1.Company structure
1. Study the Key Vocabulary, p. 4;
2. Read and be ready to speak on the Philips organogram, p. 5;
3. Do the Reading assignments 1-3, 1,2, pp. 6-7
2. Watch the video The Importance of Company Structure in Business from YOU TUBE: http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Importance-of-Company-Structure-in-Business-259785780 and write answers to these questions about the D&P company:
1. What is the full name of the company Dog &Pony invited to its programme?2. What kind of company is Citrus Byte? What do they specialize in?3. How many people work for the company?4. What is Will Jessups position in the company?5. What kind of clients do they deal with?
6. Is the company successful? How do they know the are successful?
7. What is the most unique thing about Citrus Byte?
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Unit 1 Company Structure,
1. Company structure
Pp. 8-9: Work with a dictionary
2.Internet search on the Masters translation assignment. This semester its 25,000 symbols (12 pages A 4). Please translate at least 1 page a week.
3. Watch the video from the previous assignment and answer the questions.
4. Download and have presentation language from Handout on presentations in your portfolios
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Unit 1 Company Structure,
1. Company structure
Pp. 12, 1 Speaking.
2. Unit 1. , , .
3. Watch the video Bill Gates Speech at Harvard from YOU TUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5VIhbJwFs&feature
and answer these questions:
How long has it been since Bill Gates left Harvard?What introduction did he make for his presentation and why did he address his father?Did he have a college degree at the moment of speaking?Does the most successful Harvard dropout mean the person who studied at Harvard but didnt graduate?What joke does Bill Gates make about Harvard inviting him to the graduation?How does Gates explain his experience at Harvard?Why was the Radcliff dormitory a great place to live for Gates?What offered Gates the best odds and why does he say that improving odds is not always good?What is his best memory of Harvard?How was he transformed by Harvard and what is his regret?What is Gates idea about reducing inequity?
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Unit 1 Company Structure,
Unit 3 Retailing
1.Read the VOCABULARY section and learn the terms, p.25. Be ready to explain the terms.
2.DoLEAD-IN, p.25 Answer the questions in NO LESS THAN 5 sentences.
3. Watch the video Bill Gates Speech at Harvard from YOU TUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5VIhbJwFs&feature
and answer these questions:
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Unit 3 Retailing
1.Read and translate the textRICHER PICKINGS, p. 27.
2.DotheVOCABULARYsection1,2,3.
3. Prepare for MODULE TEST 1 on:
the vocabulary of Units 1 and 3 (writing and reading);
mini presentation (speaking, 1,5 minutes)
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MODULE TEST 1
Unit 4 Franchising
1. Study theKey Vocabulary.Be ready to explain the terms p.34.
2.Do theLEAD-INsection1, 2, 3 pp. 34-35.
3. Watch the video What is Franchising? from YOU TUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3UoRhdtR1w&feature=related and answer these questions:
1. What is the lecturers definition of franchising?2. What fees does a franchisee typically pay to the franchisor?3. How long does the franchise agreement normally operate? Can it be extended?4. When and where did the franchise concept start?5. How many franchise concepts exist in the USA today and what is the percentage of the US retail sales that come through franchising?
6. Will franchise remain a popular business model in the USA?
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Unit 4 Franchising
1. Do READING tasks 1, 2, 3 on pp. 35-36.
2. Read the text, find and translate into Russian the following words and word-combinations from it:
computerized accounts
retail park
employ staff
preferred suppliers
maintenance
mystery diner
field consultant
tax office query
training record
payroll
3. Prepare to discuss the video using the questions from the previous assignment (see above)
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Unit 4 Franchising
1.DoVOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT task on p.38.
2. Language Focus Study:
adverbs p. 38;used to do, be used to doing p.39;practice 1,2, p.39
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Unit 4 Franchising
1.Dovocabulary development task on p.38.
2. Language Focus Study:
adverbs p. 38;used to do, be used to doing p.39;practice 1,2, p.39
3. Work on your professional translation and presentation assignments
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Prepare for the module test on Units 3-4.
