ESL Podcast 928 – Understanding Corporate Structure

 　　Andrea: This organizational chart is really confusing.

　　Raffael: Why are you looking at that?

　　Andrea: I have an interview next week and I’m trying to bone up on the company I’ll be interviewing with. I want to impress them, but this chart is really confusing.

　　Raffael: Let me see. It’s a simple flow chart. You have your board of directors at the top, with the managing director reporting to them, and then the executive officers overseeing major departments.

　　Andrea: But I thought managers work below the executive officers.

　　Raffael: You’re confusing managers with managing directors. The managing director oversees² the entire company and managers oversee¹ daily operations.

　　Andrea: Oh, I see. So these here are the departments: accounting³, marketing⁴, purchasing, personnel, R & D, sales, and production.

　　Raffael: That’s right. Which department are you interviewing for?

　　Andrea: I think the job is in purchasing.

　　Raffael: You think? Don’t you think that’s something you should get straight before you do anything else?

　　Andrea: You might have a point there.

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

2 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

3 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

4 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。