6.2 7.1 7.2 7.3 8.1 8.2 9.1 9.2 10.1 10.2 1 office 2 head office 3 headquarters 4 open-plan Noun - Verb retirement - retire demotion - demote lay-off - lay off dismissal - dismiss termination - terminate 5 administrative staff 6 support 7 human resources department 8 HRD Noun - Adjective seniority - senior freelance, freelancer - freelance redundancy - redundant insecurity - insecure flexibility - flexible lb, 2d, 3e, 4c, 5a 1 reviews 2 off 3 contracts lb, 2c, 3a, 4f, 5e, 6d 4 freelancers 5 laying 6 flatter 7 leaner 8 redundant 9 outplacement 1 bullying 2 sexual harassment, harassed 3 glass ceiling, sex discrimination 4 racial discrimination, racist, discriminated 5 affirmative action, affirmative action 1 marketing director 2 research director 3 marketing director 4 human resources director 5 customet services manager 6 sales manager Montebello President and CEO Com i Non-executive director Smith CFO Chang VP Marketing Roberts VP Research Jones No n-executive director Dawes VP Human Resources 1 entrepreneurs 5 grow 2 entrepreneurial 6 leadership 3 founded 7 empire 4 start-up Hearst: press magnate Son: software tycoon Trump: property tycoon Murdoch: media mogul Onassis: shipping magnate Getty: oil mogul 144 Business Vocabulary in Use 11.1 1 Before we employ people, we like to put them in job situations to see how they do the work and fit into the corporate culture. 2 The company has built a grand corporate headquarters as a permanent symbol of its power. 3 Our stylish new corporate logo shows our wish to be seen as a more international airline. 4 The economy is growing and corporate profits are rising. 5 The rules were introduced to protect women working in factories, but today they make it harder for women to climb the corporate ladder. 6 Companies hit by computer crime are not talking about it because they fear the publicity will harm their corporate image. 11.2 1 commercial airline 2 commercial land 3 commercial television 4 commercial artist 5 commercial disaster 11.3 1 free enterprise 2 private enterprise 3 enterprise economy 12.1 1 partnership 2 public limited company 3 corporation 1 2.2 1 demutualization 2 Building Society 3 members 3 corporation 4 enterprise culture 5 enterprise zone 4 sole owner, freelancer 5 limited company 4 demutualized 5 dem utua lize 6 mutual 12.3 lb, 2c, 3e,4a, 5d 13.1 1 property 2 telecommunications 3 cars 4 tourism 5 financial services 6 defence 7 leisure 8 pharmaceuticals 9 media 10 healthcare 13.2 'A E R 0 S P A C E ^---- 'D U T 0 JS T E E L 4S E R V 1 sc E F E A "M A N U F A C T U R 1 N G 'H E 0 B E R C *M E D 1 A T N D U S T R 1 A "L L T L N i 't M E R G 1 N G 'g R 0 W T H H «-> H A R M A C E U T 1 C A L S 14.1 1 (a) Market research showed, (b) beta version, (c) after the launch 2 (d) the focus groups, (e) safe, (f) industrial scale 3 (g) designers, (h) testing, {i} CADCAM Business Vocabulary in Use 145