Parizale A-B Flashcards
Dipendente
Employee (countable)
Occupazione/impiego
Employment (uncountable)
Disoccupazione
Unemployment (uncountable)
Assumere/dare del lavoro
To employ
Assumere
To hire/to take on
Datore di lavoro
Employer (countable)
Agenzia del lavoro/interinale
Employment agency (uncountable-countable)
Small business
You can work for yourself, be self-employed, a sole trader, work free lance
Firm
Small/medium business, it usually refers to a family firm such as law firm
Law firm —> noun phrase
Head noun + pre-qualifier (law)
Big business
Corporations, multinationals, private and public companies employ large number of people
Public company organisation
It’s a company which is open to the public to invest in. Members of the public can buy shares in the company and become part of the ownership of the company
Shareholders
When people buy shares, they are the owners of the company, they own part of the company, these people are at the top. They cannot directly represent themselves
The board of directors
Appointed by the shareholders. They represent the shareholders. Their job is to work for the shareholders. They have to guarantee that the company is managed in a way to make profits. They are led by the chairman. They check the work of the people that work at the company
Senior executives
Directly responsible of the running of the business
Managing director/chief executive (CEO)
Big boss of the company, takes part in board meetings, they have to inform what is happening
Direttore finanziario
Chief financial officer (CFO)
Presidente del consiglio di amministrazione
Chairman/president
Employee/staff
Paid employee to do a specific job
Impiegato
Clerk
Office administrator. Somebody who works with papers and documents
White collar workers
Office staff of office workers in general
Blue collar workers
Manual workers or technical workers. People who work with hands
DIRECTOR of medical services
A title of a senior management role, NOT a company director. We use the word “DIRECTOR” as a title, when you give it as a title, you use the capital letter
Dipendenti
Employee/staff
The more general you speak, then you use “employee”, when you say “i nostri dipendenti” you use “staff”
Operaio/addetto
Worker/a blue collar worker
Amministratore delegato
Chief/Executive officer
Azionisti
Shareholders
Personale
Staff/employee
Presidente
Chairman
Lavoratori
Workers/workforce
Responsabile
Manager/supervisor
It is ONLY an adjective, it can’t be a noun. It is somebody who is in a higher position but not a manager
Dirigente
CEO/Senior executive/management
A company director, but might simply be the CEO
Impiegati
Office workers/white collar workers
Impiegato
Clerk/I work in an office
Production department
Quality control
Purchasing department
They buy raw materials
Marketing department
They find what costumers would like
R&D department
Research and development
HR department
Human Resources
Product design
The following departments deal with
product design: Marketing, T&D, production
They Elise with each other
Security, catering, cleaning
Services. These are often outsourced. Once, they were internal to the company, nowadays they find these sources through external companies
Finance
Investment budgets
Customer relations
The following departments deal with customer relations marketing, sales department
Wages
Accounting department
Transport
Logistic
Training (formazione)
HR
