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Subsidiary start learning		is a company which is at least half-owned by another company.
Factory/plant start learning		is a large building or group of buildings where goods are made (using machinery)
Call centre start learning		is an office where people answer questions and make sales over phone.
Service centre start learning		is a place where faulty products are mended.
Headquarters start learning		is the main office or building of a company.
Distribution centre start learning		is a building from which goods or supplies are sent to factories, shop or customer.
Warehouse start learning		is a building for storing goods in large quantities.
Outlet start learning		is a place through which products are sold.
Accomplishments start learning		means success in doing something.
Initiatives start learning		mean important new plans to achieve an aim.
Autonomy start learning		means independence or freedom to make your own decision.
Empowerment start learning		means giving people the power to do something.
Faculty start learning		means teaching staff.
Self-employed start learning		means that you work oneself as a freelance or the owner of a business instead of working for employer.
Sole trade start learning		means that you run your own business as an individual and you are self-employed.
Multinational enterprise start learning		company employs people of different nationalities.
Self-starter start learning		people who are sufficiently motivated or ambitious to work on their own initiative without person who will tell them that them what they have to do.
Autonomous start learning		they aren’t given exact procedures on how to meet objectives. Having the freedom to govern and make decision.
Centralized cultures start learning		exact procedures that must be followed are imposed from above.
Flat structure start learning		it is an organizational structure with only a few levels of managements.
Buzzword start learning		is a word or phrase from one special area of knowledge that people suddenly think is important and use a lot.
Flexitime or flextime start learning		people can choose when they work, within certain limits.
Hot desking start learning		people don’t have their own desks, they get them when they are in com-pany and they need them. (rota system) (It is good for a company, it is more economical, they don’t have to spend a lot of money of special equipment)
Core staff start learning		permanent, not temporary employees.
Outsource start learning		is when company or organisation employs another company to do some-thing.
Contracts out start learning		pay someone outside an organisation to perform (a job)
Portfolio workers start learning		they are looking for multiple sources of employment simultaneously from which they derive their income. Portfolio workers mean freelancers.
R&D department start learning		research and development, the part of a business concerns with studying new ideas and planning new products. The department in company responsible for developing new products, improving existing products. They carry out research.
Customer services department start learning		they deal with complaints. This is assistance and ad-vice provided by a company to those people who by or use its products or service.
Human resources start learning		HR department is the department in an organisation that deals with employing, training, and helping employees.
Sales and Marketing department start learning		is responsible for deciding where the company should sell and what its price should be. They run advertising campaigns.
Production department start learning		there people operate assembly lines. It is the proves of mak-ing or growing things to be sold as products, usually in large quantities.
Finance department start learning		is the part of an organisation that is responsible for preparing budgets and accounts. They are responsible for salary and expenses.
Administration department start learning		they keep records, they do paperwork, they are responsi-ble for documents.
Legal department start learning		they know regulation, draw up contracts. They prepare and create contracts and they read them.
Logistic department start learning		is responsible for detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation.
IT department start learning		oversees the installation and maintenance of customer network system within a company. They install and maintain system equipment

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