Text into slides:

Summarizing &
paraphrasing
(Intro to HW assignment 2)
Paraphrasing: Impact of
ICT
(Unit 5, p. 6)

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The introduction of IT has tended to lead to flatter
organisational structures.
The flat (or horizontal) structure presents an alternative to
the
______________ structure. In a flat structure there are fewer
layers, but the spans of control (ie, the number of
___________ directly supervised by one person) are much
wider.

organisational
hierarchical
employees
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One reason for that is the ______________ of IT and the pace of
hardware and software development means that frequent
change is ____________
and businesses must be dynamic to cope with the change.
IT systems provide better information on staff _____________.
Some jobs at lower levels may _____________ altogether as a
result of the ________________ of word-processing.
New, direct methods of data _______________ reduce the
number of _____________ staff needed.
introduction inevitable performance
disappear growth entry
clerical

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All these changes have resulted in the ____________ of the
number of levels in an organisation.
Over the last decade, the jobs of middle managers have been
____________.
_____________causes include the developments in IT and
communications.
These have _____________ information to be produced in a form
suitable for the __________________ managers directly from the
operational level, without the need for manipulation and
________________ by middle managers.
reduction eroded
contributory enabled strategic
interpretation

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Many _____________that used to be taken by middle
managers are now taken by computer-based
systems. ______________, operational staff can work
without needing direct middle management
__________________.

decisions
increasingly
involvement

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Text into slides: Issues to
consider

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 Text into slides: Key issues / 1

Questions to consider:

HOW MANY SLIDES?

CHOOSING THE SLIDE TITLE

HIERARCHY OF BULLETS
 Text into slides: Key issues / 2
HOW MANY SLIDES?
How long is the text? How many sections / key
concepts are there?

CHOOSING THE SLIDE TITLE

Make up / Extract a title that will accurately

reflect the point of a particular section

HIERARCHY OF BULLETS (changing list level)

Apart from key ideas, is there relevant

information that describes / supports etc. the
key ideas?
Slide 1: Slide 2: Slide 3:
Slide title Slide title Slide title

2-3 bullets 2-3 bullets 2-3 bullets

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 Sample slide: Culture onion: The outer
layer
with the globalization cultural differences converge and gradually
disappear
same artifacts we observe everywhere
McDonalds hamburgers, Gucci bags, Lexus Cars, Coca-Cola, and
Microsoft Windows in London, Moscow, Rio

to understand the cultural effects: inner layers

ask about the reasons why people purchase these products
different answers when we look at the value of the same artifact
in different cultures
hamburger - a quick bite for a quick buck for a New Yorkerother
languages or groups having no language in common. Examples of lingua
franca are English and French for diplomatic purposes.
Text into slides: Wording & content
TEXT / WORDING
Write notes rather than sentences

KEEPING THE GIST

Is it possible to reconstruct the meaning from the

notes?

ORDER OF IDEAS DDR

delete > deconstruct >
reconstruct
(e.g. connecting the cause and result more clearly)
Layout (for comparison 2 columns?)
Sample text: Culture onion: The middle
layer
If we asked you what the norms and values of
your country were, you would be likely to
seek clarification: In the North or South,
urban or rural? Once you are part of a
culture, there is a tendency to see the
differences within it.
This is because things shared in a culture
are not seen. The shopping mall in the US
goes unnoticed and so does the clock in
Switzerland. Only a visitor to the US from
a country that does not have large
shopping malls finds them worthy of
notice and comment.
 Sample slide: Culture onion: The
middle layer
things shared in a culture members of a culture -
are not seen by members tendency to (only) see the
of that culture (insiders) differences within culture
shopping mall in the US identifying the norms and
goes unnoticed by values of your own country
Americans easier if you focus on the
only a visitor to the US differences:
from a country that does In the North or South, urban or
not have large shopping rural?
malls finds them worthy
of notice and comment
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Analysis of examples

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 Text into slides: Example 1

Impact of ICT on organisational structure, Unit

5, 1st part of the text

Think about which of the two examples of slides

(A or B):
represents the ideas from the first part of

the text more accurately?

has a more suitable slide title (considering

the original text)?

has a better structure / design?
Source text

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Consider the improved version (D) of
the slide on the left (C).
Discuss some of the differences in the
revised version.

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 Text into slides: Example 2

Impact of ICT on organisational structure, Unit

5, 2nd part of the text

Think about which of the four examples of

slides (A-D) below:
represents the ideas from the second part of
the text most accurately? (neither too little nor
too much information; repetition is avoided)
has the most suitable slide title (considering

the content of the original text)?

Source text

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 Text into slides: Example 2

Impact of ICT on organisational structure, Unit

5, 1st part of the text

Think about which of the two examples of slides

(A or B):
represents the ideas from the first part of

the text more accurately?

has a more suitable slide title (considering

the original text)?

has a better structure / design?
WHAT? WHO? HOW?
WHY?
 Text into slides: Example 3

Negotiating (Unit 9)
Turn the content of individual paragraphs
into slides.
Examples:
Slide 47 (Win-Lose) ? improvements?

slide 40 (Time)

slide 44 (Protocol)

slides 45-46 (Conflict)

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