Corporate Titles: : Employee hierarchy

 

Employee hierarchy in Large Consumer Products companies

·       CEO 

o   C-Level Officer / Executive Vice President 

§  Senior Vice President 

§  Vice President / General Manager 

§  Director 

§  Associate Director 

§  Senior Manager 

§  Manager 

§  Associate Manager / Supervisor 

will + be + verb-ing

Will be doing

We can use 'will be doing' to talk about something that will be in progress at a particular moment in the future.

·       This time next year, I'll be living in Canada.

·       I'll be thinking about our time together when I get back – and I'll be laughing.

·       We'll be having a good time too. We won't be doing any work while you are away on vacation.

We can use 'will be doing' to talk about future events that are fixed or decided.

·       I'll be returning to Seoul frequently. In fact, I'm going to be coming next month.

·       He'll be running the company while they are looking for a new CEO.

·       We’ll be considering this very carefully over the next few months.

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We can use 'will be doing' to predict what is happening now.

·       Try calling his house. He'll probably still be sleeping.

·       They'll be deciding who gets the promotion right at this moment. I'm very nervous.

·       She's not at her desk. She'll be talking to her friends in the break room.

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We can use 'will be doing' to ask extremely politely, and with no pressure, about future plans.

·       Will you be joining us for dinner?

·       Will you be going out tonight?

·       Will they be taking a taxi?

visit http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.htmlfor a breakdown of all the tenses.

Wangdda & Bullying in Schools

Wangdda in schools

School bullying is nothing new in Korea. It has always existed in the form of "Wangdda".

1. Wangdda: the word is a shortening of “wang ddadollinda,” which means “to greatly ostracize”

1.1 ostracize:  to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done

1.2 The best translation for the Korean concept "Wangdda" would be "outcast".

1.3  (an) outcast: a person who is not accepted or has no place in society or in a particular group
     

Capitalizing Titles

Capitalizing Titles:

Rule 1

Capitalize a person's title when it precedes the name.

Example:
Chairperson Kim

Rule 2

Do not capitalize when the title is acting as a description after the name.

Example:

Mr. Smith, chairperson of the company, will arrive tomorrow.

Rule 3

Don not capitalize the person's title if preceded by the.

Examples:
Mr. Smith, the chairperson of the company, will arrive tomorrow.

The president, Mr. Lee, will arrive tomorrow.

Rule 4

Capitalize the person's title when it follows the name on the address or signature line.

Example:
Sincerely,
Mr. J. Sanders, Chairperson

Rule 5

Capitalize any title when used as a direct address.

Example:
That hurts, Doctor!

Rule 6

Capitalize any title when used as a direct address.

Example:
That hurts, Doctor!

NOTE:
*Military ranks follow the same capitalization guidelines as titles.
 Examples:
Brigadier General John Smith
John Smith was a brigadier general

However Jane Watson, author of Business Writing Basics, The Minute Taker's Handbook, and BizWritingTip — Grammar Collection 1, notes:

“In addition, [SOME] stylebooks recommend that the following titles always be capitalized when they follow a personal name or are used alone:

1. National Officials: the Prime Minister, Cabinet members (such as the Secretary of State, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Attorney General), the heads of government agencies and bureaus (such as the Deputy Minister, or the Commissioner), the Chief Justice, the Ambassador, the Member of Parliament, the Governor General

2. Provincial Officials: the Premier, the Lieutenant-Governor

3. Royal Dignitaries: the Queen, the Duke, the Prince of Wales

4. International Figures: the Pope, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President

By the way, some organizations choose to override the rules and capitalize all the job titles of their senior executives. They believe it shows respect. This style is not necessary. However, if it is what your organization wants, don’t fight it. Go with whomever pays your salary."

Netanyahu Is A Liar! Sarkozy Tells Obama Over Hot Mic!

French President Nicolas Sarkozy got an unfortunate lesson in the power of an open mike last week during the G20 summit.  Reporters say Sarkozy made some unflattering comments about Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a private conversation with Barak Obama. They weren’t caught on tape but the were heard loud and clear by a handful of journalists. “Netanyahu, I can’t stand him,” Sarkozy reportedly said. “He is a liar.” Obama was heard, through French translation, answering, “You are sick of him, but I have to work with him every day.” The reporters who heard the comment said they didn’t report them cause they were deemed private under French media law, as they happen before the press conference began. Neither the White House nor the French government has commented on the remarks.

VOCABULARY EXPANSION:

·      unfortunate: 1. embarrassing and/or offensive 2. having bad luck; caused by bad luck

·      open mike:

·      unflattering: making somebody/something seem worse or less attractive than they really are

·      caught on tape: recorded saying something

·      handful: a small number of people or things

·      sick of: to have experienced too much of someone or something with the result that you are annoyed

·      deem: 1. to consider or judge 2.to have a particular opinion about something

Business-English - Communication

Module One

This is a review of lesson one.

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Would you if you could? Hypothetical questions and statements

Conditionals

	Adapted from Betty Azar's Fundamentals of English Grammar Book
TRUE IN THE PRESENT	IF clause = simple present, RESULT clause = simple present/future
	If I visit italy this year, I will go to the Trevi Fountain.
	If the weather is nice today, we can go to the park.
	If the snow falls by morning, we can go skiing.
	If I have enough time, I will write a travel book.
	NOTE:  Superstitions often use this tense. If you knock on wood, your good luck will continue.
UNTRUE IN THE PRESENT/FUTURE	IF clause = simple past, RESULT clause = would / could + simple form
	If I visited Italy today, I would go to the Trevi Fountain.
	If the weather were nice today, we could go to the park.
	If the snow fell today, we could go skiing.
	If I had enough time, I would write a travel book.
	NOTE:  This tense is often used for this example. If I were you, I would accept the invitation.
UNTRUE IN THE PAST	IF clause = past perfect, RESULT clause = would have + participle
	If I had visited Italy this year, I would have gone to the Trevi Fountain.
	If the weather had been nice yesterday, we could have gone to the park.
	If the snow had fallen by morning, we could have gone skiing.
	If I had had enough time, I would have written a travel book. TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONDITIONALS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: Conditional_quiz