The Company Flashcards

1
Q

Which department …

Puts the products in boxes and crates?

A

Packaging

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2
Q

Which department …

Places ads in magazines?

A

Advertising/marketing

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3
Q

Which department …

Pays the staff?

A

Wages and salaries

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4
Q

Which department …

Purchases supplies?

A

Buying (or Purchasing)

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5
Q

Which department …

Sells the products to customers?

A

Sales

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6
Q

Which department …

Plans how to sell new products?

A

Marketing

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7
Q

Which department …

Services the machinery and equipment?

A

Maintenance

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8
Q

Which department …

Arranges courses for the staff?

A

Training

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9
Q

Which department …

Recruits new employees?

A

Personnel (or recruitment or HR)

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10
Q

Which department …

Manufactures the products?

A

Production

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11
Q

Which department …

Invoices the customers?

A

Customer accounts

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12
Q

Which department …

Looks after customers’ problems and complaints?

A

After-sales service

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13
Q

Which department …

Dispatches the products and sends them to customers?

A

Distribution

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14
Q

Which department …

Organises control systems to prevent mistakes?

A

Quality

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15
Q

Which department …

Deals with taxation, investment and cash management?

A

Financial services

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16
Q

When people working in an office do not have their own workstation, but work where there is one available.

A

Hotdesking

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17
Q

defenitie van:

Hotdesking

A

When people working in an office do not have their own workstation, but work where there is one available.

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18
Q

Employing another company to do some of the work.

A

Outsourcing

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19
Q

defenitie van:

Outsourcing

A

Employing another company to do some of the work.

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20
Q

Changing the way a company is organised or financed.

A

Restructuring

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21
Q

defenitie van:

Restructuring

A

Changing the way a company is organised or financed.

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22
Q

When the managers of a company decide to reduce the number of people working for the company in order to save money or increase profits.

A

Downsizing

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23
Q

defenitie van:

Downsizing

A

When the managers of a company decide to reduce the number of people working for the company in order to save money or increase profits.

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24
Q

Working in a company for a short or limited period of time while someone is absent or while there is a lot of work to do.

A

Temping

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defenitie van: | Temping
Working in a company for a short or limited period of time while someone is absent or while there is a lot of work to do.
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Regularly travelling a long distance from home to work and back.
Commuting
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defenitie van: | Commuting
Regularly travelling a long distance from home to work and back.
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The process of employing and dismissing people.
Hiring and firing
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defenitie van: | Hiring and firing
The process of employing and dismissing people.
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defenitie van: | Dividend
a share of the profits of a company, paid once or twice a year to shareholders
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a share of the profits of a company, paid once or twice a year to shareholders
Dividend
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defenitie van: | AGM
Annual General Meeting  to discuss issues and select new officials
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Annual General Meeting  to discuss issues and select new officials
AGM
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defenitie van: | Share price/ stock price
one of the equal parts of a co. that you can buy as an investment
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one of the equal parts of a co. that you can buy as an investment
Share price/ stock price
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defenitie van: | Market capitalization
value of a company (calculated by number of shares multiplied by their stock prices)
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value of a company (calculated by number of shares multiplied by their stock prices)
Market capitalization
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defenitie van: | Initial Public Offering/ IPO
occasion when shares in co. are first sold to the public
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occasion when shares in co. are first sold to the public
Initial Public Offering/ IPO
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to make money
geld verdienen
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geld verdienen
to make money
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the stock market
de beurs
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de beurs
the stock market
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a graduate
een afgestudeerde
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een afgestudeerde
a graduate
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to expand, an expansion
uitbreiden, uitbreiding
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uitbreiden, uitbreiding
to expand, an expansion
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to make a fortune
een fortuin verdienen
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een fortuin verdienen
to make a fortune
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a frenzy of ambition
een vlaag van ambitie, waanzinnig veel ambitie
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een vlaag van ambitie, waanzinnig veel ambitie
a frenzy of ambition
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greed
hebzucht
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hebzucht
greed
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infectious
besmettelijk
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besmettelijk
infectious
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vibrant
levendig
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levendig
vibrant
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to blow money
geld verliezen
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geld verliezen
to blow money
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a down payment
een voorschot, aanbetaling
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een voorschot, aanbetaling
a down payment
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to lose your nerve
de moed verliezen
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de moed verliezen
to lose your nerve
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a resurgence
een heropleving
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een heropleving
a resurgence
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ingenious
vernuftig, vindingrijk
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vernuftig, vindingrijk
ingenious
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expenses
uitgaven
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uitgaven
expenses
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stable footing
stabiele basis
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stabiele basis
stable footing