English Organisation Chart

Accounting (and Finance) Department

Department responsible for taking care of a company's financial affairs

Board of Directors

Group of people chosen by the shareholders to establish a company's policy and to hire or dismiss management

Chairman

Head of the group of people chosen to establish policy, sometimes also head of the management, and always very influential

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Person who supervises a company's finances, including planning and reporting to the representatives of the shareholders, also known as Finance Director in the UK

Headquarters

Company's main office

Executive Officer

Member of the management responsible for the day-to-day running of a department

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Head of the management, responsible for key decisions on the day-to-day running of the entire company, often also known as President

Marketing Department

Department responsible for bringing goods to the market by looking for a target audience, defining a brand and creating an image

Organisation chart

Table or plan showing the company structure

Personnel Department / Human Resources (HR)

Department responsible for recruitment and welfare of staff

Managing Director

Head of the management, with a term typical for the UK

Vice President (VP)

One of the senior positions in management, ranking just below President, often responsible for a division, also called Deputy Managing Director in the UK

Production Department

Department responsible for the physical creation of products

Purchasing department

Department responsible for finding and buying everything the company needs

Research and Development Department (R&D)

Department responsible for finding out about new products, or for improving existing ones

Reception

Place where visitors report on arrival

Sales Department

Department responsible for finding customers and getting them to buy

Shareholder

Person who owns stock

Director

Another word for executive officer or manager, not to be confused with a member of the Board of Directors

A survey

list of questions

Cross-section

many different kinds

FTSE 100

Financial Times Stock Exchange

PA

Personal Assistant

Additional qualifications

Extra diplomas

postgraduate degrees

master degree

Vocational certificates

Diplomas aimed at a specific job or skill

Web-literate

Knowing a lot about the item/subject

Spokesman

A representative

Counterparts

Doing the same thing in a different place

demeaning

taking down

Entails

involves

Executive assistant

PA to the managing director

Blue-chip firms

Very known big companies

filing

submitting

hub

centre

proficiency

you are good at something

emphasizes

to stress, to highlight

to discern

to notice

appropriately

fitting

Tact

to bring a difficult message

Solicit

To seek, to request

Paramount

Very important

Compress

To make shorter

brief summary

short but to the point

superiors

your boss

Interpersonal communication

Face to face

Irate

Very angry / upset

maintaining

to keep

Demeanour

Behaviour

integral

essential

First degree

Bachelor's degree

Vocational

Aimed at a specific job or skill

Trial and error

Learn from your mistakes

To be demeaning

To look down on something

To turn over

To make money from business

To keep the spokes in place

To keep everything working properly

To bear the brunt

To face the full force of the unpleasant