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.a)........................b)........................c)........................something, you make it bigger.d)........................something, you help it.e)........................something, you do something........................something, you put it intosomething, you bring it intouse for the first time.something difficult, you areable to deal with it.as a reaction to it.f)5... ...UNIT 3Why are law firms described as adolescentsin line 43?6 Which of these examples of changemanagement are not mentioned among thecompetition entries?a) promoting people from ethnic minoritiesb) promoting womenc) introducing flexible ways of workingd) offering years off for study and personaldevelopmente) finding ways of getting into new marketsf) finding new ways of providing services7 Baker & McKenzie seem to have taken theadvice (on complete emotional, physical andmental well-being) literally (lines 83-84).Which of these alternatives is the mostprobable explanation for the author writingthis? She's suggesting that the firm•••a) does not really believe in its initiative, even if itpretends to and carries out a lot of activities thatare not really useful.b) is doing something (perhaps something notmentioned here) that shows they are taking ideason change management too far.c) has not taken ideas on change management farenough, despite putting a number of measuresinto action.Over to you 1Imagine a competition in your company or industry, orone you would like to work for, to find the best initiativein change management.
Who would win, and whatwould these initiatives be?Over to you 2Is it the job of organisations to take care of theiremployees' complete emotional, physical and mentalwell-being? Why? I Why not?action.4 Find adjectives in paragraphs 4 and 5 thatmean the following.a) done in a proper, serious way (16 letters)b) done in a structured way (10 letters)c) done in the old way (1 1 letters)d) determined to be successfule)(9 letters)very big (4 letters)f) designed to last well into the future (4 letters,4 1etters)g) extremely fast (10 letters)h) the biggest and most successful (7 letters)PHOTOCOPIABLE© Pearson Education Limited 2010125UNIT4O rga n isationCOLLECTIVE I NTELLIGENCE·:-.- · � ·-.6..LI. ., �,Before you readWill large companies still exist 100 years from now? Why? I Why not?ReadingRead this article from the Financial Times and answer the questions.FTe e eLEVEL OF DIFFICULTYLooking to Wikipedia for answersb y Thomas Malone-tm�To understand how large-scaleOJ>z5hierarchicaltraditionalorgan isationstosuchIBMasandunderstandworkwillGeneraltraditionalJ5Wai-Mm1.howbeatnewerexamplesInWikipedia.forglobehaveh ierarchiescases,aredonebyorganisedcan have the economic benefitssuchasof.soinstance.organisations65fivefullhostOnewithoutimportant111whowantstoWikipediadecisivebenefitscanfreeandDuring- and have done so with almostwe can expect to see such ideassocialise withno central i sed control.
Anyonein operation in more and morecases,whowantstocanchangesocomingwork.parts of the economy. These newalmost anything. and decisionspractices have various names, butaboutthe phrase I find most useful iswhatchangesarekeptof thoseisawhothatorganisationalillustratessossasgetforotherenjoyment,or opportunities tosuchothers.asIn otheronlineretailereBay, people get paid to do so.Thesechangesof changenumber of people and computerspeopleworkwillnothappen overnight, but the rateWhat i f we could have anyhowsuchrecognition·collective intell igence · .care. Wikipediaremarkableinventionbenefitsdecades,contribute.video-sharingtheybecausethe world's largest encyclopaediatheofthe case oftheircontribute75canYouTube,high-quality intellectual product innovation-driventypeinorwebsitecompetitiveadvantages i n knowledge-basedfreelancecollective intell igence is ' crowdintelligence ' ,whereanyonemotivation and creat ivity.humanofbefew minutes a day.Sometimes, asprovide�sawouldcontractors each working for asmall ones - freedom, nexibility.Thesecollectivelycreated a large and surprisinglylargegiving up the human benefits ofpeopleandstillneeded to capture economies ofincreasing number of cases.
weare made by a loose consensusisaccelerating, andbusi nesspeople a hundred years85fromnowmayfindtheof communication.for patients in a hospital? Orpervasive corporate hierarchiesof today as quaint as we findsuch as the internet, are makingdesigning cars. Or selling retailtheitproducts. We mjght find that thean earlier era.new126manyscale or to control risks. B u t in anthousands of people from acrossthelnlargeWikipedia, eBay and Google.30isto use one part-time employeein the future, we need to look25todayofeverywhere.scalezowayspast 100 years.
the best modelsMotors.15newtimeBut10course.organising work are not desirablewere"Ofwork was organised during theformspossibletoorganisein new and innovative ways.connected to, for instance, careworkrobestwaytodoataskfeudalfarmingsystemofthat© Pearson Education limited 2010 PHOTOCOPIABLETEXT BANK ... ... UNIT 41Look through the whole article and find:a) three traditional com panies.b) four Internet companies.2 Read paragraph 2 and decide if thesestatements are true or false.Wikipedia ...a) entries can only be changed by the person whowrote them.b) has no central control at all.c) is the largest encyclopaedia in the world.d) is of high quality.e) copies existing ways of working.3 Look at paragraph 3 and find:8 What three benefits do people get fromcontributing to crowd intelligence websites,apart from money? (paragraph 6)9Use correct forms of expressions fromparagraph 7 to complete these statements.a) If something exists in a lot of different places,it is .
. . . . . . . . .b) A social system with aristocrats and almostpowerless farmers is . . . . . . . . . .c) If something doesn't happen immediately,it doesn't happen . . . . . . . . . .d) Something that is strange and old-fashionedis . . . . . . . . . .e) If a process speeds up, it . . . . .
