PEOPLE AND WORKPLACES BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE

 

BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE 6. PEOPLE AND WORKPLACES

 

A Employees and management The people who work for a company, all the people on its payroll, are its employees, personnel, staff, workers or workforce. But these words can mean just the people carrying out the work of a company, rather than those leading it and organizing it: the management. Note: Workforce, work-force and work force are all possible. B Management and administration A company’s activities may be spread over different sites. A company’s most senior managers usually work in its head office or headquarters (HQ). some managers have their own C Labour Labour is spelled labor in AmE. Labor unions, organizations defending the interests of workers (AmE) are called trade union in BrE. When workers are not happy with pay or conditions, they may take industrial action: • a strike, stoppage or walk-out: workers stop working for a time. • a go-slow: workers continue to work, but more slowly than usual. • an overtime ban: workers refuse to work more than the normal number of hours. D Personnel and human resources In larger organizations there is a human resources department (HRD) that deals with pay, recruitment, etc. this area is called human resources (HR) or human resource management (HRM). Another name for this department is personnel department. EXERCISES 6.1 Look at A, B and C opposite to find the answers to the crossword. across 2. and 17 Office workers may wear this. (5,6) 5. All the people working for a company. (5) 7. ________ workers use their hands. (6) 8. When people stop working to protest. (6) 10. One of the people working for an organizations. (8) Down 1. Everyone working for a company is on this. (7) 2. Everyone, or everyone except top managers. (9) 3. These are trade in the UK and labor in the US. (6) 4. and 17 across Manual workers may wear this. (4,6) 6.2 Manuel Ortiz is the founder of a Spanish computer sales company. Use the words in B and D opposite to complete what he says about it. I founded Computadoras Creativas 20 years ago. We started with a small (1) __ __ __ __ __  __in Madrid. Our (2) __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __our (3) __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

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