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Executive-level vocabulary for organizational design, corporate governance, and strategic leadership. This lesson closes the Business Administration career track.
Why this matters This lesson connects directly to your progress: it covers corporate governance and strategy; organizational design and leadership; advanced organizational concepts. Mastering this content lets you move forward confidently, and reinforces patterns you'll use again later. Take time to review every example before moving to the assessment — repetition is what actually locks knowledge in long-term.
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The goals of this lesson.
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You already understand processes and performance management. This final Administration lesson covers governance, strategy, and organizational leadership.
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Terms for board-level accountability and strategic alignment.
Examples
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Vocabulary for structuring organizations and leading through change.
Examples
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Terms from contemporary organizational theory and strategic management research.
Examples
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Read the text and answer the questions. You can try as many times as you want.
Following the merger, the board mandated an independent governance review. "Our corporate governance framework must ensure board-level accountability," the chairperson stated. The executive team began implementing a balanced scorecard to align strategic objectives across divisions.
"Organizational agility has become a core competitive differentiator," the CEO noted, emphasizing the need for change leadership during this transition. The company also committed to strategic workforce planning and integrating ESG considerations into its governance framework going forward.
1. What did the board mandate?
2. What must the governance framework ensure?
3. What is the executive team implementing?
4. What does the CEO say is a competitive differentiator?
5. What is the company integrating into governance?
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A second reading, a bit longer. Read it and answer the questions below.
When the CEO announced her retirement, the board began succession planning immediately. The new executive team focused on change management to make sure the transition wouldn't disrupt daily operations.
“We need to build consensus before announcing anything,” the HR director said, working with a cross-functional team from every department. The new CEO's first priority was to align incentives with long-term goals and foster collaboration between teams that had worked separately for years. Attrition stayed low throughout the transition — a sign the plan had worked.
1. What did the board begin after the CEO's announcement?
2. What did the executive team focus on?
3. What did the HR director want to build first?
4. What was the new CEO's first priority?
5. What stayed low throughout the transition?
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Tap a term on the left, then tap its matching definition on the right. Ungraded — repeat as many times as you like.
Term
Definition
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Usa las pistas para completar cada palabra en inglés. Sin calificar — repite las veces que quieras.
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The essentials of this lesson, summarized.
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Key terms to remember.
relating to a large company or corporation
In "corporate governance", refers to the system of rules ensuring accountability at the board level, not daily operations.
Formal / corporateCollocations: corporate governance, corporate strategy, corporate culture
Synonyms: company-wide, organizational
putting a plan or system into effect
"Balanced scorecard" is a strategic-management tool aligning performance metrics with broader objectives across departments.
Formal / strategicCollocations: implementing a system, currently implementing, fully implementing
Synonyms: deploying, rolling out, executing
relating to how an organization is structured or functions
"Organizational agility" refers to a company's ability to adapt quickly — increasingly valued in competitive markets.
Formal / strategicCollocations: organizational agility, organizational structure, organizational change
Synonyms: structural, institutional, company-wide
a senior manager with significant decision-making authority
Refers to top leadership (C-suite), distinct from middle management; drives major strategic initiatives.
Formal / corporateCollocations: executive team, senior executive, executive decision
Synonyms: senior manager, officer, leader
carrying out a formal process or review
Refers here to an "organizational diagnosis" — a structured assessment of a company's health and effectiveness.
Formal / analyticalCollocations: conducting a diagnosis, conducting an audit, conducting research
Synonyms: carrying out, performing, undertaking
skilled individuals valuable to an organization
"Talent management" refers to strategies for attracting, developing, and retaining skilled employees.
Formal / HR strategyCollocations: talent management, attract talent, retain talent
Synonyms: skilled staff, human capital
preparing future leaders to replace current ones
A critical governance practice ensuring leadership continuity when executives retire or leave unexpectedly.
Formal / governanceCollocations: succession planning process, robust succession planning, board-level succession planning
Synonyms: leadership pipeline, continuity planning
guiding an organization through major changes
A structured discipline for managing the human side of organizational change, minimizing disruption and resistance.
Formal / organizationalCollocations: change management process, effective change management, change management strategy
Synonyms: transition management, organizational change
involving people from different departments
Describes teams or initiatives that draw expertise across silos, common in complex strategic projects.
Formal / organizationalCollocations: cross-functional team, cross-functional collaboration, cross-functional initiative
Synonyms: interdepartmental, multidisciplinary
the gradual loss of employees over time
More formal synonym for turnover, often used in workforce-planning and HR-analytics contexts.
Formal / HRCollocations: attrition rate, reduce attrition, natural attrition
Synonyms: turnover, employee loss
the system of rules and practices guiding a company
Encompasses how a company is directed and controlled, including board oversight and accountability structures.
Formal / corporateCollocations: corporate governance, governance policy, governance framework
Synonyms: oversight, administration, stewardship
a formal evaluation of an employee's work
Standard HR process, typically annual or biannual, used to assess achievements and set future goals.
Formal / HRCollocations: annual performance review, conduct a performance review, performance review cycle
Synonyms: performance appraisal, evaluation
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Executive-level expressions used in organizational strategy and leadership discussions.
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Tap the words in the correct order to form the sentence. Ungraded — repeat as many times as you like.
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Tap the correct verb form to complete each sentence. The other options are conjugations from other tenses — on purpose, so you learn to tell them apart.
We're a balanced scorecard to align strategic objectives
We're a matrix organizational structure
The team is fostering a culture of psychological safety
We're a comprehensive capability gap analysis
Organizational allows us to innovate while maintaining efficiency
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Listen to the full dialogue with the speaker buttons first, then fill in the missing words from this lesson's real conversation. Ungraded — repeat as many times as you like.
driving this restructuring?
The leadership team stronger governance and clearer
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1. "Cross-cultural management skills are essential for our global operations." — which one is correct?
3. Which option matches: "The leadership team is fostering a culture of psychological safety."?
4. Select the correct match for: "We're integrating ESG considerations into our governance framework."
5. Select the correct match for: "We're conducting a comprehensive capability gap analysis."
6. "Organizational culture transformation requires sustained leadership commitment." — which one is correct?
7. "The merger integration required significant change leadership." — which one is correct?
8. Choose the equivalent of: "Organizational agility has become a core competitive differentiator."
9. Select the correct match for: "We're implementing a matrix organizational structure."
10. Which option matches: "Organizational ambidexterity allows us to innovate while maintaining efficiency."?
10. Choose the equivalent of: "Cross-cultural management skills are essential for our global operations."
Review — Lesson 69 What matches: "The company's profits increased this year."?
Review — Lesson 69 What matches: "What are the fees for international transfers?"?
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You've completed Business Administration! Next: Information Systems, starting with essential IT vocabulary.
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Practice this lesson's vocabulary with a word search and flashcards. Ungraded — play as many times as you like.
Tap the first and last letter of a hidden word to find it. Los términos de varias palabras van sin espacios en el tablero (ej. "give up" aparece como GIVEUP).
Elige la respuesta correcta. Si aciertas, la tarjeta queda lista por hoy; si fallas, vuelve a aparecer pronto para reforzarla. Tu progreso se guarda en este dispositivo.