It will consist of:
1. Vocabulary and grammar test (writing)
2. Your presentation update (speaking)
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Unit 5. International Business styles
1.Study the KEY VOCABULARY and LEAD IN section 1 pp.44-45;
2.Watch the video Working With Americans: Corporate Structure fromVIDEOJUG featuringAllyson Stewart-Allenhttp://www.videojug.com/interview/working-with-americans-corporate-structure
and expand on the differences between American and British management styles in terms of:
job titles
diversity of business culture
the number of women in senior positions
levels of responsibility
undergraduate degrees within the workplace
postgraduate degrees within the workplace
1. Update your presentationwith the info about advantages and disadvantages of each of the 5 management approaches. Which of the approaches is close to Russian?(LEAD IN 2)
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Unit 5. International Business styles
1.Watch the video Working With Americans: Corporate Structure fromVIDEOJUG featuringAllyson Stewart-Allen
http://www.videojug.com/interview/working-with-americans-corporate-structure see assignment above.
2. Read the text Learning to cope with corporate culture clashes on p. 46anddo the READING 1-2, VOCABULARY 1-2 and VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT tasks on pp. 47-48.
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Unit 5. International Business styles
1.Do ex.ex.Vocabulary development: prefixes,p.48;
2. Language Focus and Practice,p. 49;
3. Adjectives of Nationality, p.50.
Watch the video Working With Americans: Corporate Structure fromVIDEOJUG featuringAllyson Stewart-Allen
http://www.videojug.com/interview/working-with-americans-corporate-structure see assignment above.
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Unit 2 Recruitment
1.Study and work on theKEY VOCABULARYof the unit, p.14
2.Do the LEAD-IN 1,2,3, p.14-15
3.Write a summary (abstract) of your Russian research paper /diploma/ a paper from the VolSU Research Bulletin (). Follow this layout:
subject matter of the paper and contribution(s)proceedings/approach) and findingsoutcomes /result/findings.
USE these samples from the 11th European Conference on knowledge Management:
Sample 1
Labour Market Adjustment and Intra-Industry Trade: The Portuguese Case
Abstract: This manuscript examines the structure of Portugals manufacture sector. We have examined the Portuguese labour market adjustment, using a panel data approach over the period 1995 - 2006. First, we use industry-specific control variables. Second, we show different framework for adjustment cost. Our results are support for the smooth-adjustment hypothesis (SAH) of intra-industry trade. The results show a negative correlation between changes of employment and marginal intra-industry trade (MIIT) and a positive correlation between changes of employment and knowledge. International technology diffusions will be associated with changes in labour market..
Sample 2
Exploring Knowledge Management Initiatives in a Multinational
Company
Abstract: This study examines the implementation of knowledge management (KM) initiatives in a multinational corporation operating in the marine insurance industry. Through a case study approach we collected data in five locations of the firm, and were able to identify both formal top-down KM initiatives set off from the companys headquarter as well as local KM projects initiated from the branch offices. Firstly, the paper illustrates that bottom-up, informal KM initiatives as such may facilitate knowledge workers more than formal top-down KM initiatives. This is also supported by one body of former KM research. Secondly, findings indicate that an intangible and dynamic corporate memory embedded in the networks repertoire, is better off for mobilizing knowledge throughout the organization compared to explicit knowledge saved in a document management system for reusing purposes.
Sample 3
Knowledge Conversion and Social Networks in Driving Team Performance
Abstract: The author of this paper aims to find out how different processes of knowledge management and patterns of social networking affect team performance. Our data on teams originate from a sample of different organizations from a variety of both public and private industries in Finland (76 teams; 499 employees). Our aim was to put the team phenomenon into an everyday context by analyzing the interplay of knowledge creation and social networks in teams which function on a permanent basis. Both knowledge creation and social networking proved to be drivers of performance, but the results showed that whereas team members see the knowledge conversion processes as central to performance, top management emphasize the importance of social networks in value creation. In our examination, lively within-team interaction combined with leaders access to the host organization was found to be the key to team performance.
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1. Type your CV abstract and bring them to class
Prepare forMODULE TEST 3
2. Type your updated presentation and bring it to class. Be ready to speak.
3. Do the REVIEW 1, p. 54-55
