商务礼仪与交际BusinessEtiquetteandCommunication.pptVIP

商务礼仪与交际Business Etiquette and Communication Lecture 1: Introduction to Contemporary Business 当代商务简介 What to cover today： The nature of business Forms of business ownership Franchising Business mission and company profile Exercises 1. Forms of business ownership Three basic legal (vs. organizational) forms of business ownership： sole proprietorship (个人)独资企业: unlimited liability partnership 合伙企业: unlimited liability company 公司: limited liability limited Liability Company (LLC) 有限责任公司 publicly listed company/corporation 股份有限公司 enterprise company corporation 1.1 Categorization of companies publicly owned companies: established by the government, e.g. the U.S. Postal Service, big 4 banks in China, CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC quasi-publicly owned companies: established privately, but operated for public service and with high degree of government regulation and protection, e.g. private schools and hospitals privately owned companies: established privately and operated for private interests; including the bulk of existing companies profit private companies: established to carry out business for profit-making purposes non-profit private companies: established for charitable or religious purposes privately held profit private companies: LLC; do not publicly offer their stock; owned by one or a few shareholders who normally have family or other close ties and also manage the business publicly held profit private companies: LLC by share, public company, publicly traded company, public listed company; publicly offer and freely trade their shares on stock exchanges; owned by a number of unrelated shareholders who do not actively manage the company (passive investors, cf. limited partners); go public, IPO 首次公开募股 /internet/detail_2013_08/070.shtml 1.2 Corporations 1.2.1 Corporate structure and management incorporators/shareholders board of directors president/GM/CEO/managing director other officials Corporate charter 公司章程: a document used to