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V. Replace the words in bold with the words used in the text.

1. Gerard Philips set up a company in Eindhoven.

2. The company initially specialized in making carbon-filament lamps.

3. Developments in new lighting technologies fuelled a steady plan for growth.

4. In 1983 itintroducedthe compact disconto the market.

5. Each day its factories produce a total of 50 million integrated circuits.

6. Royal Philips Electronics is run by the Board of Management.

7. The Supervisory Board carefully watches the general course of business.

8. Policies are put into practice by the Group Management Committee.

9. The Group Management Committee consists of members of the Board of

Management and chairmen of the production sectors.

10.The Group Management Committee serves to ensure that important

matters and ways of business are shared across the company.

VI. Complete the passage using words from tasks IV and V in the correct

Form.

The key to Philips success can be described by two words. The first is

........(1); the company designers are continually developing and creating new

products. The second is ........(2); Philips is active in about 100 businesses

varying from consumer electronics to domestic appliances and from security

systems to semiconductors.

With such a wide .........(3) of products the company needs a complex system

of management. Each product .........(4) has its own chairman; most of these

chairmen are members of the Group Management Committee, which ........(5)

all company decisions and plans. The Supervisory Board ........(6) the general

business of the group and it also advises and supervises the Board of

Management.

VII. Translate the first part of the text into Russian.

VIII. Answer the questions.

1. What is Philips?

2. What are the main landmarks of its history?

3. Where is Philips’ headquarters located?

4. What are the main characteristics of the Philips Electronics at present?

5. How is the company run?

6. Why has Philips become the world’s biggest electronics company? What

are the reasons?

IX. Render the text in English.

X. Tell about a successful company you know using the questions from task

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