Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 14 - Any other business for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

Answer

  1. agenda = a list of things to be discussed at a meeting
  2. the chair = the person in charge of running the meeting
  3. sales = the department responsible for selling what’s in stock; marketing = this department liaises with customers, promotes the product in the market, helps the organisation see how it needs to modify its product offerings, pricing and communication so that it meets the needs of the distribution channel or end customers
  4. minute-taker = takes minutes, which are the official written records made during the meeting
  5. AOB = any other business. At the end of a business meeting, there is an opportunity for anyone present to bring up anything important that needs to be discussed or a decision made that wasn’t on the agenda.