The Company Flashcards
Which department …
Puts the products in boxes and crates?
Packaging
Which department …
Places ads in magazines?
Advertising/marketing
Which department …
Pays the staff?
Wages and salaries
Which department …
Purchases supplies?
Buying (or Purchasing)
Which department …
Sells the products to customers?
Sales
Which department …
Plans how to sell new products?
Marketing
Which department …
Services the machinery and equipment?
Maintenance
Which department …
Arranges courses for the staff?
Training
Which department …
Recruits new employees?
Personnel (or recruitment or HR)
Which department …
Manufactures the products?
Production
Which department …
Invoices the customers?
Customer accounts
Which department …
Looks after customers’ problems and complaints?
After-sales service
Which department …
Dispatches the products and sends them to customers?
Distribution
Which department …
Organises control systems to prevent mistakes?
Quality
Which department …
Deals with taxation, investment and cash management?
Financial services
When people working in an office do not have their own workstation, but work where there is one available.
Hotdesking
defenitie van:
Hotdesking
When people working in an office do not have their own workstation, but work where there is one available.
Employing another company to do some of the work.
Outsourcing
defenitie van:
Outsourcing
Employing another company to do some of the work.
Changing the way a company is organised or financed.
Restructuring
defenitie van:
Restructuring
Changing the way a company is organised or financed.
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.
Downsizing
defenitie van:
Downsizing
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.
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.
Temping
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.
Regularly travelling a long distance from home to work and back.
Commuting
defenitie van:
Commuting
Regularly travelling a long distance from home to work and back.
The process of employing and dismissing people.
Hiring and firing