PHILIPS

We’re a multinational company with a quarter of a million employees and there are over a hundred and twenty subsidiaries worldwide. The group has a turnover of thirty one thousand, six hundred and twenty six million ECUs and our holding or parent company is located in the Netherlands.

About half our sales are to the consumer market and half are to the professional and industrial markets. Altogether we manufacture and sell over a million different electrical products.

The group is also working in joint ventures with other partners. For example, we’re expanding our activities in China at the moment, developing business ventures with the People’s Republic.

IBM

We have a turnover of over sixty-two billion dollars and there are two hundred and fifteen thousand employees worldwide. We manufacture and sell advanced information processing products and we’re the market leader in micro electronics, data storage, communications and many other fields. It’s the most exciting industry in the world and it’s changing fast. And we’re changing too. We’re throwing out bureaucracy and developing a new company culture. We’re introducing new systems that encourage speed, risk taking and personal leadership.

V. Correct the sentences:

1. There are about a hundred subsidiaries of Philips worldwide.

2. The holding company is located in Japan.

3. All the sales are to the industrial markets.

4. IBM is the market leader in micro electronics only.

5. IBM doesn’t like innovations.

VI. Grammar:

Open the brackets:

1. Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.

2. You can’t see Tom now: he (have) a bath.

3. I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.00.

4. I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave).

5. I (fly) over Loch Ness last week. ~ You (see) the Loch Ness monster?

6. I (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.

7. I can’t understand this letter. ~ I (call) my son. He (translate) it for you.

Put the following into the passive voice:

8. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it.

9. We use this room only on special occasions.

10. Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.

VII. Describe the following organization:

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

DIVISIONS

VIII.Describe the structure of your company and your job using the following words and phrases:

consists of contains includes

is composed of is made up of is divided into

to be in charge of to be responsible for

to support / to be supported by to assist / to be assisted by to be accountable to

I’m the head of… I’m the …manager

I’ve been working in this company for…years I’m the…

I deal with… I started this job in…

My job is to … I handle…

I’m in… I’m in the …department

I work for the … manager I’m responsible for…

I report to… I’m a …

My company works in… My company produces…

Its headquarters are in… It’s a subsidiary of …

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