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BVP 03 Vocabolario aziendale – Capo ufficio

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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.

Quando ci pensi “office administration”, what are the first things that come to mind? They might be things like paperwork, limatura, 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, Perciò, its ability to make money.

BENE, 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.

Domande sull'ascolto

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 – Parlare di Economia

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In questa lezione di inglese commerciale podcast, studieremo alcune frasi e il vocabolario che puoi utilizzare per discutere di economia e questioni economiche, compresi doppioni e preoccupazioni rassicuranti.

Vorremmo esprimere la nostra solidarietà e il nostro sostegno al pubblico cinese per il recente terremoto nel Sichuan，E spero che le persone nell'area del disastro possano riprendersi dal terremoto il più presto possibile。

Nessun accordo viene raggiunto, nessun contratto viene firmato, nessuna attività viene svolta solo tra due persone o due società. Tutto accade sullo sfondo di reti di relazioni sul locale, regionale, e scale globali. Queste relazioni di prezzo e produzione formano ciò che viene chiamato “l'economia.” Le persone che studiano l'economia – economisti – piace sottolineare, per esempio, che il prezzo dei semi di soia in Brasile può influire sul prezzo della carne in Cina. Non c'è da stupirsi, poi, che un'attività preferita degli uomini d'affari in tutto il mondo parla di economia. Solo comprendendo l'ambiente economico in cui operiamo possiamo operare efficacemente al suo interno.

Il dialogo si svolge oggi a Kendal Marcus, un rivenditore globale di abbigliamento e accessori di alta gamma. Un rivenditore vende merci al cliente finale; gli accessori sono cose come gioielli e cinture che vanno d'accordo con o “Accessorize” capi di abbigliamento. Durante un viaggio a Shanghai, balestruccio, un vicepresidente presso Kendal, sta visitando Tony Wu, Country Manager per la Cina.

Domande sull'ascolto:

1) Perché Martin è venuto in Cina?
2) Tony è ottimista riguardo alle prospettive economiche, quello è il futuro, in Cina?
3) Che tipo di preoccupazioni ha Martin?
4) Come lo rassicura Tony?

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BVP 02 – Risorse umane: Responsabile della formazione

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In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of risorse umane (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. Tuttavia, 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 questo 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.

Domande sull'ascolto

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 – Risorse umane: Manager delle Risorse Umane

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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.

Domande sull'ascolto

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 – Idiomi inglesi: Gli affari sono guerra (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 questo 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.

Mentre ascolti, 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.

Domande sull'ascolto

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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