be adventurous
To treble one’s business
To increase profitability and competitiveness
To have experts on the staff
To hire expert advice from outside consultants and bureaux
To be aware of the more sophisticated techniques
Electronic data processing
Task 1
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