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• Товарознавство продовольчих товарів

Dialogue No 2 ( 286 words)

John Knox, the General Manager of the factory, is speak­ing with the journalist presenting the company on TV channel.

PRESENTER: Today we are talking to John Knox about the structure of TMN Ltd. John is the General Manager of the branch factory. John, do you think you could tell us some­thing about the way TMN is actually organized?

JOHN KNOX: Yes, certainly. We employ about two thou­sand people all in all two different locations. Most people work here at our headquarters plant. And this is of course where we have the administrative departments.

PRESENTER: Perhaps you could say something about the departmental structure?

JOHN KNOX: Well, yes. First of all we've got different divisions. There's the production division which, as the name suggests, is responsible for production operations. And as you know we've got two factories. Oh, and I forgot to mention the most impor­tant division of all. That's finance division. The Financial Director is Fred Samuels. He's a very important man. And his task is to make sure the money-side of things is going all right. The accountant and such people, they report to him directly.

PRESENTER: Is that all?

JOHN KNOX: Oh no, no, there's personnel division.

PRESENTER: Yes.

JOHN KNOX: That's quite separate. David Brown is Personnel Manager. And the Training Manager reports to him of course.

PRESENTER: What about Research and Development? Isn't that a separate department?

JOHN KNOX: Well, in terms of the laboratories, there are two at each production plant.

PRESENTER: Are there any other features worth mentioning?

JOHN KNOX: Now there's the planning department. Ray Wood is in charge of that. And a purchasing department where they buy in the materials for production.

PRESENTER: Yes, and what about the board of directors

and the chairman? JOHN KNOX: Yes, well, they're at the top, aren't they? The

Managing Director, of course, that's Ernest Roberts and then...

Listen to Dialogue No 2 between two speakers and answer the questions below. Then listen again and check your answers.

1. Who are talking?

2. What are the main departments of TMNLtd.?

3. How many divisions are there in the production depart­ment?

4. Who reports to the Financial Manager?

5. What are the functions of the purchasing department?

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