- •Санкт-петербургский университет
- •1. Texts
- •1.1 Read the introduction to the text.
- •1.2 What changes do you think Semler made? Read the rest of the text to find out.
- •1.3 Answer the questions.
- •1.4 You are going to read about a man who does temping work for a living. As you read, find out:
- •1.5 Complete the sentences with words from the text.
- •1.6 Which of the jobs would you like to do? Why? For which ones have you got the required qualities?
- •1.7 Match the headings a-h to the paragraphs 1-6. There are two extra headings that you do not need to use.
- •1.8 Complete the definitions with highlighted words from the text. Change the form of the word when necessary.
- •2. Topics
- •2.1 Read the texts and create your own topic about your job, career, working conditions, salary and colleagues.
- •3. Exam paper
- •3.1 Read the text
- •3.2 Answer the questions.
- •3.3 Find English equivalents in the text.
- •3.4 Create your own cv using Anna’s as a guide.
- •3.5 Look at the extracts 1-6 from a cv (curriculum vitae). Match them to the highlighted words or phrases in the recruitment agency advertisement.
- •3.6 Vocabulary.
- •3.7 Grammar
- •1. Present Simple and Present Continuous.
- •2. Прошедшее простое время ( Past Simple ).
- •3. Past Continuous
- •4. Past Perfect
- •5. Modal verbs can, can’t, have to, don’t have to.
Санкт-петербургский университет
УПРАВЛЕНИЯ И ЭКОНОМИКИ
Факультет иностранных языков
Собакарь Т. Г.
Черняк Е. В.
УЧЕБНО-МЕТОДИЧЕСКОЕ ПОСОБИЕ
ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ЗАОЧНОГО ОТДЕЛЕНИЯ «ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ КУРС ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ»
Санкт-Петербург
2014
Данное пособие предусматривает подготовку студентов заочного отделения к сдаче экзамена по английскому языку. Основная тематика данного курса «Работа, карьера и устройство на работу». Пособие разделено на две части. Первая часть содержит материалы для подготовки студентов к устной части экзамена. На экзамене студенты читают и переводят текст и составляют монологическое высказывание по предложенной теме. Высказывание должно состоять из 12-15 предложений. Монологическое высказывание необходимо рассказывать, а не читать. Тексты подобраны по теме уровня Pre-Intermediate и Intermediate. Допуском к экзамену является контрольная работа. Подготовиться к контрольной работе поможет вторая часть пособия. В контрольной работе студенты должны показать свое умение понимать тексты по предложенной тематике, выполняя упражнения к тексту. Упражнения включают задания: ответить на вопросы, подтвердить предложения с указанием соответствия их содержанию текста, закончить предложения. В контрольной работе студенты должны написать резюме. Прилагаются рекомендации к написанию резюме. Лексические упражнения проверяют понимание лексики по данной теме. Основной целью грамматических упражнений является повторение временной системы и модальных глаголов. В конце пособия прилагается дополнительный материал: лексика и грамматические правила.
PART 1
1. Texts
1.1 Read the introduction to the text.
Who is Ricardo Semler? What problem did he have?
At 21, Ricardo Semler became boss of his father’s business in Brazil, Semco, which sold parts for ships. Knowing his son was still young, Semler senior told him,” Better make your mistakes while I’m still alive.”
Semler junior worked like a madman, from 7.30 a.m. until midnight every day. One afternoon, while touring a factory in New York, he collapsed. The doctor who treated him said,” There’s nothing wrong with you. Yet. But if you continue like this, you’ll find a new home in our hospital.” Semler got a message. He changed the way he worked. In fact, he changed the way his employees worked too.
1.2 What changes do you think Semler made? Read the rest of the text to find out.
Semco
“Everyone at Semco, even top managers, meets guests in reception, does the photocopying, sends faxes, types letters and dials the phone.”
He let his workers take more responsibility so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong. He allowed them to set their own salaries, and he cut all the jobs he thought were unnecessary, like receptionists and secretaries. This saved money and brought more equality to the company. “Everyone at Semco, even top managers, meets guests in reception, does the photocopies, sends faxes, types letters and dials the phone.”
He completely reorganized the office instead of walls, they have plants at Semco, so bosses can’t shut themselves away from everyone else. And the workers are free to decorate their workplace as they want. As for uniforms, some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts.
Semler says, ‘We have a sales manager named Rubin Agater who sits there reading the newspaper hour after hour. He doesn’t even pretend to be busy. But when a Semco pump on other side of the world fails and millions of gallons of oil are about to split into the sea, Rubin springs into action. He knows everything there is to know about pumps and how to fix them. That’s when he earns his salary No one cares if he doesn’t look busy the rest of the time.’
Semco has flexible working hours; the employees decide when they need to arrive at work. The employees also evaluate their bosses twice a year. Also, Semco lets its workers use the company’s machines for their own projects, and makes them take holiday for at least thirty days a year.
It sounds perfect, but does it work? The answer is in the numbers: in last six years, Semco’s revenues have gone from $ 35 million to $ 212 million. The company has grown from eight hundred employees to 3000. Why?
Semler says it’s because of ‘peer pressure’. Peer pressure makes everyone work hard for everyone else. If someone isn’t doing his job well, the other workers will not allow the situation to continue. In other words, Ricardo Semler treats his workers like adults and expects them to act like adults. And they do.