- •Unit 6. Finance for strategy
- •1. Read the text and match the topic sentences a-h to the gaps 1-7.
- •Financial Management functions
- •3. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •4. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •5. Work either individually or in pairs / groups. Answer the following questions. Prepare a report, if necessary.
- •Text 2 Banking On Blue Chip Stocks
- •1. Scan the text and match the subheadings to the parts I-V.
- •2. Read the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •3. Summarize the content of the text.
- •5. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •6. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •7. Work either individually or in pairs / groups. Answer the following questions. Prepare a report, if necessary.
- •Five Steps of a Bubble
- •1. Skim the text and match the pictures a-g to the paragraphs 1-7.
- •§ 3. 1. Displacement
- •§ 4. 2. Boom
- •§ 5. 3. Euphoria
- •§ 6. 4. Profit Taking
- •§ 7. 5. Panic
- •2. Read the text and answer the questions.
- •3. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations marked violet in the text with their definitions given in the table below.
- •4. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •5. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •6. Watch the film “Margin Call” (2011) and describe the situation of the 2008 crisis.
- •7. Work either individually or in pairs / groups. Answer the following questions. Prepare a report, if necessary.
- •1. Scan the text and
- •Five Lessons from the World's Biggest Bankruptcies
- •3. Give the summary of the five lessons from the World's Biggest Bankruptcies.
- •Vocabulary. Part I
- •Vocabulary. Part II
- •5. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •Vocabulary. Part I
- •Vocabulary. Part II
- •6. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •7. Read the recommended articles in the text and prepare reports on the topics.
- •8. Watch the film “Wall Street II. Money Never Sleeps” (2010) and find illustrations of the processes described in the text.
- •9. Discussion. Lessons to be learnt from the article and the films. Final discussion
- •Unit 6 wordlist
- •Unit 7 Budgets, Decisions and Risks
- •1. Make an outline of the text Managerial Accounting
- •2. Write a word from the box in the correct form in each gap.
- •Money management - an introduction
- •3. Circle the correct word or phrase.
- •4. Develop the topic suggested
- •1 . Highlight the topic sentences and justify your choice Trading on Teamwork
- •Curriculum vitae
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the right prepositions Dealing with debt
- •3. Each of the words or phrases in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly.
- •4. What aspects in the company management should be taken into consideration to make the right investment decision ?
- •1.What is the main idea of the text ? Financial crisis could turn the tide against unrestricted capital flows
- •2. Fill in the right word from the text
- •3. Answer the questions
- •4. Develop the topic: what do the market crises depend on?
- •1. Think of some other title for the text Downturn, start up
- •2. Choose the right word combination (scarce,collateral,teeth, spur,commissioned)
- •3. Qualify the statements, whether they are true or false
- •Unit 8 and 9 People as a Resource / Developing People
- •1. What do you think is similar in the job of a mentor and a coacher? What could be the main difference between them?
- •2. Read the text below to check if your ideas were right. Name the most striking difference between mentoring and coaching. Mentoring versus coaching
- •3. Scan through the text once again and put m next to the phrases which characterize mentoring, and c next to those which are typical of coaching.
- •4. Paraphrase the last sentence of the text. How far do you agree with it?
- •5. Explain the meaning of the highlighted words/phrases in English.
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •7. Discuss in pairs.
- •2. Underline the key phrases which help differentiate one term from the other.
- •3. Define the phrases from the text which are in bold.
- •2A. Scan through the text to check if you were right.
- •2B. Read the text once again and find potential hazards a team can face at some stages.
- •2C. Using your own teamwork experience, name 1) the stage(s) which can be skipped; 2) the other hazards a team can face at each of the stages.
- •1. Scan through the text below and find out why it has got such a title. Team-building for charity brings tears to my eyes
- •2. Answer the following questions about the text:
- •3. Summarize the text ‘Team-building for charity brings tears to my eyes’.
- •4. Define the words in bold.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word / phrase from the box.
- •6. Discuss in pairs.
- •1. The title of the text below is The Value of Poaching. Scan through paragraphs 1-3 and find out what poaching is. Write a short definition for this term.
- •Wordlist for unit 8 and 9
- •Unit 12 Management information systems
- •1. Make an outline of the text.
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Think of an appropriate title for the text.
- •4. Explain the difference between data, information and knowledge, providing examples from the sphere of management.
- •1. Make an outline of the text.
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Choose the most appropriate title for the text:
- •4. Answer the questions.
- •What information do you need?
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Speak on the role of data, information and knowledge in management studies or business management using one of the following sets of words.
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •1. Find the topic sentences of the paragraphs. Management Attitude about cis Resources and Their Use
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Match the sentences from the text with the paragraphs 1-9.
- •4. Choose the right alternative.
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •6. Name a few fields where being bullish is vital and being bearish is acceptible; provide supporting arguments.
