Module 2. Companies.

Company/ Firm

Company Structure.

Recruitment/ careers, personal skills and qualities

Corporate Culture

Work culture and placements.

Work organization and responsibility.

Customer support.

Company and community

Corporate social responsibility.

Social English

Job interviews

At the office/ Meeting new colleagues

At a Company Meeting

Meetings one-to-one/ meetings -teamwork

Writing

CV/Resume

Letter of application

Covering Letter

Reading a newspaper

Four Lessons on Management (Wall Street Journal)

Case study

• Profiles of Business leaders

• Corporate culture

Internet Research

Corporate Culture

Websites with background information on company culture include:

1. About.com. Human Resources [Электронный ресурс]:

Organizational Сulture, cop. About.com 2011. – Режим доступа: http://humanresurces.about.com/od/organizationalculture, свободный. – Загл. с экрана.

2. Answers.com [Электронный ресурс]: Answers. Com. Wiki, cop. Answers Corporation 2011. – Режим доступа: http://www.answers.com/topic/organizational-culture, свободный. – Загл. с экрана.

3. Monster. Career advice [Электронный ресурс] Job Interview @ Advice, cop. Monster 2011. – Режим доступа: http://interview.monster.com/articles/corpculture, свободный. – Загл. с экрана.

Brainstorming and presentation

In small groups, hold a brainstorming meeting to decide how companies can help newcomers to adapt to their work culture.

Design a set of guidelines for supervisors of newcomers. Then present your guidelines to another group, and give feedback on the other group’s ideas.

Presentation.

Company Culture:

• The working environment

• The dress code

• Training and skills development

Credit 2

Supplement 2.

Test Yourself

• Reading 1. Mixed Economy

• Reading 2. The main variations of municipal government

Module 3. Effective Business Communication

You and your job. Your company.

Language and style of your organization.

Communicating within organization.

Barriers to effective communication.

The structure of effective presentation.

Presentations of your company.

Meetings.

Problem-solving. Negotiation.

Diplomatic language.

Business reports.

Business reports and proposals.

Social English

Starting a Career

Looking for a job abroad

Writing

Formal and informal correspondence

A placement report

Reading a newspaper

There was a lawyer, an engineer and a politician (The Economist)

Additional reading

Big Government to the Rescue (The Economist)

David Cameron in Russia: aiming high in trade talks, despite warning (The Economist)

Case study

Counseling

What kind of personal problems can employees experience when working in a company?

With a partner, describe a situation when your helped someone with a problem, or when someone helped you.

Internet Research

Central European University

• Program Structure

• Subjects

• Bachelor Programs

Here are some sites to get student started:

1. CEU [Электронный ресурс]: Central European University, cop. Central European University 2011. – Режим доступа: www.ceu.hu , свободный. – Загл. с экрана.

2. Department of Economics [Электронный ресурс]: Central European University, cop. Central European University 2011. – Режим доступа: www.economics.ceu.hu, свободный. – Загл. с экрана.

E-mail address: student-info@ceu.hu

Department of Economics

E-mail address: econdept@ceu.hu

Presentation

Effective Public Speaking Skills

Credit 3

Supplement 3.

Test Yourself

• Reading 1. Systems theory and an organization

• Reading 2. Personnel management

• Business Correspondence