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Business hefti - ENSK2OM05 Flashcards

Fyrsta heftið í ensku

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goods

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products (vörur)

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services

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to serve someone / meet a need; banking services, travel services (þjónusta)

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company/firm

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a business organisation formed to make money (fyrirtæki

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business

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a company involved in the manufacturing, buying or selling goods of services (viðskipti)

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manufacture

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to produce / to make (framleiða)

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import

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to bring into the country (flytja inn)

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export

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to sell out of the country (flytja út)

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distribute

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to supply and deliver products (dreifa)

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to retail

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to sell good to the public, usually through shops/store (selja í verslunum og smásölum)

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a range of

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all the products a company makes or sells (úrval)

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self-employed

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when you are working for yourself (vinna sjálstætt, verktaki)

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enterprise

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a business organisation wich exists to make money (atvinnufyrirtæki)

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multinational

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in many countries (fjölþjóða)

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entrepreneur

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someone who has a business idea and turns it into a company (frumkvöðull)

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to generate

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to create (skapa)

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shareholders

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people who have bought a part of a company (hluthafar)

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shares / stock

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a part of a company that is owned by a shareholder (hlutabréf)

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18
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stock exchange

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place where stocks are bought and sold / traded (verðbréfamarkaður, kauphöll)

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corporation

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very large company consisting of several smaller companies (samsteypa, hlutafélag)

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to expand

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to increase in size / get bigger (að stækka)

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to merge

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to join companies into one (að sameinast)

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to acquire / to take over

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to buy another company (að kaupa, að eignast)

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subsidiary

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a company wich has been bought by a larger company (dótturfélag, dótturfyrirtæki)

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parent company

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large company wich has bought smaller company / subsidiary (móðurfélag)

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corporate

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adjective that is used to describe things relating to companies (fyrirtækis-)

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commerce / treade

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buying and selling with the intention of making a profit (viðskipti)

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commercial

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relates to commerce, describe things relating to business and sale (viðskipta-, verslunar-)

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payroll

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the list of all of the company’s employees (launaskrá)

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employee / staff / personnel / workers

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people who work for a company (starfsfólk, starfslið)

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white / blue collar workers

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describes types of jobs; white collar worker are office workers because they usually wear white shirts and black jacket. Blue collar worker are labourers or factory workers (skrifstofufólk- verkamaður)

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workforce

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all the people working at a company (vinnuafl)

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management

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the people who have the responsibility of running the company (stjórn)

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administration

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all the tasks that enable the company to function (rekstur)

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operations

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business activities (starfsemi)

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site

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location, place (staðsetning)

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headquarters

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main office (höfuðstöðvar)

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bookkeeping

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taking care of all the informations for the company like payroll, names and numbers (bókhald)

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customer suppport

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helping customers with their questions and complaints (þjónusta fyrir viðskiptavini)

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switchboard

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answering the phones (skiptiborð)

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purchasing

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buying supplies for the company (innkaup)

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human resources / personnel

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all the people working for the company (mannuður, starfsfólk)

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human resources department

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the department looking after the staff - hiring, contracts, pay and firing (mannauðssvið, starfsmannasvið)

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recruitment

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hiring staff (ráðning)

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trade union - labor union

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organisations that fights for workers’ rights within an industry or company (stéttarfélag, verkalýðsfélag)

45
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to take industrial action

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any kind of protest activity like strikes, overtime bans - by workers (verkfallsaðgerðir)

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hierarchy

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pyramid-shaped diagram that shows the various levels of responsibility - people with the least experience at the bottom and people with the most experience at the top (valdakerfi, stigskiptun)

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experience

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when you have been through something (reynsla)

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expertise

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specialised knowledge or skills (sérþekking)

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to promote

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to offer someone a higher level job with more responsibility and more pay (veita stöðuhækkun)

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organigram

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diagram of how the staff is organised, similar to hierarchy (skipurit)

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Board of Directors

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people who advise and guide the company but are not involved in daily workday (stjórn fyrirtækisins)

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Chief executive (CEO)
Managing Director (MD)
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the top person in the company (forstjóri)

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director (also executive)

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a senior member of the company, responsible for decision-making (forstjóri)

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manager

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someone in charge of a department or a project (deildarstjóri)

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executive (also director)

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a senior member of the company, responsible for decision-making (framkvæmdastjóri)

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IT (Information Technology)

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a department that is responsible for the computer systems (upplýsingatækni, tölvudeild)

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marketing

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planning a campaign that will advertise a product and attract the right costumers (markaðssetning)

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accounts department

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responsible for customer accounts (reiknishald)

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boardroom

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a special room where the Board of Directors meets (fundarherbergi)

60
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budget

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a financial plan for one year (fjárhagsáætlun)

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retirement to retire

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to stop working at the end of your working life (fara á eftirlaun)

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career ladder

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a path of promotion up trough the various levels of a company hierarchy (virðingarröð starfa, framgangur í starfi)

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promotin (promote)

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to move up the career ladder (stöðuhækkun)

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senior

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older with more experience and responsibility (hærra settur)

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to resign

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to give up the job, usually because you want to work for someone else (segja upp)

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to downsize

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to make the company smaller, by getting rid of employees and levels of management (minnka / fækka starfsfólki)

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to restructure

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to organise the company differently (endurraða / endurskipuleggja)

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efficiency

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getting good effort and results from staff for the minimum time and money (skilvirkni)

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profits

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money left over after all the bills have been paid (hagnaður)

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-outsourced

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bought services from outside the company, like cleaning services (aðkeypt þjónusta)

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freelancers

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people who accept contracts for short-term projects, they are never on the company’s permanent payroll (sjálfstætt starfandi fólk, verktakar)

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flexibility

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the opportunity to change or do things differently (sveigjanleiki)

ENSK2OM05 og ENSK2MV05 (6 decks)

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