MODUL PERKULIAHAN

BahasaInggris 2Modul 6Meeting a Visitor

Fakultas Program Studi TatapMuka Kode MK DisusunOleh

Ekonomi Akuntansi 06 ……………..(E-206)

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Abstract KompetensiModul bahasa Inggris iniberisi Meeting a Visitor sesuai dengan fungsinya secara benar dan praktis

Mahaisiswa diharapkan memahami dan mampu Meeting a Visitor sesuai dengan fungsinya secara benar dan praktis

Standarisasi Modul

LatarBelakang

Standarisasi Modul ini disusun dan diterapkan untuk

1. Menjadi acuan pemahaman Meeting a Visitor yang benar dan praktis

2. Memberikan kemudahan dalam memahami Meeting a Visitor secara praktis

3. Menambah kompetensi sesuai dengan aturan grammatical.

4. Membantu meningkatkan keterampilan berbahasa Inggris dengan benar dan

praktis.

Modul 6

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Reading 2

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION

A company often becomes involved in international trade by exchanging goods or services with another country importing raw materials it may need for production or exporting finished products to a foreign market. Establishing these trade relationships is the first step in the development of a multinational business. At this stage, however, the corporation’s emphasis is still on the domestic market. As trade expands, the corporation’s dealings with companies or people outside the “home country” of that corporation increase.

The corporation then begins to view the whole world as a base for production and marketing operations. The next step in the development of a multinational business is focusing on the world market. The company may establish a foreign assembly plant, engage in contract manufacturing, or build a foreign manufacturing company or subsidiary. Therefore, a multinational corporation is a company that is primarily based in one country and has production and marketing activities in foreign countries.

Since World War II, multinational corporations have grown rapidly. The names and products of many of the multinationals have become well-known in the world marketplace: International Business Machines (IBM), Royal Dutch Shell, Panasonic, Pepsi, and Volkswagen. Pepsi, for example, now has operations in more than one hundred countries.

A multinational corporation operates in a complex business environment. Cultural, social, economic, political, and technological systems vary from country to country. In order to operate successfully, a multinational company needs a basic understanding and appreciation of the foreign business environment.

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Exercise

A. Answer the following questions about multinationals. The questions which are starred (*) cannot be answered directly from the text.

1. What is the first step in the development of a multinational business?

2. Where is the company’s emphasis when it is simply trading with other countries?

3. What market does a multinational corporation focus on?

4. A company may establish its manufacturing operations in foreign countries. What are three forms that these operations may take?

5. What is a multinational corporation?

6. *What are some products that are produced by the following multinational corporations: IBM, Pepsi, Panasonic, Shell, and Volkswagen?

B. Determine which of the following statements are true and which are false. Then put T or F in the blanks.

1. ________ Multinational corporations have grown rapidly since 1945.

2. ________ Any company engaged in international trade is a multinational business.

3. ________ In order to operate successfully, a multinational company needs to be aware of national and international business environments.

4. ________ A multinational corporation focuses on its “home country,” or domestic market.

5. ________ A multinational company does not establish factories in foreign countries.

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Vocabulary Exercise

A. Look at the terms in the left-hand column and fine the correct synonyms or definitions in the right-hand column. Copy the corresponding letters in the blanks.

1. _______ corporation a. chiefly; principally

2. _______ expand b. function in; work in

3. _______ view c. change

4. _______ stage d. a company having more than half of its stock owned by another

company

5. _______ primarily e. increase the dimensions of

6. _______ base f. growth; expansion

7. _______ vary g. see; look at

8. _______ subsidiary h. foundation9. _______ operate in i. a step in development

10. _______ development j. a type of business organization formed by an association

of stockholders

B. Fill in the blanks in the paragraph with the most appropriate terms from the list.

base operate in appreciation of expands

vary corporation√development subsidiary

stages involved in view relationships

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development

j

During the ___________________ of a corporation, the organizational structure may

___________________ over time and pass through a number of _______________. As the

______________________ grows, it _________________ its operations. It might become

___________________ setting up a _____________. Although the corporation still has a primary

or “ home ______________,” establishment of a subsidiary allows the company to enter into

new ______________ with a _______________ toward increasing its production and marketing

capabilities.

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