ENGLa Vocabulary

Companies & Industries / Marketing / International Marketing / Job satisfaction / Management styles / Managing across cultures / Communication

Companies & Industries / Marketing / International Marketing / Job satisfaction / Management styles / Managing across cultures / Communication


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to compete

(with or against sb) to try to be more successful or better than sb who is trying to do the same as you; adjective: competitive; noun: competition / competitor (Konkurrent)

to report to sb

If you “report to sb”, that person is your boss

blue-chip company

a listed company which is thought to be a safe investment and which is likely to make a profit

branch

a local office/shop belonging to a large organisation

capital goods

equipment and machinery used to produce other goods

chain of command

the line of authority and responsibility in a company

cooperative

a business which is owned and run by the people involved, with the profits shared by them

Corp./ Inc.

corporation/incorporated; a company with legal status (amtlich eingetragen), usually listed on the stock market

corporate group

a collection of parent and subsidiary companies

department

a section of a large organisation (e.g. the HR department)
a large and important unit of an organisation (e.g. the sales division)

durable goods

goods such as cars, washing-machines etc.

family business

a business which is owned and run by a family

hierarchy

a system in which people are organised into different levels of importance; adj: hierarchical

listed company

a company whose shares can be traded on the stock market

Ltd “limited”

roughly the same as “GmbH”. Shares are not traded on the stock market.

NGO

non-governmental organisation, usually pursuing a wider social aim non-durable goods food, clothing etc.

plc

“public limited company”: a company whose shares can be traded on the stock market

product range

all the products produced by a particular company

sales point

place where a product is sold (also: point of sale)

sole trader

someone who is self-employed (i.e. the business is owned by only one person)

SME

small and medium enterprise (KMU), also: SMB

staff position

an assistant (e.g. to the Marketing Director) who has no line authority

start-up

a new business or project

subsidiary

a company which is owned or controlled by another company

superior

She’s my immediate superior: the person immediately above me, my line manager

subordinate

a person who has less authority and power than you: he is one of my subordinates; adjective: subordinate

(de)centralized

if the control of an organisation lies with (does not lie with) one group of people in one place

to anticipate

to see or know something in advance; noun: anticipation

to brand

to provide a product or service with a recognizable identity; noun: brand

to calculate

return to determine a profit on an investment through mathematical processes

to design

to create according to a plan, often in an artistic or highly skilled manner

to consume

to utilize goods and services; noun: consumption

to distribute

to supply goods to stores and other businesses; nouns: distributor, distribution

to disperse

to cause to become spread widely, e.g. “Due to modern communication technologies brands are dispersed more and more and they become uncontrollable.”

to launch

to release, e.g. “to launch a product”, “to launch a marketing campaign”; noun: a launch

to persuade

to convince by the use of arguments or evidence; adjective: persuasive, noun: persuasion

to promote

to present for buyer acceptance through advertising, publicity, discounting, etc.; noun: promotion

to satisfy

to meet a need or desire (e.g. to satisfy a consumer need); noun: satisfaction

to undermine

to weaken or ruin by degrees, e.g. “to undermine a brand”

advertising

activity used to attract attention to a product, as by announcements in media; verb: advertise