JOBS, PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS - Intermediate

Sep 28, 2026

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A comprehensive business vocabulary resource centered on core workplace and organizational themes, organized into clearly numbered units and subtopics. Coverage spans jobs and ways of working, recruitment and selection, skills and qualifications, pay and benefits, employees and management, and relationships between people and workplaces. It also extends into broader business concepts including manufacturing and services, innovation, business philosophies, marketing, money and finance, ethics and wrongdoing, leadership, culture, and professional communication through telephone, fax, and email.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages173

Reading Time4 h 26 min

AccessFree to download

Jobs, people and organizations

Work and jobs

Ways of working

Recruitment and selection

Skills and qualifications

Pay and benefits

People and workplaces

Marketing

Buyers, sellers and the market

Markets and competitors

Marketing and market orientation

Products and brands

Price

Place

Promotion

Finance and the economy

Personal finance

Financial centres

Trading

Indicators

BusinessVocabularyin Use Cambridge BusinessVocabularyin Use Bill Mascull PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGEThe Pitt Building,Trumpington Street,Cambridge,United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building,Cambridge CB22RU,UK40 West 20th Street,New York,NY 10011-4211,USA477 Williamstown Road,Port Melbourne,VIC 3207,AustraliaRuiz de Alarcón 13,28014 Madrid,SpainDock House,The Waterfront,Cape Town 8001,South Africa http://www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 2002 This book is in copyright.Subject to statutory exceptionand to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,no reproduction of any part may take place withoutthe written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2002Second printing 2002Third printing 2002 Printed in Italy by G.Canale &C. Typeface Sabon 10/13pt.System QuarkXPress®[GECKO LTD] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryISBN O 521775299 JOBS,PEOPLE ANDORGANIZATIONS ①Work and jobs 10 A What do you do? B Word combinations with ‘work'C Types of job and types of work ②Ways of working 12 A Old and new waysB Nice work if you can get itC Nature of work 3 Recruitment and selection14 A RecruitmentB Applying for a jobC Selection procedures 4 Skills and qualifications16 A Education and trainingB Skilled and unskilledC The right person 5 Pay and benefits 18 A Wages,salary and benefitsB Compensation 1C Compensation 2 6 People and workplaces 20 A Employees and managementB Management and administrationC LabourD Personnel and human resources A A job for lifeB A job for now PRODUCTION 13 Manufacturing and services 34 14 The development process C In-house staff or freelancers?D Losing your job INTRODUCTION 88 Problems at work A Health and safetyB Bullying and harassmentC Discrimination 9 Managers,executivesand directors A Managers and executives:UK B Managers and executives:US 10 Businesspeople andbusiness leaders A Businesspeople and entrepreneursB Leaders and leadershipC Magnates,moguls and tycoons 11 Organizations 1 A Business and businessesB CommerceC EnterpriseD Word combinations with ‘enterprise' 12 Organizations 2 A Self-employed people and partnershipsB Limited liabilityC MutualsD Non-profit organizations A Industry B Manufacturing and servicesC Countries and their industries A Market researchB Development and launch 15 Innovation and inventionA Innovation and inventionB Research and technologyC Patents and intellectual property 16 Making things 40 A ProductsB Mass productionC Capacity and output Materials and suppliers42 A Inputs B Suppliers and outsourcingC Just-in-time 18 Business philosophies 44 A Total quality managementB Continuous improvementC BenchmarkingD Business process re-engineering # MARKETING 19Buyers,sellers andthe market A Customers and clientsB Buyers and sellersC The marketD Word combinations with ‘market' 20 Markets and competitors48 A Companies and markets B More word combinations with ‘market'C Competitors and competition 21 Marketing and marketorientationA MarketingB The four PsC Market orientation 50 Products and brands A Word combinations with ‘product'B GoodsC Brands and branding 23 Price A Pricing B Word combinations with ‘price'C Upmarket and downmarketD Mass markets and niches 24 Place A Distribution:wholesalers,retailersand customersB ShopsC Direct marketing Promotion A AdvertisingB The sales forceC Promotional activities The Internet ande-commerce A The InternetB Clicks-and-mortarC B2B,B2C and B2G MONEY 27 Sales and costs A Sales 1B Sales 2C CostsD Margins and mark-ups 28 Profitability andunprofitability A Profitable and unprofitable productsB Budgets and expenditure C Economies of scale and the learningcurve Getting paid A Shipping and billingB Trade creditC Accounts Assets,liabilities and thebalance sheet

FAQs

What workplace topics are covered in the early units?

The early units focus on work and jobs, ways of working, recruitment and selection, skills and qualifications, pay and benefits, and the relationships between employees and management.

Which marketing concepts are included?

Marketing coverage includes customers and clients, market orientation, the four Ps, products and brands, pricing, distribution, promotion, and internet and e-commerce topics.

How does the material address ethics and professional communication?

It includes sections on wrongdoing and corruption and related ethical principles, and it also provides guidance on telephoning, fax, and email communication scenarios and vocabulary.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by dbqoiu