4. Home Assignment:

1) Using the list of statements and priorities in exercise 1 and 2 Unit 5 in Workbook choose the ones you think you really possess to be a manager.

2) Write out all the words you don’t know the meaning of.

3) Write a paragraph describing your suitability to be a manager based on the statements and priorities you have chosen for yourself. Be ready to present your it to other students next class.

Workbook

Unit 5

Business Etiquette

1. Use the following statements to reflect on how well you are suited to be an international manager. How many are true to you?

1. I am sociable person and have a lot of friends.

2. I enjoy travel and learning about new cultures.

3. I have always been good at learning languages.

4. I enjoy dealing with ambiguous situations.

5. I am tolerant of people who disagree with me.

6. I am prepared to change plans according to what happens.

7. I am a good listener.

8. I can cope with stress.

9. I have experience of working abroad.

10. I have a partner/family who is /are also keen on living abroad.

11. I am patient when things don’t work out as I want them to.

12.I prefer to work in a team rather than on my own.

The more of these statements you can honestly agree with the more suitable you are for work in an international context.

2. Write a paragraph describing your suitability to be a manager based on the statements listed above being characteristic to you from those you have chosen.

Confirm your choice by short explanation. (Use not more than six-seven sentences.)

You can also use the list of priorities according to which personnel managers are being chosen in Europe:

• social competence

• openness to order ways of thinking

• cultural adaptation

• professional excellence

• language skills

• flexibility

• adaptability to manage/work in team

• self-reliance/independence

• mobility

• ability to deal with stress

• adaptability of the family

• patience

• sensitivity

Individual assignment

Unit 5 Business Etiquette

1. Read the article of Eliza Browning and make a brief oral presentation next class on five business rules that matter now.

Business Etiquette: 5 Rules That Matter Now

The ‘elevator rule’: Don’t discuss the meeting till you’re out of the elevator ... and the building.

The word “etiquette” gets a bad rap. For one thing, it sounds pretentious. And rules that are socially or morally prescribed seem intrusive to our sense of individuality and freedom.

But the concept of etiquette is still essential, especially now—and particularly in business. New communication platforms, like Facebook and Linked In, have blurred the lines of appropriateness and we’re all left wondering how to navigate unchartered social territory.

At Crane & Co., we have been advising people on etiquette for two centuries. We have even published books on the subject—covering social occasions, wedding etiquette and more.

Boil it down and etiquette is really all about making people feel good. It’s not about rules or telling people what to do, or not to do, it’s about ensuring some basic social comforts.

So here are a few business etiquette rules that matter now—whatever you want to call them.