- •A. Leadership roles
- •B. Leadership and Management Styles
- •C. Situational Leadership
- •5. Look at the words in bold in your text. Can you guess and explain the meaning of these words?
- •Pair work. Read text a or b. Decide on the best title for your text. Underline the key sentences, which can help you to summarise the text.
- •Summarise your text to your partner. Then discuss together:
- •Look at the words in bold. Could you guess their meaning? Why?
- •What Employees Need From Leaders
- •Overall discussion.
- •Skim the text to find the general idea how cultural diversity is defined, measured and how it affects management.
- •2. Which of the statements are true about the article? Correct the false ones.
- •6. Complete the sentences .
- •7 . Match the words to make word partnerships. Explain their meaning.
- •8. Talk about how to make the most of cultural diversity within an organization
- •Divide the text into logical parts and find appropriate headings for them.
- •2. Which of the statements are true about the article? Correct the false ones.
- •3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements :
- •4. Match words and phrases from the two columns to make typical collocations.
- •5. Choose the best collocation/ expression from Ex.3 to complete the sentences
- •6. Match the words to make word partnerships. Explain their meaning.
- •7. Discuss the role of organizational culture in the company operation
- •2. Which of the statements are true about the article? Correct the false ones.
- •3. Think of word partnerships starting with global which match these definitions.
- •4. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentences
- •5. Complete the idioms in the sentences below.
- •6. Match the words to make word partnerships (from the article)
- •What should the management do to adapt the company culture to changes in the business world? Brainstorm the ideas.
- •Unit 3 Organizations and operations Text 1
- •Types of ngOs
- •Range of ngo Activities
- •Vocabulary tasks:
- •2. Complete the sentence
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Speaking tasks
- •Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy protection
- •Vocabulary tasks
- •Reading tasks
- •Speaking tasks
- •Unit discussion tasks
- •Jurassic business park
- •1. Make an outline of the text
- •The Growing Incongruence between Economic Reality and Political Reality
- •2. Find the sentences in the text and fill in the gaps
- •3. Think of the title to each passage from the text.
- •4. Do you thoroughly approve of all the aspects about strategy and business environment mentioned in the text?
- •Find topic sentences in each paragraph. Give grounds to your choice
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words/word combinations instead of their definitions given in brackets
- •3. Read the article again and complete the following summary in your own words
- •4. Discussion
- •1. Make up a summary of the text
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words/word combinations instead of their definitions given in brackets
- •3. Choose the right answer
- •4. Do you share all points of Jack Welch’s strategy?
- •1. Make an outline of the text
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words/word combinations instead of their definitions
- •3. Arrange the sentences in the order they are given in the text
- •4. Make up a dialogue.
- •5. Is corporate strategy an essential part of a company’s success? Can you think of any kind of a company which can be run without corporate strategy successfully?
2. Which of the statements are true about the article? Correct the false ones.
HSBC has backed Festival Brazil to attract attention to the carnival.
Cultural diplomacy is a marketing strategy, extending the company’s brand into a foreign market.
MBA graduates help the world become culturally homogenized.
Cultural differences do not matter in the modern business world.
Research and investment in products adapted to local tastes are keys to McDonald’s successful localization.
All global companies need to adapt to different cultures.
3. Think of word partnerships starting with global which match these definitions.
where trade can be carried out worldwide
the total amount of goods or services that people or companies buy or want to buy worldwide
a situation in which companies worldwide are trying to be more successful than others
the idea that the world can be considered as one unit for business and communication purposes
a general increase of world temperatures
a product that is known and sold over the world
4. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentences
The best way to understand a new culture is to ….. yourself in it completely.
a) bury b) maintain c) experience d) immerse
2. Trying to import successful domestic business model into a foreign market without adapting it is a common ….. for companies.
a) strategy b) goal c) approach d) pitfall
3. An important personality trait for being successful across cultures is …. To new experiences.
a) readiness b) acceptance c) interest d) openness
5. Complete the idioms in the sentences below.
eye eye foot water fire ice water |
We don’t see eye to ….. about relocating our business. The Finance Director wants to move production to the Far East, but I want it to remain in Spain.
I got into hot…. With my boss for wearing casual clothes to the meeting with our Chinese customers.
Small talk is one way to break the ….. when meeting someone for the first time.
I really put my ….. in it when I met our Japanese partner. Because I was nervous, I said “Who are you?” rather than “How are you?”
I get on like a house on …… with our Polish agent; we like the same things and have the same sense of humour.
When I visited China for the first time I was like a fish out of …… Everything was so different, and I couldn’t read any of the signs!
My first meeting with our overseas clients was a real …..-opener. I had not seen that style of negotiation before.
6. Match the words to make word partnerships (from the article)
1. joint a) sponsorship
2. cultural b) investment
3. cross-cultural c) analysis
4. marketing d) venture
5.culturally e) strategy
6. private f) challenges
7. in-depth g) homogenized