PKB 03 Słownictwo biznesowe – Kierownik biura

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.

Kiedy myślisz o “office administration”, what are the first things that come to mind? They might be things like paperwork, piłowanie, 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, therefore, its ability to make money.

Dobrze, 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.

Pytania do słuchania

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 – Mówiąc o gospodarce

W tej lekcji Business English Podcast, będziemy uczyć się niektórych zwrotów i słownictwa, których możesz użyć do omówienia ekonomii i problemów ekonomicznych, w tym wyrażanie obaw i uspokajanie.

Pragniemy wyrazić współczucie i wsparcie dla chińskiej publiczności w związku z ostatnim trzęsieniem ziemi w Syczuanie,I miej nadzieję, że ludzie w rejonie katastrofy jak najszybciej wyzdrowieją z trzęsienia ziemi。

Żadna umowa nie zostaje zawarta, żadna umowa nie zostaje podpisana, żadne interesy nie są zawierane między dwiema osobami lub dwiema firmami. Wszystko dzieje się na tle sieci relacji na poziomie lokalnym, regionalny, i globalne skale. Te relacje ceny i produkcji tworzą tzw “gospodarka.” Ludzie, którzy studiują ekonomię – ekonomiści – jak wskazać, Na przykład, że cena soi w Brazylii może wpłynąć na cenę mięsa w Chinach. Nic dziwnego, następnie, że ulubioną działalnością ludzi biznesu na całym świecie jest mówienie o gospodarce. Tylko dzięki zrozumieniu środowiska gospodarczego, w którym prowadzimy działalność, możemy skutecznie w nim działać.

Dzisiaj dialog odbywa się w Kendal Marcus, globalny sprzedawca odzieży i akcesoriów z wyższej półki. Sprzedawca detaliczny sprzedaje towary klientowi końcowemu; akcesoria to rzeczy takie jak biżuteria i paski, które pasują do lub “akcesorium” odzież. Podczas podróży do Szanghaju, Jaskółka oknówka, wiceprezes Kendal, odwiedza Tony Wu, kierownik krajowy w Chinach.

Pytania do słuchania:

1) Dlaczego Martin przyjechał do Chin??
2) Czy Tony optymistycznie ocenia perspektywy gospodarcze, to jest przyszłość, w Chinach?
3) Jakie obawy ma Martin?
4) Jak Tony go uspokaja?

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PKB 02 – Zasoby ludzkie: Kierownik szkoleniowy

In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of zasoby ludzkie (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. Jednakże, not all training is equally successful. To ensure training effectiveness, it’s important to track results and to have standard criteria for measuring outcomes.

W tym podcastu, 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.

Pytania do słuchania

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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PKB 01 – Zasoby ludzkie: Menedżer HR

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.

Pytania do słuchania

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 – Angielskie idiomy: Biznes to wojna (2)

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 thinkand talkabout 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 oftaking flak,” “reinforcing one’s position,” “laying low,” “making a moveand many others. W tym podcastu, 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 thinkstrategically.He explains that this meanslaying low,” by which he means waiting to take action until the economy improves.

Jak słuchasz, 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.

Pytania do słuchania

1) What does Jane mean when she says their competitor, Meyers, is its own worst enemy?
2) The speakers describe their new strategy as anambushthat willsurroundMeyers. Why do they say this? What is the strategy?

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