- •Business for beginners деловой английский для начинающих минск
- •Introduction to economy
- •The economic system
- •Vocabualry excersices
- •Unit 2 business organization
- •Organization
- •Types and forms of business organization
- •Why are companies referred to as Ltd; Inc; GmbH; or s.A.?
- •Becoming a learning organization
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •Questions for review
- •What are cross cultural differences?
- •Intercultural management
- •Working across cultures
- •Individualistic or collectivist?
- •High-context and low - context culture styles
- •Corporate culture and national characteristics
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •In accordance with, in advance, in arrears, in circulation, in due course,
- •In error, in a position to, in the process of, in round figures,
- •In stock, in transit, in debt
- •Questions for review
- •Lexical minimum
- •Unit 4 corporate culture
- •First impressions
- •Our values
- •The kritz-carlteen corporate philosophy
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •Questions for review
- •Unit 5 management
- •Approaches to management
- •Art or science?
- •Principles of management
- •Scientific management
- •Management by Objectives
- •What is outscourcing?
- •Краудсорсинг
- •Vocabulary excercises
- •Ex. 7. Complete the following table.
- •Questions for review
- •Lexical minimum
- •Management: Art or Science?
- •Management as a profession
- •Which bosses are best?
- •What makes a good manager?
- •Richard branson’s 10 secrets of success
- •How to be a great manager
- •International managers
- •Leadership styles
- •The Three Classic Styles of Leadership
- •Leadership vs management
- •Теории и типы лидерства
- •V0cabulary excersices
- •Questions for review
- •Lexical minimum
- •Hr activities and objectives
- •Recruiting
- •Job specification
- •People in organization
- •Happiness at work
- •The concepts of ability and motivation
- •Employee motivation theories
- •Incentive scheme or cash?
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •Questions for review
- •Lexical minimum
- •Examination topic
- •Evolution of marketig
- •What is marketing?
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •Historical milestones in advertising
- •Advertising
- •Does advertising make us too materialistic?
- •Public relations
- •Vocabualry excersices
- •7 A jingle is a short tune to g) whom the advertisement is intended to appeal
- •Key terms: Advertising, advertisement (ad, advert), publicity, bying habbits, advertising campaign, positioning, promotion, advertiser, commercial
- •Unit 10
- •Teamwork and team developmeny
- •Understanding team roles
- •I. Typical features:
- •II. Positive qualities:
- •III. Allowable weaknesses:
- •How to build a winning team
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •Questions for review
- •Lexical minimum
- •Examination topic Teambuilding
- •Become smarter and quickcer
- •Nine steps that can nhelp you (?) (!)
- •Case analysis
- •Personality and decision making
- •Managing Projects
- •Meetings
- •Vocabulary excersices
- •Verb Noun (concept) Noun (agent) Adjective
- •Questions for review
- •Lexical minimum
- •Examination topic Problem solving
Questions for review
What is culture?
What does culture determine?
What is meant by cross cultural differences?
How can cultural understanding help us in our day-to-day relationships?
What can you say about the role, qualities and tasks of a manager while working across national borders?
What is meant by the expression “an effective global manager”? What are the criteria?
What is intercultural management? Speak about its main focus.
Differentiate between:
individualistic and collectivist cultures;
masculine and feminine cultures;
hierarchical and egalitarian cultures:
cautious and risk-taking
What can you say about hidden cultural differences? What difficulties do they often cause?
Speak about the types of cultural differences you know.
Differentiate between high- and low-context cultures.
What is Edward Hall’s contribution to the problem of cross-cultural communication?
How do new employees learn their organisation’s culture?
Differentiate between organizational and corporate culture.
Lexical minimum
Key terms
Culture high-context culture low-context culture cross-cultural differences cultural awareness mentality
Words and word-combinations
1. perceive, v 34. to vary greatly from
2. transcend, v 35. to be concerned with smth
3. dovetail, v 36. cultural dimensions
4. constrain, v 37. (non)verbal message
5. unlearn, v 38. acknowledgement of mistakes
6. evolve, v 39. to convey the meaning
7. complexity, n 40. loss of credibility
8. cultivate, v 41. culture clash
9. egalitarian, a 42. to give rise to smth
10. hierarchical, a 43. to reach an agreement on smth
11. individualistic, a 44. to work out smth
12. encourage, v 45. tolerance for smth
13. discourage, v 46. to be halfway to smth
14. encode, v 47 cultural background
15. decode, v 48. established culture
16. controversy, n 49. freedom of speech
17. ethnocentrism, n 50. react to the things around
18. self-mocking, 51. the way we think
19. after-hours 52. geographical setting of the place
20. stem from, v 53. multi-cultural staff
21. proponent, n 54. global managers
22. counter-productive, a 55. to socialize with
23. diversity, n 56. to be sensitive to
24. interference, n 57. privacy
25. to imprint oneself 58. identity is rooted in
26. cultural spectrum 59. trustworthy
27. cross-cultural management 60. home country
28. to work in the territory 61 host country
29. breed of smth/smb 62. dominate, v
30. culturally sensitive 63. to lead to misunderstanding
31. a vital source of smth
32. self-centered approach to smth
33. masculine / feminine societies
Examination topic
Cross-cultural Differences
1. Introduction
2. What are cross-cultural differences?
3. Understanding cross-cultural differences
4. High- and Low-context cultures
5. Managing cultural differences
6. Conclusion