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Basic Business Englisch (Subject) / Kapitel 2 (Lesson)

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• advertising department department that promotes goods/services for sale trough media Werbeabteilung
• board of directors/BOD group of people elected by its owners to control and direct the company Vorstand
• branch office an office representing a large company or organisation in a particular area Filiale
• centralized organisation all major decisions are made by a few people at the top of an organisation Zentrale?
• chain of command authority passes down from the top executive an each person in the chain is directly responsible to the person above them Befehlskette
• chairperson = President person in charge of the BOD and its meetings (also calles President) Vorsitzende/r
• chief executive officer (CEO), managing director (MD) the most senior postion in a company, with the responsibility of managing all of it Geschäftsleiter
• chief financial officer (CFO) head of the accounts/finance department Finanzleiter
• company secretary (UK) legal dept (US) person/dept responsible for a company´s (ltd, plc) compliance and cooperation with regulatory bodies Gesellschaftsekretär
• customer service section of a company that deals with customer needs Kundenservice
• Advertisement
• decentralized organisation authority is delegated throughout all levels of the oragnisation dezentraler Aufbau
• disclaimer a statement added to the end of an email or placed on websites that disclaims responsibiltiy and protects from liability Haftungshinweis
• distribution dept department that supplies or delivers finished goods (products) Vertiebsabteilung
• executive = manager someone employed by a business at a senior level who decides what the business should do and ensure that it is done Führungskraft
• finance department section in a company that is responsible for keeping an exact record of the money received and spent Finanz-Abteilung
• flat structure system of organizing a company´s positions so that all employees have a relatively equal status within the company flache Strukturen
• functional structure organizing the business departments based on the fuctions of the company Struktur nach Funktionen, funktionale Strukturen
• geographical structure organizing the business departments based on the geographical regions of the company Strukturen nach Örtlichkeiten, geografische Strukturen
• headquarters the place where the company ownership is based Hauptsitz
• hierarchical structure a ssystem of oragnizing people into different ranks or level of importance (hierarchical) hierarchische Strukturen
• human resources (HR) personnel department that deals with employees, keeps their records and helps with any problems they might have Personalabteilung
• information technology (IT) the dept that uses computers to store and analyse information IT-Abteilung
• logistics dept department that manages the flow of materials through an organisation, from raw materials to the finished product Versandabteilung
• manager/management person responsible for planning, directing, an monitoring the work of a group of employes, and taking corrective action when necessary Führungskraft/Führung
• marketing dept section of the company that creates a plan or a set of plans intended to organize the sale of a product, including advertising Marketingabteilung
• matrix strucutre organisation´s arrangement of company positions where interconnectivity between positions or departments is important to make decisions Matrixstruktur
• organisational chart table or diagram that shows the flow of information and decision-making in a company Organigramm
• product structure organizing the business department based on the different products of the company Produktstruktur
• production/operations dept manufactoring the process of making or growing things in large quantities so they can be sold Produktion
• R&D department research & development department in a large company responsible for research and development, i.e. studying new ideas an developing new products Forschung und Entwicklungsabteilung
• Advertisement
• sales department department responsible for selling its products. Also the quantity of a product sold Verkaufsabteilung
• span of control numer of subordinates that a manager or supervisor can directly control (responsible of 30 Person or..) Leitungsspanne
• subordinate person with a less important position than you in the same company Untergeordnete  

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