- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1. Careers
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Find words according to the definitions. The words go across, down and up
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions:
- •VII. Read the article and go back to ex.VI. Has your opinion changed after reading this article? Making the most of the midlife crisis
- •VIII. Imagine that each paragraph in the article has a heading. Choose the best heading for each paragraph from the list below and number them in the correct order
- •IX. Choose the correct alternative. Then comment on the verb tenses in italics
- •X. A friend of yours is having a midlife crisis. Which of these things would you recommend and why?
- •XI. Render the following text into English Разрешите представиться – Лука Петрович Иванов
- •Unit 2. Selling online
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Read the definitions. Then put the anagrams in the correct order. The first letter of each word is in bold
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions:
- •VII. Read this article from the “Financial Times” How to make money from internet news operations
- •VIII. Say ‘true’ or ‘false’. If ‘false’, correct the sentence. Rely on the information from the text
- •IX. Choose the alternative that best explains the word(s) in italics
- •X. Discuss the following questions
- •XI. Render the following text into English Развитие электронной коммерции
- •Unit 3. Companies
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Suggest the terms according to the following definitions
- •VI. Study the scheme 1. Imagine that you are a member of one of the departments and suggest your ideas about the functions of this department
- •VII. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions:
- •VIII. Read the article from the “Financial Times” and express the main idea of the text One furniture store fits all
- •IX. Use the correct form of words from the article to complete the statements about companies and markets
- •X. Discuss the following questions
- •XI. Render the following text into English Как организовать семейный бизнес
- •Unit 4. Great ideas
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Match the words to their definitions
- •VI. Read the article and define the main idea
- •VII. Say ‘true’ or ‘false’. If ‘false’, correct the sentence. Rely on the information from the text
- •VIII. Choose the correct alternative
- •IX. You are the boss of a company where a regional manager is against an innovative product that you are trying to introduce on to the market. What would you do and why?
- •X. Render the following text into English Разлагаемые кредитные карты
- •Unit 5. Stress
- •I. Lead-in
- •Stress? What stress?
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Complete these sentences with the words from the box
- •VII. Read the article and list all the types of food mentioned in the article The stress-free diet
- •VIII. Say ‘true’ or ‘false’. If ‘false’, correct the sentence. Rely on the information from the text
- •IX. Discuss the following
- •X. Render the following text into English Стресс от работы и методы борьбы с ним
- •Unit 6. Entertaining
- •I. Lead-in
- •What’s your Price?
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. The phrases below all include the word corporate. Match them to their correct meanings
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions.
- •VII. Read the article Doing business and having fun
- •VIII. Which do you think are the best ones for corporate entertainment? Why?
- •IX. Make a summary of the text
- •X. Render the following text into English Как сплотить коллектив?
- •Unit 7. Marketing
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Match the words to form compound nouns according to the following definitions as in the example
- •VI. Before reading the text think of two or three companies/products that you associate with each of the colours below: red, blue, green, yellow, brown, purple, orange
- •VII. Read and translate the text First impression last
- •VIII. Choose some of the following businesses and discuss what corporate colour(s) would be most appropriate for them. You could also discuss other businesses
- •IX. Render the following text into English
- •Unit 8. Planning
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Find words according to the definitions. The words go across, down and up
- •VI. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions
- •VII. Read the article from the “Financial Times” and express the main idea of the text Personal time management for busy managers
- •VIII. Number the paragraph summaries in the correct order. Two of the summaries are not used
- •IX. Use the correct form of words from the article to complete the definitions
- •X. How would you answer the two questions in the first paragraph?
- •XI. Render the following text into English Искусство управления временем
- •Unit 9. Managing people
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. How can you describe these pictures according to theory X and y?
- •I won’t work. Hurrah, work!
- •VI. Match the words to their definitions
- •VIII. Which theory do you prefer?
- •IX. Render the following text into English Психологические теории мотивации персонала
- •Unit 10. Conflict
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions on the text
- •V. Read the definitions. Then put the anagrams in the correct order. The first letter of each word is in bold
- •VII. Read and analyse the article Negotiating by e-mail
- •VIII. Imagine that each paragraph in the article has a heading. Choose the best heading for each paragraph from the list below and number them in the correct order. Two of the headings are not used
- •IX. Choose the correct alternative
- •X. Are face-to-face meetings necessary when you do business with someone? Or can everything be done by phone and e-mail?
