Приложение к билету №10

TASK 1

YOU are the head of the educational centre in a big American company

PROFILE.

Your centre provides a wide range of training courses for Russian companies on

various aspects of Western business. A leading construction company has asked

your centre to arrange in-company courses on cultural differences for the workers

sent to different countries (Europe, America, South-East, Mid-East) to assist in

mixed-nationality projects.

MAKE A PRESENTATION.

EMPHASIZE the need to improve intercultural communication skills today.

OUTLINE key habits and values of different nationalities and contrast them with cultural values of Russians. EXPLAIN what kind of problems the workers may face and give some practical advice to help them overcome cultural barriers.

TASK 2

You are a personnel manager. Mrs. Pierce, a mother of three is applying for a job, She asks you what facilities your company offers to working mothers.

Is it true that men and women have different types of jobs?

If so, give some examples and say whether the difference is justified.

Women are primarily "home-makers". Do you share this point of view?

Is it possible to combine a career and a family life?

Приложение к билету №11

TASK 1

It goes without saying that success or failure of any business transaction depends to a great extent on the Contract negotiated by the Parties.

Russian company PIKRA, Krasnoyarsk, is planning to buy some sophisticated equipment from LIME Inc., USA. You have been asked to make out a draft CONTRACT to ensure the transaction.

Present your draft contract to the management.

Dwell on the format of the Contract and the clauses it consists of.

Have you used a Standard Contract form or worked out an Individual Contract? Explain your choice.

What specific clauses have you included in the Contract, given it is the sale of sophisticated equipment?

WOULD you suggest concluding auxiliary agreements to ensure the fulfillment of the contract? Why/ why not?

Be ready to focus on two or three clauses so as to explain to the Management why you worded them the way you did.

TASK 2

"Managers must show more interest in the people that work for them". Discuss what they can do.

Prepare an oral presentation on how can companies encourage their employees not to cheat; not to be late?

How to solve the problem of absenteeism?

Приложение к билету №12

TASK 1

YOU are working for a municipal employment agency which trains people who want to acquire new professions. It is common practice at the end of the courses to give some JOB HUNTING tips to help the trainees to find a new job as soon as possible.

SPEAK about the sources where information about the openings can be, found, and explain how to prepare oneself for the forthcoming ordeal of the employment procedure.

DWELL on the documents to be submitted and the ways to arrange them to catch the reader's eye.

EXPLAIN what an interview is and what an applicant should do to be successful. How can behavioral characteristics affect the outcome.

SPEAK on your interview experience, if any.

TASK 2

They say, people at all stages of their careers need to understand corporate culture and how it works because it will have a powerful effect on their lives.

Prepare an oral presentation on what factors should be taken into consideration while speaking about corporate culture?