Study the following information and then complete the sentences.

Accounting department is responsible for administering a company's financial affairs.

Board of directors is a group of people chosen to establish policy for and control a company.

Chairman (UK) is the person who heads a Board of Directors; head of a company; chairperson.

Director is a member of the board of directors.

Executive officer (US) is a person managing the affairs of a corporation - chief executive officer.

Manager is a person responsible for day-to-day running of a department. Managing director (UK) is senior director after the chairman responsible for day-to-day direction.

Marketing Department is the department that puts goods on market, including packaging, advertising, etc.

Personnel Department is a department responsible for recruitment and welfare of staff or employees.

President (US) is the highest executive officer of a company; head of a company.

Production Department is the department responsible for physical creation of product.

Purchasing Department is the department responsible for finding and buying everything for a company.

R & D Department is the department responsible for Research and Development of products.

Sales Department is the department responsible for finding customers and making sales.

Vice president (US) is any of several executive officers, each responsible for a separate division.

1. The company is run by … .

2. The Chairman of the Board is … .

3. I am in charge of … .

4. Marketing department deals with … .

5. IT department looks after … .

6. Sales department is responsible for … .

7. Personnel department organizes … for the employees.

8. In Production department we make … .

9. Economic department makes … decisions.

10. Accounting department pays … .

Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the words in the box. You can then use similar sentences to talk about your company.

company competitors customers employees leader products

profit share shareholders share price subsidiaries turnover

1. I work at the company producing shoes.

2. Our main ______________ are sports shoes.

3. Kwikshoe is a world ______________ in the tennis shoe sector.

4. It has a national market ______________ of 23%.

5. It has 2,500 ______________ in this country.

6. It has seven ______________ in five different countries.

7. Its main ______________ are young people and people who do sport.

8. Its main ______________ are in Britain and the USA.

9. Its main ______________ are banks and pensions funds.

10. Its ______________ last year was $ 1.2 billion.

11. Its ______________ last year was $ 16 million.

12. Its ______________ today is $ 57.

Grammar in Use

Expressing future