English for Management and Marketing

Mentor

A person who gives another person help and advice over a period of time and often coaches them in their job

Dresscode

A set of rules for what you can wear

Goals

Aims

Autocratic

Demands total obedience from staff

Bonus

Extra amounts of money given to you as a reward

Do thinks by the book

Follow the rules exactly

Vision

View of how the company will be in the future

Entrepreneurial

Involving risk-taking

Cut-throat

Fierce

Back-up

Support

Get-togethers

Informal meetings

Sink or swim

Succeed or fail without help

Red tape

Paperwork

Publicly accountable

Responsible to the governent

Streamlining

Making more efficient

Dotcom

Internet company

Yardstick

Standard by which you can judge the success of something

Rat race

Struggle of individuals in a competitive enviroment

Founder

Someone who establishes an organisation