Aims and Objectives
In this unit you will learn and practise vocabulary related to business management.
You will practise the following skills and functions:
- reading for information
- summarising written information
- interview advice
The grammar of this unit includes:
- Question forms
- Prepositions
Business Management
Exercise 1: Cloze
Now complete the summary below:
Exercise 2: Listening
Now listen to the recording of the text of the previous exercise:
Exercise 3: Cloze
Complete the following questions:
Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Questions
Now answer these questions:
Exercise 5: Cloze
Complete the following questions with the correct preposition:
Exercise 6: Listening
Now listen and repeat in the spaces provided:
Exercise 7: Multiple Choice Questions
In this exercise choose the opposite of the quality described:
Exercise 8: Exposed Cloze
Use the correct word or expression from the list below to fill in the gaps in the sentences.
- budgets
- competitive
- dealing
- likely
- power
- suceeds
- taking
- wrong
Exercise 9: True/False Statements
For each of the statements below, choose True or False.
Exercise 10: Multiple Choice Questions
To decide whether a career in management is right for you, you have to weigh the pros and cons, i.e. the arguments for or against. In this exercise, choose A or B, depending on whether the statement given represents (at least for most people!) an argument for or against being a manager:
Exercise 11: Gap Filling
Read each of the following 8 short texts on the pros and cons of being a manager, and choose the most appropriate summary, A, B or C, for each one:
Exercise 12: Multiple Choice Questions
You have read some Pros and Cons, now let’s look at some DOs and DON’Ts, i.e. things that you should do or not do as a new manager. Choose A or B, depending on whether you think it is something you should do or should not do:
Exercise 13: True/False Statements
Read this extract from a university prospectus on Business Management studies, and answer the questions below:
Exercise 14: Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the definition, A or B, that is closest in meaning to the expression from the text:
Exercise 15: Selections
Read the following Job Advertisement and answer the questions below:
Exercise 16: Listening
Now listen to the recording of the text of the previous exercise:
Exercise 17: Exposed Cloze
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences below:
- background
- convey
- depot
- hire
- join
- loss
- overall
- profit
- shortly
- target
Exercise 18: Listening
Now listen and repeat in the spaces provided:
Exercise 19: Cloze
Bob Sharp applied for the job with WalTran and went for an interview with the Human Resources Manager, Brenda Bright. Fill in the gaps in their conversation:
Exercise 20: Listening
Now listen to the recording of the conversation in the previous exercise:
Exercise 21: True/False Statements
For each of the statements below, choose True or False.
Checklist
Use the following list to check whether you have obtained full benefit from this unit. You should have more confidence in:
- reading for information
- summarising written information
- interview advice
You should also have greater skill and confidence in the use of:
- Question forms
- Prepositions