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BVP 03 Geschäftsvokabular – Büroleiter

Business Englisch, Vokabular für Business-Englisch, ESL-Podcast, Management-Englisch /

Today’s podcast continues our series on business vocabulary, with a special focus on collocations or word partnerships. By focusing on words that are commonly used together you can improve your vocabulary and also your ability to understand your English-speaking colleagues.

Wenn du daran denkst “office administration”, what are the first things that come to mind? They might be things like paperwork, Einreichung, copying, and other boring and repetitive tasks. Most people probably don’t think of an office manager’s job as a crucial service that supports the successful running of a company and, daher, its ability to make money.

Gut, today we’re about to meet Thomas, who’s going to tell us about the role he plays as office manager at the Mexican subsidiary of a multinational chemical company.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1) How does Thomas summarize his role as Office Manager?
2) What characteristics does Thomas list as important qualities of an office manager?
3) According to Thomas, what is a common misunderstanding about the best way for an office manager to do his job?

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BEP 97 – Apropos Wirtschaft

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In dieser Business English Podcast Lektion, Wir werden einige Sätze und Vokabeln studieren, mit denen Sie die Wirtschaft und wirtschaftliche Fragen diskutieren können, einschließlich der Äußerung und Beruhigung von Bedenken.

Wir möchten dem chinesischen Publikum unser Mitgefühl und unsere Unterstützung für das jüngste Erdbeben in Sichuan aussprechen，Und hoffen, dass sich die Menschen im Katastrophengebiet so schnell wie möglich von dem Erdbeben erholen können。

Es wird kein Deal gemacht, Es wird kein Vertrag unterzeichnet, Es werden keine Geschäfte nur zwischen zwei Personen oder zwei Unternehmen getätigt. Alles geschieht vor dem Hintergrund von Netzwerken von Beziehungen auf lokaler Ebene, regional, und globale Skalen. Diese Preis- und Produktionsverhältnisse bilden das, was man nennt “die Wirtschaft.” Menschen, die die Wirtschaft studieren – Ökonomen – möchte darauf hinweisen, Zum Beispiel, dass der Preis für Sojabohnen in Brasilien den Preis für Fleisch in China beeinflussen kann. Es ist kein Wunder, dann, dass eine Lieblingsbeschäftigung von Geschäftsleuten überall über die Wirtschaft spricht. Nur wenn wir das wirtschaftliche Umfeld verstehen, in dem wir geschäftlich tätig sind, können wir effektiv darin agieren.

Der heutige Dialog findet bei Kendal Marcus statt, Ein globaler Einzelhändler für hochwertige Kleidung und Accessoires. Ein Einzelhändler verkauft Waren an den Endkunden; Accessoires sind Dinge wie Schmuck und Gürtel, die mit oder gehen “ausstatten” Kleidung. Während einer Reise nach Shanghai, Martin, ein VP bei Kendal, besucht Tony Wu, Country Manager für China.

Fragen zum Zuhören:

1) Warum ist Martin nach China gekommen??
2) Ist Tony optimistisch über die wirtschaftlichen Aussichten, das ist die Zukunft, in China?
3) Welche Bedenken hat Martin??
4) Wie beruhigt Tony ihn??

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BVP 02 – Personalwesen: Trainer

Business Englisch, Vokabular für Business-Englisch, ESL-Podcast, Personalwesen /

In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of Personalwesen (HR) by looking at useful language and collocations to describe the role and responsibilities of a training manager.

In this fast-changing global world, everything is moving. To make a successful business, it’s not enough just to follow yesterday’s trend. Companies and people need to constantly acquire new skills to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. This means driving new training initiatives to enhance performance. Jedoch, not all training is equally successful. To ensure training effectiveness, it’s important to track results and to have standard criteria for measuring outcomes.

In diesem Podcast, we’ll listen to Andrea, a training manager, describing her function and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1) What kind of training programs does Andrea run?
2) Does Andrea work with vendors? What for?
3) What do the five letters in SMART stand for?

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BVP 01 – Personalwesen: HR Manager

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Today we’re kicking off a new series of ESL business vocabulary podcasts based on people talking about their jobs. In these episodes, we’ll learn vocabulary and language that are useful across a wide range of different professions and industries.

In this podcast we’ll hear an HR manager, Greg, describe his work and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. In particular we’ll be focusing on how words are collocated, or used together. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

When we think about human resource managers, many of us just think of hiring and firing, but actually, as Greg explains, the job involves a lot more than that. HR handles everything from job evaluations to settling disagreements between workers and management.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1) What type of employment programs does Greg develop and manage?
2) Are there several HR managers or only one in Greg’s company?
3) Greg says that HR managers play a special role in companies that are unionized. What is this role?

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BEP 74 – Englische Sprichwörter: Geschäft ist Krieg (2)

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series on English idioms related to war.

Everywhere you look in business, you will find the language of war: We often think – and talk – about business competition in terms of attacking and defending, gaining and losing ground.

During the first business ESL podcast in this series, we studied many such war and military related idioms. We learned the meaning of “taking flak,” “reinforcing one’s position,” “laying low,” “making a move” and many others. In diesem Podcast, we will continue exploring useful war idioms.

The dialog picks up where we left off at the Luminex management meeting. Jane has just explained that they need to think “strategically.” He explains that this means “laying low,” by which he means waiting to take action until the economy improves.

Wie du zuhörst, pay attention to the war idioms Jane and her colleagues use. You may not understand them the first time. After you hear the debrief, go back and listen again, then things should be much clearer.

Fragen zum Zuhören

1) What does Jane mean when she says their competitor, Meyers, is its own worst enemy?
2) The speakers describe their new strategy as an “ambush” that will “surround” Meyers. Why do they say this? What is the strategy?

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