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Starting up
A. Discuss these questions.
1. Would you like to work in the building in the photo on page 22? Explain why or why not? 2. Which people in your organisation have their own office? Do they have their own office because of
a) Seniority b) A need for confidentiality c) The type of work they do?
Starting up
B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
a reserved parking space
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
an office with a window
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
a uniform
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
a personal business card
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
your own office
Starting up
B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
a company car
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
your name on your door
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
having a secretary
Starting up
B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
taking holidays when you like
Starting up
B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
the size of your desk
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
more than one seat in your office
Starting up
B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
flying business class
Starting up
B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
a company credit card
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B. How important are the following in showing a persons status in an organisation? Give each one a score from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important).
having fixed working hours
- warehouse
C. Think about the organisation you work for, or one you know well. How is it organised? How many departments / divisions are there? What are they?
Centralised
Dynamic Professional Hierarchical Progressive
Caring
Democratic Market-driven
Conservative
lean
3 Which of the words describe your own organisation or an organisation you know well?
Helsinki (Finland)
It feels like youve entered a playground, the office explodes with colour, creativity and chaos , people are walking round talking on yellow mobile phones.
X 7 Every month Lisa Joronen measures each teams performance. X 8 All the information is stored in filing cabinets.
on the companys intranet
office
Communications boardroom
A Find noun combinations in the article on page 24. Write them under these four headings:
status symbols (line 21) time management (line 26) people skills (line 27)
2 a) a letter of credit
b) a credits letter c) a letters credit
4 a) a datas base
b) a base of data c) a database
a 20-minute presentation
a) campaign b) department
c) trade
c) market c) logo
a) project
a) union
b) findings
b) program
c) knowledge
c) desk c) virus
a) technology b) force
Useful language
Greetings Hello. Nice to see you again. Hi . How are you? Hows everything going? Introducing yourself Im from/ Im with / I work for Im in sales / finance / marketing. Im in charge of Im responsible for
Introducing someone else Id like you to meet Miriam. Can I introduce you to Miriam? Robert, have you met Vladimir?
Useful language
Talking about your company The company was founded in We make / manufacture / sell / distribute We have subsidiaries / factories / branches in We have a workforce of 2,000. Our main competitors are Responding Fine, thanks. Not too bad, thanks. Nice / Pleased to meet you. Its a pleasure.
Talking about common interests You and Heinz have something in common. You both like / enjoy / are interested in
Useful language
Networking Were very interested in Do you know anyone who could help us? Could you let me have their contact details? Could I call him and mention your name? Let me give you my business card.
Marcus
3 Who now works in marketing? Louise
Activity
Outsourcing various services including payroll, IT services and Human resources
MCB
Financial services