Conversation 2Meeting 1

Company Profile

Some people say when they introduce themselves

Hello, I am Mari Davis

What do you do, Jim?

I work for Union Bank

It’s nice to meet you.

Hi, I am Jim Wright

I am a student. And you?

I am glad to meet you, too

Task 1 Find at least four your classmates then introduce yourself.

Task 2 Work in pair then do the assessment about Where are you from?

Introductions between speakers normally follow a number of steps, as follow:

• Person A

Introduction: How do you do?

Identification: My name is ________________

• Person B

Reply to introduction: Pleased to meet you.

Identification: I am __________________

PresentationIntroducing and identifying yourself• Formal : How do you do? I’m _________

How do you do? My name’s ___________Informal : Hello, my name is ___________

Replying to introductions and identifying yourself• Formal : How do you do? I’m __________

How do you do? My name’s ____ Pleased to meet you. My name’s ____

• Informal : Hello, my name is ________ Nice to meet you. My name’s _______

Introducing someone else • Formal : I’d like to introduce you to

_______________ Can I introduce you to _____________? Let me introduce you two. _____, this is

_____• Informal : ____________ this is _________________

You and Your Company

Overview

• This unit invite you to introduce you and your company.

• What can I tell? 1. What is your job position?2. What company are you working for?3. What are your responsibilities?4. What does your company do?

Company Description • What company do you work for?

Which company are you with? Who do you represent?

• I work for ABC Company. I'm with ABC. I represent (the) XYZ (company).

• What is the name of your company? Where are you located?

• The name of our company is . . . . Our company is located in . . . . Our headquarters is in . . .

Company Description • What (type of business) do you do?

What business are you in?

• We are in the computer business. We're in computers We sell . . . We produce . . . We manufacture . . . Our major products are . . .

Describing Business Activities What do you do at ABC Company?

I am in charge of marketing.I'm responsible for sales.I program computers.I recruit and train employees.

What does your company do?

We design software.We build storage units.We produce small appliances.We're in the insurance business.

Describing Jobs • What do you do?

What do you do for a living? What is your occupation? What type of work do you do? Where do you work?

I'm a salesman. (job-general)

I'm in sales. (general)

I'm in the toy business. (industry)

I'm a contractor at JBX. (specific)

I'm a consultant for YXL.

What company do you work for?

I work for Bellwest. (company name)I work at Wellbest. (general)I'm with Westbell. (industry)

What do you do there? What do you do at Bellwest?

I'm a software engineer. (job title)I work in the sales department. (place in company)I'm in customer service. (general area)I work as an instructor.I build houses. (specific job)I clean the restrooms.

Expressing Job Position

• I am a sales manager. I am working under marketing department.

• I am working with Ms. Helen as chief secretaries.

• I am a project supervisor in the manufacturing division.

Job Responsibilities • What do you do (in your job)?

What is your main job? What are you in charge of?

I am in charge of training employees. I am responsible for watering the

plants. I take care of corporate accounts. I usually answer telephones. I mainly write reports. I repair jet engines.

Expressing Job Responsibilities

• I am responsible for supervising the quality control (Quality Control)

• My job is to coordinate the section’s marketing plan (Marketing Manager)

• I am responsible for training that means I organize in-company training like this one (Personnel Manager)

• I check customer orders, prepare sales report, and deal with the costumer complaints (Sales Administrator)

Your Company

• I work for Coca Cola in Tokyo. My company produces and distributes soft drink in Japan.

• Philips sells stereo equipment around the world, and develops many new products every year.

• My company is BCA and it provides services in banking and providing loan for the customers.

• I am in Garuda food that produces assorted snacks and instant food.

Examples

• Good morning. My name is Eko Hady Prasetyo. (1) I am a personnel manager. (2) I deal with the employee matters. (3) I work for Coca Cola Company in Jakarta. (4) My company produces and distributes soft drink Indonesia

Examples

• (You are in the formal meeting at your office) Welcome everybody, let me introduce myself. I am Marry Keith and I am working in Finance Department. I am an accountant and I am responsible for checking the company’s finance. My company is Lippo Bank and it provides service on finance in Indonesia

ConversationYou are at the meeting and you met a new business partner there. Introduce each other about your job and company

A : Mrs. Sulis? My name is Tya and I am from BCA. A nice presentation (shake hand)

B : You’re welcome. Nice to see you. I am working for Mandiri Bank. In what department are you?

A : I am working under marketing and I am responsible for checking the soft loan.

B : Oh! Really! We are at the same department but I am handling the costumer insurance

Exercise 1(Match the job and its responsibility)

Job Responsibility

Bank teller Organizes the manager schedule and accompany the manager

Accountant Organizes and arranges the file and all office documents

Quality control Serves the customer in the front liner at a bank

Personal Assistant

Supervises the quality of the products

Filling clerk Checking the financial condition of the company

Job Responsibility

Hotel Receptionist

Serves the passengers on the planes

Marketing Manager

Provides and arranges all preparation on the events

Operator Takes cares of customers complains and comments

Stewardess Handling all the telephone calls at the office

Tour guide Serves the customers at the front desk of hotel

Customer service

Responsible for monitoring selling and marketing matters

Event Organizer Accompanies the tourist during holiday trip

Exercise 2

• You are in the formal meeting and you meet a new business partner. Introduces to each other and tell about your job, job responsibility, and your company

Communication activityStudent A

a. Student B has some information about Airbus. Ask about Airbus and make notes.- when established? - number of employees- location? - annual turnover?- product/service? - philosophy?

b. Use this information to answer student B’s question about Hitachi- established 1990- Tokyo, Japan- manufacturer of computers and electrical equipment- over 300,000 employees- annual sales $60.1 billion (20,000 products)- contribute to people and society through technology

Communication activityStudent B

b. Use this information to answer student A’s question about Airbus- established 1970- Toulouse, France- aircraft design and manufacture- 46,000 employees- annual turnover E19.4 billion- ‘setting the standards’ = innovation, value, passenger comfort

a. Student A has some information about Hitachi. Ask about Hitachi and make notes.- when established? - number of employees- location? - annual sales?- product/service? - philosophy?

References

Helgesen, Mark & Adams, Keith. 1995.

Workplace English: Office File.

Longman Group Limited: Essex

Knight, Gareth et al. 2004. Business Goals

2. Cambridge University Press:

Cambridge

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