Unit 2-Corporate culture

Unit2Corporateculture 剑桥标准商务英语教程 初级 BusinessBENCHMARK Importanceofcorporateculture Whatiscorporateculture corporateculture thepersonalityofanorganizationi e howthingsaredonearoundhere corevaluesandbeliefs corporateethicsbroadterm rulesofbehavior othercommunications thearchitecturalstyle interiordecorationofoffices whatpeopleweartowork howpeopleaddresseachother titlesgiventovariousemployees Part1Lead in specificterm Howdoesacompany scultureaffectyou Dress uniforms casualFridays weekendclothes 1 Wedon thavetowearbusinesssuitsattheendoftheweek Mycompanyhasasystemof 2 Inmanybanks staffcan twearwhattheylike Theyhavetowear casualFridays uniforms Timekeeping flexiblehours part time shiftwork 3 Fortwoweekseachmonth Iworkatnight Ican tsleepduringtheday Ihate 4 Wehavea systeminouroffice Somepeopleworkfrom9a m to5p m othersworkfrom10a m to6p m shiftwork flexiblehours Howdoesacompany scultureaffectyou Timeoff childcare annualleave publicholiday 5 IamsobusyatthemomentthatIworkedonNewYear sDay whichisa n 6 Howmanydays doyougetinyourcompany publicholiday annualleave Reportingprocedures writtenreport face to face e mail 7 Weoftenspeakonthephonebutnever 8 Hesendsusa n intheposteachmonth face to face writtenreport Typesofmeeting informal formal social 9 Ourdepartmentstartseverydaywitha n meeting Itisveryrelaxed 10 CompanieshaveanAnnualGeneralMeeting AGM onceayear Itisavery meeting withalotofpeople informal formal Names jobtitle firstname familynames 11 Insomecountries thecompanycultureisformal Staffuse whentheyspeaktoeachother 12 What syour now Areyou ChiefExecutive familynames jobtitle Howdoesacompany scultureaffectyou Reading Corporateculture Readthequiztofindoutwhatkindofcompanycultureisbestforyou CircleAforagreeandDfordisagree Vocabulary Collocation wordsthatnormallygotogetherinwrittenandspokenEnglish Vocabulary Lookatthequizagainandfindverb nouncollocationswiththesemeanings planastrategy 5 decidethewaytodosomethinginthefuture takeonchallenge 4 agreetodosomethingdifficult keepupwiththetime 3 changethingstobemodern fixatime 2 makeanappointment haveachat 1 talkinformally Vocabulary Findadjective nouncollocationsinthequizwiththesemeanings seriousrisk 2 inthescoresanalysis bigdanger standardprocedure 1 thenormalwayofdoingsomething follow take Vocabulary Usethefollowingverbsandnounstomakecommoncollocations e f c a d b d g a d Vocabulary Usethefollowingadjectivesandnounstomakecommoncollocations b b d d e d e a d c b e Vocabulary Olympus Underlinethecollocationsyoumadeinthelastexercise Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4 payattentionchallenging rewardingworkdresscasuallyfriendlyatmosphere closepartnershipscompetitivepricescomeupwithsolutionspoolourideas closecontactvaluableresourcesreachtheirpotential holdquarterlymeetingsputforwardnewproposals Vocabulary Olympus Corporatecultureaccordingtothestatements challengingandrewardingpleasantenvironmentfriendlyatmosphereclosepartnershipswithcustomersandamongstaffclosecontactwithotherOlympusemployeessupportprofessionalandpersonaldevelopmentopendoormanagementstylegoodcommunicationregularcommunicationmeetingsListenforthefirsttimeandtrytofindoutwhatpartsoftheculturestatementarenottrue accordingtotheseemployees Listening Olympus Howwillthetwospeakersgetinformationaboutthepensionscheme SendanemailtoAndrewandtrytogethimtosetupameetingaboutthis TalktootherOlympusofficestoseewhatthey veheardabouthis Listening Olympus Keyinformationyoushouldpayattentionto Hejustwon tdealwithpeoplefacetoface that stheproblem Theideathatwehaveregularcommunicationmeetingisajoke Somuchforopen doormanagement Listening Olympus Listentotherecordingagainandwritedownthreemoreverbswhichcollocatewithameeting CallameetingSetupameetingCalloffameeting AChangeofCulture BackgroundAliceBaumannisthenewgeneralmanagerinanoverseasbranchofKelly s aninternationalbank Shewantstobringthebestnewideasfromheadofficetothebranch Alicewants allstafftousefirstnames allstafftodresscasuallyonFridays tointroduceasystemofflexibleworkinghours smaller moreinformalmeetingsmoreface to facereports anopen doorpolicysostaffcanseeheratanytime Bankcompanyculturenow staffusefamilynames Staffwearuniformsatalltimes Workinghoursarefixed 9 00a m to5 00p m Manybig formalmeetings Staffwritealotofreports Staffneedanappointmenttoseethemanager ListentoAliceasshetalkstoJeremyOwen