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(7) NOTES (1) ẫcole supộrieure de commerce (ESC) : one of twenty or so French Business Schools offering a three-year degree in business and management Students must normally study for two years in "preparatory classes" after their baccalaurộat and then pass a competitive entrance examination These schools... teaching (5) CSNE : coopộrant du service national en entreprise Another form of ,French national service The cOQpộrnt puts his professional skills to use by working for 16 months in the overseas division of a French company (6) impermộable : literally, waterproof or impermeable, but also, more figuratively, impervious The French generally consider themselves (rightly or wrongly) as being poor at foreign... politics (producing two presidents of the republic in 25 years) and in business that the word ộnarchie was coined to describe their new power A study of France's hundred largest companies shows that ộnarques and polytechniciens (sorne combine the two degrees) still dominate their leadership, closely followed y graduates of prestige business schools such as HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales), ESCP (ẫcole... ộtrangốres appliquộes Applied languages, for vocational purposốs One of the two fields of language study in French universities, the other being langues et civilisations ộtrangốres (LeE) (3) DESS : diplụme d'ộtudes supộrieures spộcialisộes A one-year (post)graduate degree, created in 1974, awarded by French universities in fields of applied studies which lead directly to prQfessional life 11 CHAPTER 2 The... AnnộeS Annộe 2 Annộe 1 Classes Licence Bachelor's 3 prộparatoires2 Classes prộparatoires 1 Annộe 0 Baccalaurộat B accalaurộatã GCE 'A' Levels High-school graduation 5 CHAPTER 1 The business elite The top management of the largest French companies, both public and private, has long been a/preserve (chasse gardộe) for the graduates of elite institutions like Ecole Polytechnique,- also known as X, or the Ecole... notice that you've prospected by telephone NOTES (1) (quartier de) la Dộfense : new, (principally) business quarter in the west of Paris, built over a period of about 30 years from the late 1 950s to the late 1 980s Half of France's top 20 companies are headquartered there (2) SA : sociộtộ anonyme The French equivalent of a public limited company (UK) or public corporation (US) Its shares can be traded... NOTES (suite) (4) bac : (familiar) abbreviation of Baccalaurộat, the French high-school (lycộe) graduation diploma, equivalent to British GeE 'A' Levels (5) voire : or even, not to say Word used to strengthen a statement or idea (6) outils de gestion : the skills of management (marketing, finance, accounting, etc.) usually taught in business training programmes 26 ... the support (piston) and assistance of someone influential in order to obtain sorne sort of favour Gob, etc.) Pistonner quelqu'un : to pull strings for someone (6) coopộration : an alternative form of French national service, created in 1965 The coopộrant carries out (during 16 months) a cultural or technical mission in a developing country (See Chapter 2, Note 5) (7) crộneau : market for a specific... whom he had bumped into by chance on the Boulevard Saint-Michel 1 Sộbastien: It's been a long time since we saw one another What have you been up to? 2 Frộdộric: 1 was doing my national service with a French company in Ottawa 1 spent sixteen months over there 3 Sộbastien: You must have had a great time!4 You betf Canada's marveIIous, even if ifs cold in winter, and ifs a country with amazing variety... mention everything 1 learned from a professional point of view My English is now as good as my German Frộdộric: 5 Sộbastien: No-one will be able to say that you're impervious to foreign languages, like most French people! 1 hope to make use of them as quickly as possible in my future career For the time being, l'm tempted by action in the field, and particularly selling 1 think 1 have the necessary qualities . BUSINESS FRENCH     lusttions  �        