Greeting, and Introducing Yourself Liu 1

Greeting, and Introducing yourself Liu 1

Activity 1: Review students’ discussion [major in/my major is; specialty, personality, hobby, listen to]

Activity 2: Discuss business attire

Today’s lesson focuses on the first encounters in the business context. Have you ever heard of first impression counts! Your image is delivered by what you dress and how you talk.

**Could anyone tell me what’s the proper business dress?

Watch a video discussing business attire, and answer the following questions:

1.  What are the appropriate colors and patterns for formal business suits?

A: black, brown, dark gray and navy blue

2.  What is the usual height of the skirt for women? A: above the knee

3.  What are the appropriate colors for shirts?

A: white, light blue, ivory, lavender and light yellow

4.  Is it OK for women to wear sleeveless blouse as part of business attire? A: no

5.  What kinds of shoes can men wear and what kinds of shoes can’t women wear?

A: men: leather shoes, loafer; women: avoid high heels more than 2 inches, stilettos, open toes, open heels, slingbacks

6.  How much do you know about jewelry?

Activity 3:

What do you usually do when you meet people in the first place? Yes! You greet them. So, question!

**When you meet people for the first time what do you say to them?

**How do you greet an acquaintance or a colleague in the workplace?

Is there a difference between greeting a friend and greeting a colleague?

Corporate/Business Title

President

C-level = Chief + + Officer

(This position is often higher than vice president.)

CEO: Executive

COO: Operation

CFO: Financial

Banking, insurance, and other financial services companies

Chief administrative officer, Chief risk officer

Technology companies, including telecom and semi-conductor (IT sector companies)

CTO: Chief Technology Officer

CIO: Chief Information Officer

Creative/design companies (film studios, a comics company, web design company)

CCO: Chief Creative Officer

Employee hierarchy in large banks

C-level officer

Managing Director (MD)

Executive Director (ED)

Senior Vice President (SVP)

Vice President (VP)

Assistant Vice President (AVP)

Associate, Officer, etc.

Analyst

Non-officer

Employee hierarchy in Information Technology companies

·  Chief Executive Officer(CEO)

·  Chief Operating Officer(COO)/Director

·  General Manager/Vice President

·  Associate General Manager

·  Project Director/Senior Project Manager / Senior Product Manager / Senior Software Architect/Senior Project Analyst

·  Project Manager / Product Manager / Software Architect

·  Project Lead / Senior Team Lead / Senior Technical Lead

·  Module Lead / Team Lead / Technical Lead

·  Senior Software Engineer / Senior QA Engineer

·  Software Engineer / QA Engineer

·  Junior Software Engineer / Junior QA Engineer

·  Trainee Software Engineer / Trainee QA Engineer

Employee hierarchy in Large Consumer Products companies

·  CEO

·  Executive Vice President

·  Senior Vice President

·  Vice President / General Manager

·  Director

·  Associate Director / Group Manager

·  Senior Manager

·  Manager

·  Associate Manager / Supervisor

·  Analyst / Specialist / Engineer / Coordinator

Employee hierarchy in large consulting firms

·  Chairman

·  C-level Officer/ Managing Partner / Named Partner

·  Senior Partner

·  Partner

·  Junior Partner

·  Director

·  Principal

·  Senior Manager

·  Senior Consultant

·  Consultant

·  Associate / Analyst

Comparing English corporate titles with Japanese and Korean ones:

English / Japanese / Korean
Chairman / Hwejang (회장, 會長)
Vice Chairman / Bu-hwejang (부회장, 副會長)
President / Shacho
(社長) / Sajang (사장, 社長)
CEO / Daepyo-isa (대표이사, 代表理事)
Senior Executive Vice President / Deputy President; a direct subordinate to sajang / Fuku-shacho
(副社長) / Bu-sajang (부사장, 副社長)
Executive Vice President / Executive Director / Senmu / Jŏnmu-isa/ Jŏnmu
(전무이사, 專務理事)
Senior Vice President / Managing Director / Sangmu-isa/ Sangmu
(상무이사, 常務理事)
Director / Member of the Board / Jomu / Isa (이사, 理事)

(J) Kaicho (會長): chairman, a semi-retired president or company founder

Activity 4: Introducing yourself

Watch two videos:

1. According to the video, what are the DOs and DON’Ts when you introduce yourself?

DOs / DON’Ts
A coherent story telling you are a good fit for the opening position / don’t treat it like an autobiography
Who you are, where you are going (i.e. why the opening is the logical step) / don’t go through each job you had
Something about your previous career (i.e. explain how it prepares you for this job, and why it is relevant to the new role) / don’t tell why you left the job

2. Observe the speakers in the video, and explain why they perform well and badly.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_title (英文)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_corporate_title (韓文)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_corporate_title (日文)

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%81%B7%E7%A8%B1 (中國)

http://azo-diary.blogspot.tw/2008/01/blog-post.html (中英對照)