- •1 Higher education in belarus. Our university The role of knowledge and education in society.
- •Types of higher educational establishments in Belarus
- •Forms of tuition at Belarusian higher educational establishments.
- •The Belarusian State Economic University: rules of enrolment, schools and conditions for studies, curricula, student life, international contacts.
- •3 The republic of belarus Geographical position.
- •Natural resources.
- •State and Government structure and bodies.
- •Belarusian economy: the economic system, sectors of the economy: manufacturing, agriculture, services and their proportion in gdp.
- •Recent economic trends and problems.
- •10 Management as my major
- •The us geography.
- •Government structure: branches, their bodies and function.
- •Political parties.
- •National symbols.
- •The main public holidays.
- •The main sectors of the American economy: manufacturing, agriculture, services.
- •6 Environmental issues Ecological problems caused by the development of civilization
- •International efforts in solving environmental problems
- •4 Great britan
- •2 University education in great britain and the usa The procedure of admission to Universities.
- •8 Employment Definitions of employment and labor
- •Compensation for work
- •12 Planning Company planning as a key activity of top management, the main steps in planning, swot analysis
- •Types of plans
- •9 Entrepreneuship_and_small_business
- •11 Decision making The necessity of decision making in the work of a manager.
- •Types of decisions that a manager has to make and their peculiarities: routine decisions, intuitive decisions, strategic decisions.
- •7 Economics as a science The subject of economics.
- •Microeconomics and macroeconomics.
- •Three economic issues.
- •The role of money in economy: a brief history and function of money.
- •Money has four functions:
8 Employment Definitions of employment and labor
When we speak about employment we usually mean paid work done by a person or a group of people. Labor, in its turn, refers to the routine work that people do in their jobs, whether it is performing manual labor, managing employees, or providing skilled professional services.
Types of jobs
A full-time job is for the whole of the normal working week; a part-time job is for less time than that.
A permanent job doesn't finish after a fixed period; a temporary job finishes after a fixed period.
With technological advances, more and more people resort to telecommuting. They work away from the employer's office, often at home, but maintain close contact with coworkers and managers through electronic mail and telephone. In some situations telecommuting can increase an employee's productivity; it also decreases time spent driving to and from the office and decreases pollution from automobiles.
There is also informal employment, or paid work on a casual basis. Jobs are irregular, and workers are often self-employed without earning pension and without paying taxes.
Informal employment also includes illegal activity such as theft, prostitution, and selling drugs.
Compensation for work
Compensation and remuneration are formal words used to talk about pay and benefits, especial; those of senior managers. Compensation package and remuneration package are used especially in the US to talk about all the pay and benefits thai employees receive. Compensation is also used to talk about money and other benefits that a senior manager (or any employee) receives if they are forced to leave the organization. This money is in the form of a compensation payment
Problems at work
There are some health and safety issues for people at work. For example, passive smoking, repetitive strain injury, dangerous machinery, hazardous substances and fire hazards. AM these things contribute to a bad working environment. The government sends officials called health and safety inspectors to make sure that factories and offices are safe places to work.
If people are treated differently from others in an unfair way, they ate discriminated against.
If a woman is unfairly treated just because she is a woman, she is a victim of sex discrimination, sexism.
If someone is treated unfairly because of their race, they area victim of racial discrimination or racism.
Recruitment
The process of finding people for particular jobs is recruitment or hiring. Someone who has been recruited is a recruit or a hire. The company employs or hires them and they join the company. A company may recruit employees directly or use outside recruiters, recruitment agencies or employer agencies. Outside specialists called headhunters may be called on to headhunt people for very important jobs, persuading them to leave the organizations they already work for. This process is called headhunting.