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Task 2. Speak on the given topic. (Time for preparation – 4 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
Talk about different ways of traveling and the problems that arise during traveling.
READING (10 min)
Task 1. Read the first passage of the text. Translate orally the second passage. (Time for preparation – 5 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
Corporate culture.
Corporate culture is the collective behavior of people using common corporate visions, goals, values, beliefs, habits, working language, systems, and symbols. It is interwoven with processes, technologies, learning and significant events. In addition, different individuals bring to the workplace their own uniqueness, knowledge, and ethnic culture. So corporate culture encompasses moral, social, and behavioral norms of your organization based on the values, beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of its members. Corporate culture is the shared values and meanings that members hold in common and that are practiced by an organization’s leaders. I think that organizational and corporate culture are formal and informal.
Your corporate culture is good only if it fits its context, i.e. your business space and your business strategy. In today’s rapidly changing economy, only cultures that can help organizations anticipate and adapt to environmental change will be associated with superior performance over the long time. Research findings show that cultures that are externally oriented (e.g. risk taking, readiness to meet new challenges) tend to be more strongly associated with organizational performance than do those cultures which are bureaucratic and predominantly internally focused.
Edgar Shein describes the three levels of a corporate culture:1.Surface level: At this level, culture is both enacted and reinforced through visible appearances and behaviors, such as physical layouts, dress codes, organizational structure, company policies, procedures and programs, and attitudes. 2.Middle level: Here, culture is manifested through our beliefs and values. 3. Deepest level: At this level, culture is manifested through basic assumptions – our long-learned, automatic responses and established opinions
Task 2. Write suitable heading to each passage. (Time for preparation – 4 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
WRITING (10min) (100 words). (Time for preparation – 8 min. Time for answer – 2 min.)
Task 1 Faxes.You are going on a business trip to Australia. Send a fax to your Australian colleague, Sally Jones, to tell her about the arrangements. Ask her to make hotel bookings and hire a car for you
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LISTENING (10 min.)
Task 1. Listen to the manager of a company. She is not happy with the way some employees dress and give T(true) and F (False) answers. (Time for listening - 1.5 min., time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 1 min).
| True | False | ||
| The manager first singles out those who work in the bank for criticism. | |||
| Men in this department have to wearjeans | |||
| Clients may come in to see the boss at any time so dress is especially important for them. | |||
| The dress code is relaxed on what is called casual | |||
| When the dress code is relaxed, the style of clothing accepted is referred to as smart |