- •Іноземна мова (англійська мова) методичні вказівки
- •0305 Економіка та підприємництво та
- •0306 Менеджмент і адміністрування
- •Module 1 Meetings
- •1. What is a meeting? Here are some statements about business meetings:
- •2. Use the following phrases to give a definition of a business meeting:
- •3. What kinds of meetings are there? What does it depend on? (Consider the number of people, people present, formality, time)
- •4. As we can see, meetings come in all shapes and sizes. Meetings also fall into several categories.
- •1. What makes a good meeting?
- •1. What makes a good meeting?
- •3. Structure
- •4. The Process
- •2 Chairing a meeting
- •2. Listen again, paying attention to the role of the chair in the discussion.
- •3. Suggest phrases which could be used by a chairperson in the following situations in a meeting.
- •C hairperson p articipant
- •3 Establishing the purpose of a meeting
- •2. In pairs, prepare a brief opening statement by the chair to introduce the meeting above:
- •1. Meetings vocabulary 1
- •2. Meetings vocabulary 2
- •3. Meetings vocabulary 3
- •4. Chairing a Meeting
- •1 The structure of decision making
- •1. Read the following extract and answer these questions.
- •3 Interrupting and handling interruptions
- •2. Listen again. Number the following interrupting phrases in the order in which you hear them.
- •4. Interruptions can have different intentions:
- •5. There are different ways of handling interruptions.
- •6. Use the skeleton outline on the next page to recreate the entire dialogue with a partner.
- •Introduction – for all participants
- •1. Stating opinion
- •2. Asking for opinion
- •3. Interrupting
- •4. Handling interruptions
- •1 Asking for and giving clarification
- •2 Delaying decisions
- •1. Listen once. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
- •2. Below is part of the tapescript that you have heard. Use your own words to complete the phrases, all of which suggest that a decision needs to be delayed, or more time is needed.
- •3 Ending the meeting
- •1. Read the following text and identify:
- •3. Think about the recording you have just heard. Do you think this ending follows the rules suggested by Haynes above? Suggest ways that this ending could be.
- •I n pairs use the outline below to create a chair's closing remarks for a meeting. To make this more realistic, add names and other details as required. Practice your closing remarks together.
- •1 Asking for and giving clarification
- •2 Delaying decisions
- •3 Ending a meeting
- •1. Six Tips for More Effective Meetings
- •1) Don't Meet
- •2) Set Objectives for the Meeting
- •3) Provide an Agenda Beforehand
- •4) Assign Meeting Preparation
- •5) Assign Action Items
- •6) Examine Your Meeting Process
- •Meetings
- •Structure
- •Chairperson
- •Effective Meetings –Guidelines for Meeting Minutes Formal Meeting
- •The Situation
- •Role a
- •Worksheet
- •Module 2 Negotiations
- •2 Preparation for a negotiation
- •2. Match each of the four aspects of good preparation on the left with why important on the right. If in doubt, check your answer by listening again recording.
- •1 Look at the cartoon and think about these questions.
- •3 Making an opening statement
- •2 Listen again. Complete the following phrases from Stella's opening statement.
- •3 Compare Stella Weng’s opening statement with the situations you made at the beginning of a negotiation.
- •1 Suggest phrases for each of the following at the beginning of a negotiation.
- •2 Try to bring all the phrases above together in a single opening statement.
- •1 Negotiations vocabulary
- •2 Preparing for a negotiation
- •3 About the opening statement
- •1 Bargaining and making concessions
- •1 Read the following extract. According to the writer, are these statements about negotiating true (t) or false (f):
- •2 Read the text again. Identify the following:
- •4 Listen again. Identify examples of language used to link agreement on one issue to agreement on a different issue. Complete the blanks in the sentences below:
- •1 Bargaining and making concessions
- •2 Accepting and confirming
- •1 Types of negotiator
- •2. Dealing with conflict
- •1. Read the text on the next page. How many ways are suggested to reduce conflict in a negotiation?
- •2. Match each of the following to a phrase in the text with a similar meaning:
- •3 Listen to a recording of five different statements. All of these are ways of dealing with conflict. Match each statement with one of the following strategies.
- •4 In pairs, use the given cues to suggest a response to the statements.
- •3 Rejecting
- •2 Complete the following phrases with suitable words. If in doubt, listen again to the last two responses in Exercise 1 above.
- •3 Match a phrase on the left with a phrase on the right which could be used in a similar situation.
- •4 Ending the negotiation
- •1 The words below offer a clear indication of the result of a negotiation. Work with a partner and decide which of these words would indicate a positive outcome and which a negative outcome.
- •1 Dealing with conflict
- •3 Ending the negotiation – without agreement
- •Summary Units 1-3
- •In business, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. What is Negotiation?
- •Types of negotiations
- •Planning negotiations
- •The negotiating process
- •Useful Expressions Negotiating at a glance
- •Методичні вказівки
- •0305 Економіка та підприємництво та
- •0306 Менеджмент і адміністрування
2. Match each of the four aspects of good preparation on the left with why important on the right. If in doubt, check your answer by listening again recording.
Knowing your aims and objectives
Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses
Preparing any figures, calculations
and other materials
Preparing an opening statement
i) means you can support your argument.
ii) helps clear thinking and purpose.
iii) creates reasonable expectations.
iv) helps you to know the market, the context in which you want to work.
Practice 1
1 Look at the cartoon and think about these questions.
How could the negotiation have been more successful?
How would a sales representative need to prepare for a meeting in which he/she planned to ask for a raise?
What would the sales manager need to think about?
2 Divide into two groups, A and B. Read the notes for A or B below. In groups prepare a negotiation position. Then choose a partner from the other group to negotiate with. Try to reach a better solution than the one in the cartoon above.
Group A
You are sales managers in a large automotive components manufacturer. You are having a meeting with the leader of your team of sales representatives to negotiate new contracts. Sales have not increased in the past year and so you do not want to increase either the reps1 pay or their commissions.
Group B
You are the leader of a team of sales representatives. Your pay and commission have not increased for three years. You have a meeting with your sales manager to try to renegotiate your contracts.
When you have finished, report the results of your negotiation.
3 Making an opening statement
Most formal negotiations begin with an opening statement from each side. What do you think an opening statement should include?
1 Listen to a recording of part of a meeting between a small Singaporean software company called LP Associates and a possible partner, Kee Ltd., in a joint venture. You will hear part of an opening statement from Stella Wang, the Production Manager at LP Associates. Check √) four of the eight statements below which best represent what she says.
LP Associates wants to reach a final agreement in this negotiation.
These are preliminary talks.
The two parties want to resolve a conflict.
They want to agree on a name for the joint venture.
LP Associates would like to consider joint product development.
They would also consider license agreements.
LP Associates wants to agree to a complete sale of their ideas.
They want to consider working on a consultancy basis.
2 Listen again. Complete the following phrases from Stella's opening statement.
Well, thank you _____ _____ _____ _____.
May I begin by _____ _____ _____ _____...
First of all, we see it very much as a first meeting, a _____ _____ to _____ _____ in which we can perhaps…
There are two, possibly three, ways in which we _____ _____ _____.
e) I'd like to _____ these under three headings.