【2013-09-09，一】ESL Podcast 928 – Understanding Corporate Structure

Find out who works for whom in a large corporation in this episode. Tags: Business Audio Index: Slow dialog: 1:05 Explanations: 3:02 Fast dialog: 14:39 Andrea: This organizational chart is really confusing. Raffael: Why are you looking at that? Andrea: I have an interview next week and I’m trying to bone up on the company I’ll be interviewing with. I want to impress them, but this chart is really confusing. Raffael: Let me see. It’s a simple flow chart. You have your board of directors at the top, with the managing director reporting to them, and then the executive officers overseeing major departments. Andrea: But I thought managers work below the executive officers. Raffael: You’re confusing managers with managing directors. The managing director oversees the entire company and managers oversee daily operations. Andrea: Oh, I see. So these here are the departments: accounting, marketing, purchasing, personnel, R & D, sales, and production. Raffael: That’s right. Which department are you interviewing for? Andrea: I think the job is in purchasing. Raffael: You think? Don’t you think that’s something you should get straight before you do anything else? Andrea: You might have a point there. Script by Dr. Lucy Tse