True 2.true 3.true 4. false 5. true

C

They mistakenly want them to be more forceful, to deal with problems logically, and to be ambitious.

They ignore the background, education and cultural differences between themselves and their staff.

Because they focus too much on their weaknesses, jump to conclusions too quickly and label all local staff as the same.

Vocabulary: Verbs and prepositions

B

C 2g 3e 4a 5b 6d 7f

D

With

To

About

For

About

With

To

On

Reading: Managing across cutures

C

E 2.d 3.c 4.a 5.b

Language review: Reported speech

A

Said

Told

Told

Said

Told

Said

Skill: Socialising and entertaining

Exercise B

Alexandra invites Rachel to have dinner at a restaurant with colleagues.

Rachel refuses politely.

Exercise C

Kind of you

If you

Mind

Another time

D 9.6

1. What do people here like doing in their spare time?

2. What about you, Sven, what do you usually do after work? In the evenings?

3. How about you, Marta?

E 9.7

Sven showed Marta round Stockholm and took her for a meal.

F

A4 b6 c5 d3 e1 f2

Unit C Revision

Marketing

Word partnarships

Market leader -e

Consumer goods -a

Product launch -b

Sales target -c

Advertising budget -d

Questions

1 Which (or what) age group are in?

2 Do you have children?

3 how old are you ?

4 How much do you earn?

5 How many times a year do you go on holiday?

6 Do you usually go on holiday alone or with friends or your family?

7 When was your last holiday?

8 Where did you go?

9 Did you buy a package or arrange it yourselves?

10 How did you travel?

11 How long did you go for?

12 What did you like and dilike most about the holiday?

Planning

Vocabulary 1b 2c 3a 4b 5a 6c 7b

Reading 1 to 2 true 3 the 4 to 5 is

Unit 10 Conflict

Reading: Negotiating across cultures

A

Article A (Russia)

C 2a 3b

Article B (Germany)

B 2c 3a

Article C (the US)

B 2c 3a

Article D (Spain)

C 2a 3b

B

The US

Russia

Spain

The US

Russia

Germany

The US

Spain

Germany

Russia

Vocablary: Word building

C

Impatient

Creativ

Unemotional

Weak

Strong

Imformal

Skills: Negotiating: dealing with conflict

B 10.3

1 To have five reserved parking spaces for staff on a : “first come, first served” basis. Explain this expression.

2 She says it’s not a solution – staff need somewhere to park.

The idea that the company will pay 30 percent of the cost of parking in the public car park.

C 10.3

Understand, saying

Hoe about, what if

Possibility

Could, might

D

Calming people down

Creating solutions

Creating Solutions

Creating Solutions

UNIT 11.New business

Vocabulary (Economic terms)

PART A

1.c 2.d 3.b 4.f 5.g 6.i 7.a 8.e 9.h 10.j

PART B

1. inflation rate

2. interest rate

3. exchange rate

4. GDP

5. balance of trade

6. unemployment rate

7. foreign investment

8. tax incentives

9. government bureaucracy

10. labour force

Listening (Starting new businesses)

PART A

1. confident

2. determined

3. research

4. competitors

5. service

6. backup

7. business

8. personal

Reading (Developing a new industry)

PART B

1. Microelectronics

2. Sicilian chairman of ST Microelectronics

3. Europe’s largest microelectronics group and the sixth largest in the world

PART C

1. Silicon Valley – both places have a good university which works with local business, encouraging research

2. The EU (European Union), the Italian government and local organizations

3. The large number of highly-educated, unemployed young people, government and EU incentives

PART D

1. transformed

2. competitive

3. ingredients

4. incentives

5. plant

6. facilities

7. exceeded

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