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consultant
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a person who provides expert advice to a company
crisis
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a situation of danger or difficulty
innovation
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a new idea or method
objective
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something you plan to do or achieve
promotion
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when someone is raised to a higher or more important position
public sector
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the section of the economy under government control
strategy
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a plan for achieving success
subordinate
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a person with a less important position in an organization
set objectives
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stawiać cele
allocate resources
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alokacja zasobów
perform task
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wykonać zadanie
supervise subordinates
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nadzorować podwładnych
measure performance
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pomiar wydajności
deal with crises
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radzić sobie z kryzysem
accomplish company’s goals
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osiągnąć cele firmy
to burden
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to load heavily
approach
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the method used or steps taken in setting about a task, problem, etc
esteem
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to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration
shelter
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the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing
incentives/motivators
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things that encourage people to do something
merely
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only as specified and nothing more
labour relations
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interactions between employers and employees or managers and workers
job security
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knowing that there is little risk of losing one’s employment
wages
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money paid per hour or day or week to manual workers
benefits
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advantages that come with a job apart from pay
promotion
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to be raised to a higher rank or better job
unskilled
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without any particular abilities acquired by training
job rotation
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regulary switching between different tasks
shared values/corporate culture
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a company’s attitudes, beliefs, practices and work relationships
collectivist
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believing that the group is more important than the individual
compromise
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reducing demands or changing opinions in order to agree
confrontation
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a face-to-face disagreement or argument
connections
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people of influence or importance with whom you are associated
eye contact
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looking directly at the people you are talking or listening to
glocalization
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an invented word combining worldwide and regional concerns
improvise
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to do something when necessary without having already planned it
interrupt
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to cut into someone else’s turn to speak
intuition
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understanding or knowing without consciously using reason
logic
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thought based on reason and judgement rather than feelings and emotions
lose face
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to be humiliated or disrespected in public
status
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respect, prestige or importance given to someone
linear-active culture
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cultures generally organized and rational, try to act logically rather than emotionally plan in advance(britain, usa, germany)
multi-active culture
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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
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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
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believe that rules apply to everybody
particularist
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believe that personal relationship and friendship should take precedence over rules and regulations
critical mass
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the number of people needed to start and sustain a change
leadership ranks
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top levels of management
outperforming
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doing better than others, financially
profitability
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the ability to make a good return on capital invested in the business
return on equity
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the amount of money a company earns on the investment of its shareholders
come across
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meet or find unexpectedly or by accident
compulsory
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required, obligatory, necessary according to the law
quota
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an officialy imposed number or quantity
voluntary
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done by choice without legal obligation
compliance
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obeying laws or regulations
dissolution
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the ending or termination of an organisation
apprentices
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trainees, people still learning their job
convert
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someone who changes their beliefs
exported goods
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products sold to other countries
real estate
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property: building such as offices, houses, flats, apartments
labour
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work done in return for money
outsource
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to use other companies to dow rok your company previously did itself
the primary sector
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... agriculture, and the extraction of raw materials from the earth
the secondary sector
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... manufacturing industry, in which raw materials are turned into finished products, leisure, tourism, and so on
the tertiary or service sector
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... the commercial services that help industry produce and distribute goods to their final consumers, as well as education, healthcare,
the quaternary sector
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... computing, ICT, consultancy, R&D
delocalize
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to move you factories to another region or country
inventory/stock
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... (AmE and BrE) or ... is a company's reserves of raw materials, parts, work in process and finished products.
component
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... is any of the pieces or parts that make up a product or machine.
capacity
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... is the (maximum) rate of output that can be achieved from a production process.
plant
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... is a collective word for all the buildings, machines, equipment, and other facilities used in the production process.
location
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... means the geographical situation of a factory or other facility.
supply chain
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... is a network of organizations involved in producing and delivering goods or a service.
outsourcing
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... means buying products or processed materials from other companies rather than manufacturing them.
economies of scale
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... are the cost savings arising from large-scale production.
lead time
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... is the time needed to perform an activity such as manufacturing a product or delivering it to a customer.
accountability
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being officially responsible for sth
embedded
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firmly fixed in something or part of something
standards of living
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the quality of people's lives
founder
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someone who estabilishes a company
equity
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the value of a business activity
exponentially
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increasing or decreasing more and more quickly as time passes
disruptive
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causing truble and stopping something from continuing as usual
prosperity
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the state of being successful and having a lot of money
risk premium
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the potential cost of taking a chance
stabillity
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the stituation when something is not likely to change
deposit
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money placed in a bank
loan
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a sum of money borrowed from a bank
capital
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the money invested in a business
shares
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certificates representing part-ownership of a company
bonds
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certificates of debt issued by government or companies to raise money
merger
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when one company combines with another one
takeover
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when one company offers to buy or acquire another one
stockbroking
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buying and selling stocks or shares for clients
portfolio
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all the investments owned by an individual or organisation
returns
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the profits made on investments
bancrupt
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unable to pay debts or continue to do business
regulation
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the ending or relaxing of legal restrictions
conglomerate
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a group of companies, operating in different fields, which have joined together
interests
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the price paid for borrowing money, paid to the lenders
credit rating
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estimates of people’s ability to fulfil their financial commitments
default
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failure to repay a loan
collateralized
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with property or another asset used as guarantee of payment
cash flow
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the money generated by an investment
write off
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cancel a bad debt or a worthless asset from an a

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