Essential Business English Vocabulary and Concepts

1. Management Roles and Responsibilities

Gina is a manager in a large company. She supervises her subordinates and measures their performance. She is responsible for 20 people and she reports to Mrs. Davis, the HR director. Her job also entails dealing with crises and developing her team. Currently, she is working on a big project.

2. Business Entities and Management

• Business entity
• Set up a company
• Sole proprietorship
• Senior management
• Perform tasks

3. Industrial and Economic Terms

• Stock option
• Industrial facility
• Renewable energy
• Soil damage
• Golden handshake

4. Vocabulary Multiple Choice

a) Freelancer b) Subordinate c) Manager d) Asset // Correct answer: Asset

a) ?? b) Preserve c) Pollute d) Endanger // Correct answer: Preserve

a) Enterprise b) Executive c) Business d) Corporation // Correct answer: Executive

a) Resource b) Jungle c) Species d) Reserve // Correct answer: Resource

a) Entrepreneur b) Joint venture c) Merger d) Takeover // Correct answer: Entrepreneur

5. Business Knowledge Quiz

• Which of these is not severance pay? Golden hello
• Whose interests do trade unions represent? Workers
• What is remuneration? Payment
• Which describes two companies working on a project together? Joint venture
• What is a subsidiary? A company owned by another company
• Which word means a protected area? Preserve
• The judge has awarded the company $15M in? Damages
• In SWOT analysis, what could refer to the "T"? Competition offers lower prices
• I manage the procurement of supplies, equipment, and materials? Purchasing
• The law sees me and my company as one person. This is? Unlimited liability
• If the dollar value increases, it has? Appreciated
• "Let me just go over the key points again" is a signpost for? Summary

6. English-Croatian Business Glossary

• Limited liability: Ograničena odgovornost
• Sustainable development: Održivi razvoj
• Fee: Pristojba (honorar)
• Joint venture: Zajednički projekt
• Subsidiary: Podružnica
• Subordinate: Podređeni
• Species: Vrsta
• Asset: Imovina
• Enterprise: Poduzeće
• Merger: Spajanje
• Takeover: Preuzeti
• Commission: Provizija
• Pollute: Zagaditi
• Summary: Sažetak
• Appreciated: Povećana vrijednost