. . . . .Over to you 1a) two benefits of large organisations.b) four benefits of small ones.Do you share the writer's optimism about the potentialof collective intelligence? Why? I Why not?4 Now match the expressions in Exercise 3 totheir definitions.a) when people have new ideasOver to you 2Could collective intelligence be used in your ownindustry, or one that you would like to work in?b) the ability to work 'as your own boss'c) to limit the effect of unexpected eventsd) when people work with enth usiasm and a senseof purposee) the ability to work when and where you want tof) when high levels of production result in lowercosts per unit produced5 Read paragraph 4.
In which areas will thebenefits of small organisations be mostuseful?6 Find the name the writer prefers for this newway of working in paragraph 4.7 Which of these areas is not mentioned inparagraph 5 in relation to the potentialapplication of collective intelligence?a) healthcarePHOTOCOPIABLEb) wholesalec) retaild) design© Pearson Education Limited 2010127UNIT4Orga n isationI NS I D E RS AND O UTS I DERS.-.•J.A.'..�'Before you readSome organisations recruit graduates and prepare them over time forsenior positions, rather than recruiting senior managers directly fromoutside. What are the benefits and disadvantages for organisations ofthis approach?ReadingRead this article from the Financial Times and answer the questions.FTe e 0LEVEL OF DIFFICULTYGraduate recruitmentby Stephen OverellI t is part of the mythology ofsthe days when it was possible tofinanceenter a big company as a graduatevice-presidents'.qualifiednotreturn.
Today,PowellarcmanagementMrneversaysitcouldhopingtogettheirCEOs of the future from these6Sandschemes.' he says. That i s not10 say they don'tsometimes does. B u t he arguesoutsidesometimesthatwho come in from outside, therealleged.Peopleare40thev i rllleofaformalgraduate scheme is that traineesHow reassuring, then, to learnexperiencel i feindifferentthem,also recruitthe world changes too fast, it i sbut,forpeopleis less certainty, less of a definite10future within the company.that many big companies are stillbusiness units during the trainingkeen to catch graduates young,and acquire contacts which servetheshape them over a long period andthem well in the future.business u n i t managers i n seven45AstraZcncca,pharmaceuticalscanchooseseverald i fferentf i nanceandbetweenaRecruitmentdivisionthaisograduatetrainee-schemesover-subscribedstrategy.arebyapplicantsnature of the future marked out fortowards qualifications as charteredThessunderstand1hcOperationsthrough various business units, getmanagestheintoOrganisationsAt the top o f the retentionpublicsoareemployerssector,intheinformationtechnology and o i l .
At the bottomareconstructioncompanies.andSomeretailemployersmanage to lose half their graduateDuring thcirtimeon a managementwhoyears.themintake i n the first year.scheme, graduates will be rotatedsaystrainees,turnposition has about 30 applicants.Davidintention,eighttothem i f they are successful; everyPowe l l , Audit Director for Globalexplicitisd i ffer widely in how successfulleagueheavilyon a three-year course workingtheyaimthey are in this aim.managementbecauseaccountants.1sofAt any one time, 1 5 people arcmanagementorFarrer, Chief ExecutiveGraduategraduateWithrecru itment company PFJ, no1esspecialistproduct1hcCompany,company,graduatesPauloftheschemes, such as in engineering,128companyaccountants on the open market?willthe organisation, gain broad skillsand be handed opportunities towork their way u p .
'Organisations1herecru i taccess to high-profile people in60financenot incompetent, are long goneAt25Jsandandturn them into executives.20directorsCouldfresh from college and stay theremore likely to hop between jobs.1sscheme within the company. isto 'bring people on 10 be futurefor 20 years. provided one was10JOthe modern world of work that© Pearson Education Limited 2010 PHOTOCOPIABLETEXT BANK1Look through the whole article to find thenames of the following.a) an employer of graduatesb) someone who works there, and their jobc) a recruitment organisationd) the group of which that recruitment organisationis a parte) its Chief Executive2 Choose the alternative with the closest meaningto the expression in italic.a) It is part of the mythology of the modern world ofwork ...
(lines 1-2)i) ideas about ancient Greece and Romeii) ideas that may or may not be trueiii) ideas that are interestingb) ... that the days when it was possible to enter abig com pany as a graduate fresh from college andstay there for 20 years, ... (lines 2-6)i) secondary schoolii) postgraduate institutioniii) university or equivalentc) ... provided one was not incompetent, are longgone and will never return. (lines 6-8)i) unable to do one's jobii) skilled at doing one's jobiii) overqualified for one's jobd) Today, the world changes too fast, it is sometimesalleged. (lines 8-10)i) accused ii) claimed iii) deniede) People are more likely to hop between jobs.(lines 1D-1 1)i) change jobs frequentlyii) change jobs infrequentlyiii) never change jobsf) How reassuring, then, to learn that many bigcompanies ...
(lines 1 2-13)i) sad to know ii) good to knowiii) uninteresting to knowg) ... are still keen to catch graduates young, shapethem over a long period, and turn them intoexecutives. (lines 13-16)i) are still unwilling toii) are still undecided about iii) still want to3 Read paragraphs 2 and 3 and decide if thesestatements are true or false.The three year course ...a) takes place in a company that produces drugsand medicines.b) is part of the specialist scheme in engineering.c) leads to a professional qualification that isrecognised outside the company.d) is managed by someone who only deals with the U K.e) is designed to produce senior managers in thefuture, but this is not stated anywhere.f) produces all the senior managers that thecompany needs.g) gives trainees experience in working in differentparts of the company.h) allows trainees to meet people whom it will beuseful for them to know later.PHOTOCOPIABLE© Pearson Education Limited 2010��UNIT 44 Complete these statements with expressionsfrom paragraphs 4 to 6.a) I n-company programmes for graduatedevelopment are referred to here as graduatemanagement trainee ..
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