FRONT OFFICE、BACK OFFICEの意味、本部営業部門、事務管理部門

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2010.08.04 (Review of 2008.07.07 edition)

The Japanese word for corporation is 法人, literally a “legal person”, sometimes called a “corporate body” in English. Now, if the brain is the control center of the human body, what do we call the equivalent in the body corporate? Well, the first part of today's expression is one name for it!

Today's LessonCATEGORY: イディオム
FRONT OFFICE / BACK OFFICE   本部・営業部門/事務管理部門

Explanation

  • The expression front office can mean:

    the people within management who make policy decisions

    OR

    the operations of a company that deal directly with customers, such as sales and customer service.

    The expression back office means the operations of a company that do NOT usually deal directly with customers, such as accounting and human resources.
  • front office には、2つの意味があります。

    1つは、会社の方針を決定する本部の経営陣。

    もう1つは、企業における営業部門や顧客相談窓口など、顧客と直接関わる業務のことです。

    back office とは、経理や人事のような、通常は顧客と直接関わることのない業務のことです。

FRONT OFFICE / BACK OFFICE

examples

  1. Some people from the front office will be visiting us later this week to inspect the facility to decide whether or not to keep it going.
  2. Maintaining a professional appearance is especially important for front-office staff, who regularly come in contact with the public.
  3. We've cut labor costs 40% by outsourcing many back-office operations and automating some of the others.

英会話レッスンHave a terrific day!