Director, who I think you met last year.
GB: Nice to meet you.
IC: Nice to see you again.
PM: Oh, and this is Erica Chang. Shes Daniels Personal Assistant.
EC: How do you do.
4) PM: Can I introduce you to Frank Jensch? Frank here is our Head of Research.
IC: A very important job. Pleased to meet you.
FJ: Pleased to meet you. Come and see my laboratory if you have time.
IC: Thank you. Id like to.
6 Match the jobs in the box with the descriptions below.
| managing director personal assistant sales representative training officer purchasing manager laboratory technician quality control manager |
1 I organize training courses for members of staff languages, computers, etc.
2 I set up the equipment and do experiments and tests.
3 I am the senior executive.
4 I check that products are made to the right standards.
5 I visit customers and try and increase business.
6 I work with the Managing Director. I am responsible for his diary, organize his travel, and take calls for him.
7 I buy everything the company needs, from raw material* to stationery**.
raw material*-
stationery**-
7 
At a budget meeting four managers talk about their departments. Listen and fill in the gaps with the words you hear. (BB, T.35, 0630-0837)
1. Thank you so much. I would like to talk about the ___________ __________. As you know there are _________ scientists in the department plus ________ technicians. Our main activity is ___________ ____________. We have a well-equipped laboratory and __________ offices. We are _____ in the main building. We work a lot with computer companies in the _______, so we spend _____ _____ ______ our budget on travel.
2. I am in charge of the ______________ Department. There are _________managers in the team and ___________ administrative _________. We are responsible for all ___________, raw material, components, and other supplies. We travel a lot to _________, the Philippines, and Korea. We have a large ________ ________ office on the second floor and two more offices on the top floor. We use fax and e-mail a lot.
3. My department is the _______________ _____________ Department. We are on the _________ floor of the main building. We are responsible for the _______________ and training. As you know, we spend a lot of our ___________ on computer and __________ training. There are _________ of us in the department, plus the Director.
4. Hello. I am the Head of the ________________ Department. Its very small. There are _________ of us in one large open plan ___________ on the ground floor. We are in charge of internal and external _________________ and public relations. Our main projects are the company ______________, which we produce four times a year and we are also responsible for the ____________ of the annual report.
8 Complete the grid below with the missing information.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Department | Human Resouces | |||
| Staff | 12 (5+7) | |||
| Office | large, open-plan office ground floor | |||
| Activity | software research | |||
| Other information |
9 Listen again and check your answers.
10 Speak about the departments with the help of the grid.
11 Study the language to talk about a department.
1 Describing the activity of a department
My department deals with / is responsible for marketing / administration, etc.
We organize test / studies / research.
We work wit customers / suppliers / subsidiaries / other companies in the group.
2 Describing the staffing of a department
There are . people in the department.
Pierre Ducros is in charge of the department.
I am one of the managers / technicians / secretaries / engineers
3 Describing the equipment / premises of a department
We have a large office / three laboratories / a small building.
We use computers / fax / e-mail a lot.
We have a well-equipped laboratory / a lot of technical equipment.
12 Think about a department you would like to work in. Use the language from the previous exercises to give a short presentation about your department.
