ORGANISATION - DEFINITIONS

Subsidiary

is a company which is at least half-owned by another company.

Factory/plant

is a large building or group of buildings where goods are made (using machinery)

Call centre

is an office where people answer questions and make sales over phone.

Service centre

is a place where faulty products are mended.

Headquarters

is the main office or building of a company.

Distribution centre

is a building from which goods or supplies are sent to factories, shop or customer.

Warehouse

is a building for storing goods in large quantities.

Outlet

is a place through which products are sold.

Accomplishments

means success in doing something.

Initiatives

mean important new plans to achieve an aim.

Autonomy

means independence or freedom to make your own decision.

Empowerment

means giving people the power to do something.

Faculty

means teaching staff.

Self-employed

means that you work oneself as a freelance or the owner of a business instead of working for employer.

Sole trade

means that you run your own business as an individual and you are self-employed.

Multinational enterprise

company employs people of different nationalities.

Self-starter

people who are sufficiently motivated or ambitious to work on their own initiative without person who will tell them that them what they have to do.

Autonomous

they aren’t given exact procedures on how to meet objectives. Having the freedom to govern and make decision.

Centralized cultures

exact procedures that must be followed are imposed from above.

Flat structure

it is an organizational structure with only a few levels of managements.

Buzzword

is a word or phrase from one special area of knowledge that people suddenly think is important and use a lot.

Flexitime or flextime

people can choose when they work, within certain limits.

Hot desking

people don’t have their own desks, they get them when they are in com-pany and they need them. (rota system) (It is good for a company, it is more economical, they don’t have to spend a lot of money of special equipment)

Core staff

permanent, not temporary employees.

Outsource

is when company or organisation employs another company to do some-thing.

Contracts out

pay someone outside an organisation to perform (a job)

Portfolio workers

they are looking for multiple sources of employment simultaneously from which they derive their income. Portfolio workers mean freelancers.

R&D department

research and development, the part of a business concerns with studying new ideas and planning new products. The department in company responsible for developing new products, improving existing products. They carry out research.

Customer services department

they deal with complaints. This is assistance and ad-vice provided by a company to those people who by or use its products or service.

Human resources

HR department is the department in an organisation that deals with employing, training, and helping employees.

Sales and Marketing department

is responsible for deciding where the company should sell and what its price should be. They run advertising campaigns.

Production department

there people operate assembly lines. It is the proves of mak-ing or growing things to be sold as products, usually in large quantities.

Finance department

is the part of an organisation that is responsible for preparing budgets and accounts. They are responsible for salary and expenses.

Administration department

they keep records, they do paperwork, they are responsi-ble for documents.

Legal department

they know regulation, draw up contracts. They prepare and create contracts and they read them.

Logistic department

is responsible for detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation.

IT department

oversees the installation and maintenance of customer network system within a company. They install and maintain system equipment