- •XI. Render the following text into English Как избежать конфликтов на работе Елена Егорова
- •Unit 11. New business
- •Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Complete these sentences with the words from the box
- •VI. Read the following text and find out how to write a business plan
- •VII. Read these extracts and decide which sections of the checklist they come from.
- •IX. Read the article a price that's hard to refuse
- •X. Which of these ideas are mentioned in the article? When you launch a new product, think carefully about
- •XI. Use the correct form of verbs or phrasal verbs from the article to complete the expressions
- •XII. Think of a company that had success with an original idea and that became less successful. Why did this happen?
- •XIII. Render the following text into English Как государство контролирует цены?
- •Unit 12. Products
- •I. Lead-in
- •II. Study the vocabulary
- •III. Read and translate the text
- •IV. Answer the following questions about the text
- •V. Complete the crossword
- •VI. Making luxury goods available to consumers at affordable prices is a very powerful marketing idea. Can you think of examples when retailers or manufacturers have done this?
- •VII. Before reading the article from the “Financial Times” answer the questions
- •VIII. Read the article and go back to ex.VII. Has your opinion changed after reading this article New medical products
- •IX. Number the paragraph summaries in the correct order. Two of the summaries are not used
- •X. Use the correct form of words from the article to replace the words in italics
- •XI. Render the following text into English Зачем создают псевдоиностранные бренды?
- •Список литературы
- •Job application
- •Writing essays
- •Writing a summary
- •Тексты для реферирования
- •Entrepreneurs
- •Brand Wars
- •If the Price is Right
- •Looking after the twenty percent
- •Bright Ideas
- •She's the Boss
- •The Death of Economics
IX. Choose the alternative that best explains the word(s) in italics
1. Aftonbladet claims to have been Europe's first major internet newspaper
a) was certainly b) says it was c) is uncertain if it was
2. [Internet newspapers are] an area characterised by financial losses
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an activity with many losses
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an activity with a few losses
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an activity with no losses
3. The present business model is just not efficient ….The way we operate the business at the moment is just not
a) profitable b) worthwhile c) interesting.
4. [Sweden has] internet penetration rates of about 58 percent. 58 percent of the population of Sweden
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know about the Internet
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use the Internet
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think the Internet is useful
5. But how to persuade people to pay for something that until now has been free?
a) force b) pressure c) convince
X. Discuss the following questions
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If you use the Internet, do you look at the advertisements on the sites you use? Why or why not?
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After seeing an advertisement, have you ever looked at the site it is linked to?
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Have you bought something that was advertised? If so, what was it?
XI. Render the following text into English Развитие электронной коммерции
Из материалов журнала "Продовольственный бизнес"
Некоторые особенности электронной коммерции обеспечивают ей привлекательность в глазах потребителей уже без всяких дополнительных усилий: удобное время покупок, широкий ассортимент предлагаемых товаров и услуг, сам процесс продаж и некоторый развлекательный аспект (приобретение товаров и услуг в онлайновом режиме часто более интересно, чем при альтернативных вариантах). Но для потребителя наиболее важным прежде всего является информационное наполнение сайта или его содержание, форма подачи информации, ее структура, удобство использования и навигация, общий вид сайта, расположенная на нем графика. Все эти элементы должны быть продуманы и реализованы таким образом, чтобы поддерживать и развивать единый бренд компании и/или конкретного товара.
С целью установления долговременных связей с посетителями необходима разработка системы обратной связи (постоянная поддержка клиентов, проведение консультаций по электронной почте, в телеконференциях или чатах, поддержание в актуальном состоянии раздела «ответы на часто задаваемые вопросы»).
Развитием упомянутых методов, включающих элемент people, является использование подхода, получившего название персонализация. Персонализация прежде всего требует проведения систематической работы по сбору информации о посетителях с целью ее дальнейшего использования для разработки индивидуального подхода к каждому пользователю.
Роль персонализации важна и для компаний, работающих по схеме В2В. В данном случае речь идет об информации о компаниях-поставщиках и о компаниях-потребителях, и персонализация рассматривается не как угроза нарушения приватности, а как способ оптимизации издержек в цепочке поставок. Поэтому компании, как правило, в полной мере осведомлены о потребностях партнеров и о выполняемых ими операциях, и программы персонализации осуществляются в рамках функционирования сетей экстранет. В качестве примера можно привести деятельность компании Dell, которая рассматривает объем персонализации в работе с корпоративными партнерами в зависимости от ценности для компании этих партнеров (объемов закупок). Такая стратегия обеспечивает повышение объемов закупок и увеличение показателей ценности партнеров.