- •Wordlist for unit 12
6. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
“Financial crises of the XX century: Similarities and Differences” 1 go bust 2 debacle (n) 3 flipper (n) 4 liquidity cushion 5 meet contingencies 6 prudent (adj) 7 resort to smth (v) 8 fuel (v) 9 standby (adj) 10 tumultuous (adj) |
“Is it possible to avert financial crises in future?” 1 demise (n) 2 double-edged sword (idiom) 3 financial leverage 4 lure (v) 5 meet expenses 6 mortgage-backed securities 7 savage (v) 8 within a span of 9 tumble (v) 10 withdrawal (n) |
“Ways to identify tax cheating”
1 wrought (PII, adj) 2 line of credit 3 accounting gimmickry 4 at an accelerated pace (adv) 5 bloated (adj) 6 deteriorate (v) 7 magnify (v) 8 fraudulent (adj) 9 cost structure 10 institutional investor |
“Reasons and consequences for inaccurate valuation and appraisal of a business” 1 counter (v) 2 insider trading 3 subprime lending 4 mindshare (n) 5 obfuscation (n) 6 off-balance-sheet (adj) 7 stiff fine 8 tax evasion 9 squander (v) 10 unresponsive to (adj) |
7. Read the recommended articles in the text and prepare reports on the topics.
8. Watch the film “Wall Street II. Money Never Sleeps” (2010) and find illustrations of the processes described in the text.
9. Discussion. Lessons to be learnt from the article and the films. Final discussion
Financial management functions in the past, present and future.
What external and internal factors should you consider as future managers in order to carry out a sound financial policy in a company?
Unit 6 wordlist
Text 1 |
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1. accumulate (v) |
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2. borrow (v); borrowing (n) |
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3. by virtue of (comp. prep.) |
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4. cash balance |
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5. current assets |
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6. current liabilities |
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7. endeavor (n) |
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8. equipment (n) |
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9. equity (n) |
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10. equity contributions |
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11. facet (n) |
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12. fixed assets |
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13. foresight (n) |
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14. generate (v) |
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15. go hand in hand with |
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16. hindsight (n) |
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17. inventory (n) |
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18. long-range (adj) |
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19. machinery (n) |
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20. make sales on credit |
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21. near-term (adj) |
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22. plant (n) |
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23. receivables (n) |
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24. trade credit |
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Text 2 |
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1. brokerage (n) |
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2. consecutive (adj) |
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3. consistent (adj) |
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4. consumer discretionary company |
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5. consumer staples |
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6. diversify (n) |
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7. downturn (n) |
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8. ETF = exchange-traded fund |
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9. expense ratio |
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10. household name (n) |
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11. liquidity (n) |
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12. market capitalization |
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13. mutual fund |
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14. performance (n) |
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15. return (n) |
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16. track record (n) |
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17. underpriced (adj) |
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18. volatility (n) |
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19. well-established (adj) |
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Text 3 |
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1. equity market |
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2. hazardous (adj) |
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3. heed (v) |
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4. interest rate (n) |
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5. intrinsic (adj) |
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6. liquidate (v) |
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7. margin calls |
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8. media coverage |
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9. mortgage (n) |
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10. overwhelm (v) |
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11. plunge (v) |
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12. prick (v) |
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13. real estate (n) |
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14. skyrocket (v) |
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15. smart money (n) |
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16. solvent (adj) |
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17. spur (v) |
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18. staggering (adj) |
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19. suspension (n) |
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Text 4 |
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1. amplify (v) |
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2. applicable to (adj) |
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3. bear market |
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4. bust (n); go bust |
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5. debacle (n) |
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6. demise (n) |
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7. double-edged sword (idiom) |
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8. equity cushion |
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9. financial leverage |
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10. flipper (n) |
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11. fuel (v) |
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12. liquidity cushion |
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13. lure (v) |
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14. magnify (v) |
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15. meet contingencies |
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16. meet expenses |
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17. mortgage-backed security |
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18. outbreak (n) |
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19. prudent (adj) |
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20. resort to smth (v) |
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21. savage (v) |
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22. shareholders’ equity |
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23. span (n) |
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24. standby (adj) |
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25. stash away (v) |
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26. subprime lending |
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27. tumble (v) |
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28. tumultuous (adj) |
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29. underwriter (n) |
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30. withdrawal (n) |
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31. within a span of |
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32. wreak (wrought) (v) |
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33. accounting gimmickry |
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34. at an accelerated pace (adv) |
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35. bloated (adj) |
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36. by virtue of (prep) |
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37. cost structure |
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38. counter (v) |
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39. deteriorate (v) |
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40. embellishment (n) |
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41. employability (n) |
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42. fraudulent (adj) |
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43. fuel-efficient (adj) |
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44. gas-guzzler (n) |
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45. indulge in (v) |
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46. insider trading |
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47. institutional investor |
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48. line of credit |
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49. merger (n) |
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50. mindshare (n) |
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51. obfuscation (n) |
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52. off-balance-sheet (adj) |
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53. perpetrator (n) |
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54. squander (v) |
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55. stiff fine |
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56. tax evasion |
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57. to be in the driver’s seat (idiom) |
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58. ultimately (adv) |
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59. unresponsive to (adj) |
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