| accounts department |
n. department responsible for administering a company's financial affairs - also accounting department |
| For all billing enquiries, please contact our accounts department. |
| A.G.M.UK |
abbr. Annual General Meeting of a company's shareholders |
| The A.G.M. is where shareholders get an annual report on their company's performance and strategy. |
| board of directors |
n. group of people chosen to establish policy for and control a company |
| Do you know anyone on Samsung's board of directors? |
| chairmanUK |
n. person who heads a board of directors; head of a company - also chairperson; chair of the board (COB) |
| A chairman makes sure the board of directors is running the company properly. |
| director |
n. member of a board of directors |
| How many new directors are being elected at this year's A.G.M.? |
| executive officerUS |
n. person managing the affairs of a corporation, incl. chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), etc |
| Sony's replacing several executive officers, including their CEO. |
| headquarters |
n. a company's principal or main office or centre of control |
| Facebook built its new headquarters near San Francisco in California. |
| manager |
n. person responsible for day-to-day running of a business or company department; executive officerUS |
| My sister's now the manager of an online media company. |
| managing directorUK |
n. senior director under the chairman responsible for day-to-day management |
| Being the managing director can be a really stressful job. |
| marketing department |
n. department that manages branding, promotion, advertising, packaging, pricing etc of products |
| How many staff are working in our marketing department? |
| organisation chart |
n. a table or plan showing a company's structure graphically |
| Shouldn't the Chairman of the Board be at the top of the organisation chart? |
| personnel department |
n. department responsible for recruitment and welfare of staff or employees |
| If you have a job interview, go to the personnel department on the third floor. |
| presidentUS |
n. the highest executive officer of a company; head of a company |
| The company's president has the biggest office, of course. |
| production department |
n. department responsible for the manufacture, creation or crafting of products |
| All our factories are designed and run by the production department. |
| purchasing department |
n. department responsible for finding and buying everything a company needs |
| The production department asked the purchasing department to buy some new equipment. |
| R & D department |
n. department responsible for inventing new products or improving existing products |
| Steve Jobs made sure his R & D department created the most innovative and exciting new products. |
| reception |
n. the place where visitors and clients report on arrival at a company |
| Who's that guy sitting in reception waiting for? |
| sales department |
n. department responsible for finding customers and making sales |
| Has the sales department's new strategy improved our sales figures yet? |
| shareholder |
n. person who owns shares or holds stock in a company or corporation |
| Did many shareholders come to the A.G.M. this year? |
| vice presidentUS |
n. any of several executive officers, each responsible for a separate division - also VP (abbr) |
| Our vice president of marketing used to be a Sony Music VP, you know. |