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1.3. Referensi
a) Richards, J.C (1985). Breakthrough, A Course in English Communication
Practice. 3rd. ed.: Oxford University Press.
b) Methold, Ken (1983). Understanding Technical English 1 and 2. Hongkong:
Longman Group (Far East) Limited.
c) Mullen, Norma D (1987). English for computer Science. : Oxford University
Press.
d) Cotton, David (1984).The world of Business, An Intermediate Course in
Business English. London:Bell and Hyman Limited.
e) Hollett, Vicki (2011). Tech Talk, Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book.: Oxford
University Press.
You and your partner together run a successful small business. You have just won a
regional young business competition sponsored by the local press, television, local
government and the local chamber of commerce.
Turnover :…………..………………………………………..
Number of employees:…………………………………………………….
Now decide how you are going to spend the $100.000 first prize. Some suggestions
are given below. Share your ideas with your partner and agree on a common plan.
You should decide which options to go for and how much of the money to spend on
each. Draw up a final investment plan for the whole sum of money.
Organize a well-earned and much needed holiday for both managing partners
Lease new offices (since you feel that your existing offices are not very good
for your image)
Save (some of ) it
Upgrade the company’s computer system
Buy a market survey from an agency to research new market.
Commission a management consultancy to do a full audit of your company’s
finances and management procedures.
Buy management training for you and your partner so that you are both
ready for the next step in your company’s growth.
You and your partner together run a successful small business. You have just won a
regional young business competition sponsored by the local press, television, local
government and the local member of commerce.
Turnover :…………..………………………………………..
Number of employees:…………………………………………………….
Now decide how you are going to spend the $100.000 first prize. Some suggestions
are given below. Share your ideas with your partner and agree on a common plan.
You should decide which options to go for and how much of the money to spend on
each. Draw up a final investment plan for the whole sum of money.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Chairman of TheBoard
Board of Directors
Finance
Administration
Production (Fertilisers)
Production (Chemicals)
Sales Marketing Human Resources
Corporate Planning
YOU:
Want to keep the basic structure of your present company, but would like to
enlarge it to take in the new product areas that your potential partners
specialize in
Plan to reduce the number of Altman Kopp directors from the present eight
to five or six
Want approximately equal representation on the new board but would
accept fewer board members if the Chairman of the Board is from your
company
Want to reduce your present marketing and sales departments to a single
department
Want to create a new logistics department instead of corporate planning
Know that the head of personnel and administration, who is also on the
board, is retiring.
YOU START
Managing Director
Managing Director
Chairman of TheBoard
Board of Directors
Finance
Administration
Production (Fertilisers)
Production (Chemicals)
Sales Marketing Human Resources
Corporate Planning
YOU:
Showing a visitor round your company can be a useful way of winning customers as
well as promoting the image of your company.
Start by telling your visitor very briefly about the company’s main products, its
history and its organization. Then talk through the tour which you are about to make.
You want to impress your visitor with the quality of your products, the sophistication
of your technology and the good morale of your staff.
YOU START
Showing a visitor round your company can be a useful way of winning customers as
well as promoting the image of your company.
Before you start, the manager is going to make a short presentation of the main
features of the tour, using the plan below. He/She will tell you about the company’s
main products, its history and its organization. Then he/she will talk through the tour
which you are about to make.
YOU:
Is technologically sophisticated
(Questioning, regretting)
Before you visit a company, it is useful to check with the person you are visiting
about how to get in. Some companies, for example those involved in defence, can
have strict security procedures which you need to know about in advance.
You work in a large company which sometimes does top secret research for the
government. At the moment there are worries about losing these contracts and about
spying, and security is tight. You are looking forward to receiving a visit tomorrow
from someone you met recently at a trade fair and have already sent the fax below.
You are about to call your contact for the information you need when you receive a
call.
You are embarrassed about having to ask for all these details. Say you’ll fax the
number of the parking space by the end of the day.
(Questioning, regretting)
Before you visit a company, it is useful to check with the person you are visiting
about how to get in. Some companies, for example those involved in defence, can
have strict security procedures which you need to know about in advance.
You are planning to visit a contact whom you met at a trade fair and who works in a
large company which has recently tightened up its security because of industrial
espionage. Your contact has faxed you a plan of the premises but the bottom half of
the page of the fax was eaten by your machine. The meeting is tomorrow. Telephone
your contact to ask how to get inside.
YOU:
YOU START
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