kolos

consultant

a person who provides expert advice to a company

crisis

a situation of danger or difficulty

innovation

a new idea or method

objective

something you plan to do or achieve

promotion

when someone is raised to a higher or more important position

public sector

the section of the economy under government control

strategy

a plan for achieving success

subordinate

a person with a less important position in an organization

set objectives

stawiać cele

allocate resources

alokacja zasobów

perform task

wykonać zadanie

supervise subordinates

nadzorować podwładnych

measure performance

pomiar wydajności

deal with crises

radzić sobie z kryzysem

accomplish company’s goals

osiągnąć cele firmy

to burden

to load heavily

approach

the method used or steps taken in setting about a task, problem, etc

esteem

to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration

shelter

the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing

incentives/motivators

things that encourage people to do something

merely

only as specified and nothing more

labour relations

interactions between employers and employees or managers and workers

job security

knowing that there is little risk of losing one’s employment

wages

money paid per hour or day or week to manual workers

benefits

advantages that come with a job apart from pay

promotion

to be raised to a higher rank or better job

unskilled

without any particular abilities acquired by training

job rotation

regulary switching between different tasks

shared values/corporate culture

a company’s attitudes, beliefs, practices and work relationships

collectivist

believing that the group is more important than the individual

compromise

reducing demands or changing opinions in order to agree

confrontation

a face-to-face disagreement or argument

connections

people of influence or importance with whom you are associated

eye contact

looking directly at the people you are talking or listening to

glocalization

an invented word combining worldwide and regional concerns

improvise

to do something when necessary without having already planned it

interrupt

to cut into someone else’s turn to speak

intuition

understanding or knowing without consciously using reason

logic

thought based on reason and judgement rather than feelings and emotions

lose face

to be humiliated or disrespected in public

status

respect, prestige or importance given to someone

linear-active culture

cultures generally organized and rational, try to act logically rather than emotionally plan in advance(britain, usa, germany)

multi-active culture

cultures attach more importance to emotions, intuition, relationship and connections, people like to do many thing in the same time(south europe, latin america, africa)

reactive cultures

prefer to listen to and establish the other’s position and then react to it, avoid confrontation, don’t want to lose face, avoid eye contact (asia)

universalist

believe that rules apply to everybody

particularist

believe that personal relationship and friendship should take precedence over rules and regulations

critical mass

the number of people needed to start and sustain a change

leadership ranks

top levels of management

outperforming

doing better than others, financially

profitability

the ability to make a good return on capital invested in the business

return on equity

the amount of money a company earns on the investment of its shareholders

come across

meet or find unexpectedly or by accident

compulsory

required, obligatory, necessary according to the law

quota

an officialy imposed number or quantity

voluntary

done by choice without legal obligation

compliance

obeying laws or regulations

dissolution

the ending or termination of an organisation

apprentices

trainees, people still learning their job

convert

someone who changes their beliefs

exported goods

products sold to other countries

real estate

property: building such as offices, houses, flats, apartments

labour

work done in return for money

outsource

to use other companies to dow rok your company previously did itself

the primary sector

... agriculture, and the extraction of raw materials from the earth

the secondary sector

... manufacturing industry, in which raw materials are turned into finished products, leisure, tourism, and so on

the tertiary or service sector

... the commercial services that help industry produce and distribute goods to their final consumers, as well as education, healthcare,

the quaternary sector

... computing, ICT, consultancy, R&D

delocalize

to move you factories to another region or country

inventory/stock

... (AmE and BrE) or ... is a company's reserves of raw materials, parts, work in process and finished products.

component

... is any of the pieces or parts that make up a product or machine.

capacity

... is the (maximum) rate of output that can be achieved from a production process.

plant

... is a collective word for all the buildings, machines, equipment, and other facilities used in the production process.

location

... means the geographical situation of a factory or other facility.

supply chain

... is a network of organizations involved in producing and delivering goods or a service.

outsourcing

... means buying products or processed materials from other companies rather than manufacturing them.

economies of scale

... are the cost savings arising from large-scale production.

lead time

... is the time needed to perform an activity such as manufacturing a product or delivering it to a customer.

accountability

being officially responsible for sth

embedded

firmly fixed in something or part of something

standards of living

the quality of people's lives

founder

someone who estabilishes a company

equity

the value of a business activity

exponentially

increasing or decreasing more and more quickly as time passes

disruptive

causing truble and stopping something from continuing as usual

prosperity

the state of being successful and having a lot of money

risk premium

the potential cost of taking a chance

stabillity

the stituation when something is not likely to change

deposit

money placed in a bank

loan

a sum of money borrowed from a bank

capital

the money invested in a business

shares

certificates representing part-ownership of a company

bonds

certificates of debt issued by government or companies to raise money

merger

when one company combines with another one

takeover

when one company offers to buy or acquire another one

stockbroking

buying and selling stocks or shares for clients

portfolio

all the investments owned by an individual or organisation

returns

the profits made on investments

bancrupt

unable to pay debts or continue to do business

regulation

the ending or relaxing of legal restrictions

conglomerate

a group of companies, operating in different fields, which have joined together

interests

the price paid for borrowing money, paid to the lenders

credit rating

estimates of people’s ability to fulfil their financial commitments

default

failure to repay a loan

collateralized

with property or another asset used as guarantee of payment

cash flow

the money generated by an investment

write off

cancel a bad debt or a worthless asset from an a