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levied on the income or property of persons |
5) employer |
or organizations, on the production costs or |
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sales prices of goods and services, etc |
6) unemployment |
e) a person, business, firm, etc., that |
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employs workers |
7) tax |
f) the powerful effect that smth has on smb/ |
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smth |
8) real estate |
g) the relationship between production, |
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trade and the supply of money in a particular |
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country or region |
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h) a fixed amount of money paid, usually |
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weekly in cash, to an employee (usually to |
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manual/ unskilled workers) |
Task 6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form Future Simple (active).See Appendix 1.
1.The demand for large suburban homes … (fall) next year.
2.They … (not/ buy) stocks.
3.I think taxes … (rise) next month.
4.I’ve got no money. What … I… (do)?
5.These changes … (not/have) microeconomic impacts.
6.…you … (lend) me ten pounds?
7.He … (invest) in real estate.
Task 7. Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form adding any necessary words. See Appendix 5.
1.This product is … (expensive) than that one.
2.- Did your car cost a lot of money?
- In fact, it was … (cheap) than I expected.
3.Our Chief Executive officer is … (intelligent) person in the corporation.
4.Salaries will become…( high) next year.
5.Tom is… (responsible) employee in our company.
6.Our accountant is … (good) than yours.
7.Bill Gates is one of … (rich) men in the world.
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Task 8. Translate the following text into English using the dictionary:
Рынок труда в Канаде
До 1970-х годов большинство канадцев всю жизнь работали на одного и того же работодателя.
Они неохотно меняли работу, опасаясь потерять трудовой стаж и попасть в разряд «нестабильных». Люди со средним образованием могут получить стабильную, хорошо оплачиваемую работу в производственном секторе (текстиль, автомобилестроение, судостроение и т.д.).
Эта ситуация изменилась в 1970-х годах, когда многие рабочие места были перенесены в Восточную Азию и Мексику, где заработная плата была ниже, а стандарты труда менее строгими.
Вто же время, рынок труда был наводнен детьми "бэби-бума".
В1982 году Канада была поражена серьезной рецессией. И правительство, и крупные корпорации были вынуждены увольнять людей, как правило, молодых людей с меньшим стажем работы. Для молодых выпускников стало невозможно найти постоянную работу.
Для людей этого поколения произошел отход от традиционной пожизненной работы на разные формы нестандартной занятости:
неполный рабочий день: работа менее 35 часов в неделю работники по вызову: работают только по вызову в короткие
сроки
фрилансеры: работают независимо на нескольких клиентов временные работники: заключают контракты на полный
рабочий день на ограниченный период( часто на 1 год) телекоммъюторы: работа из дома через интернет «Временные» работники: выполняют временную работу через
агентство по трудоустройству, часто заменяя тех, кто болен, беременных женщин, находится в отпуске и т.д.
Эта ситуация действительно не менялась до середины1990- х годов. К тому времени многие люди привыкли к нестандартной занятости и стали более гибкими и независимыми. Многие из них продолжали создавать свой собственный бизнес. Эти люди стали новым бизнес-классом в Канаде, часто в новых высокотехнологичных отраслях (информационные технологии,
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биотехнологии, компьютерная анимация, робототехника, мультимедиа и т.д.).
UNIT 4. PEOPLE AND WORKPLACE
Task 1. Match the following English words and phrases with their Russian equivalents:
1) |
to be on the payroll |
a) |
головной офис (компании) |
2) |
personnel |
b) |
управление персоналом ( кадрами) |
3) |
carry out |
c) |
офис с открытой планировкой |
4) |
headquarter |
d) |
выполнять |
5) |
open-plan office |
e) |
числиться в ведомости |
6) |
buyer |
f) |
персонал, кадры |
7) |
HRM |
g) |
общаться, иметь дело |
8) |
to deal with |
h) |
покупатель |
Task 2. Read and translate the text.
PEOPLE AND WORKPLACE
Employees and management
The people who work for a company, all the people on its payroll, are its employees, personnel, staff, workers or workforce. But these words can mean just the people carrying out the work of a company, rather than those leading it and organizing it: the management.
Management and administration
A company’s activity may be spread over different sites. A company’s most senior managers usually work in its head office or headquarters (HQ). Some managers have their own individual offices, but in many businesses, most employees work in open-plan offices: large areas where many people work together. Administration or, informally, admin, the everyday work supporting a company’s activities, is often done in offices like
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these by administrative staff or support staff. For example, those giving technical help to buyers of the company’s products are in technical support.
Personnel and human resources
In larger organizations there is a human resources department (HRD) that deals with pay, recruitment, etc. This area is called human resources (HR) or human resource management( HRM). Another name for this department is the personnel department [6].
Task 3. Answer the following questions:
1.What are people working for a company called?
2.What is the management?
3.Where do a company’s most senior managers usually work?
4.What is an open-plan office?
5.Does administrative staff support a company’s activities?
6.What does a human resources department deal with?
Task 4. Match the following words from the text with their definitions:
1) |
staff |
a) |
having a higher rank in an organization or |
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profession than others |
2) |
management |
b) |
the department in a company that deals with |
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employing and training people |
3) |
senior |
c) |
all the people who work for a company or an |
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organization |
4) |
support staff |
d) |
the people who run and control a business or |
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similar organization |
5) |
HR |
e) |
the people in a company who help it to oper- |
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ate, but who are not directly involved in the |
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company’s business |
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Task 5. Complete the sentences using the following words from the text: personnel, employees, management, support staff, head office.
1.The bank has had to lay off …, including computer programmers and translators.
2.Senior … was involved in the decision.
3.Another name for the human resources department is … department.
4.The company’s … is in New York.
5.The firm has over 600 … .
Task 6. Manuel Ortiz is the founder of a Spanish computer sales company. Use the words from the text to complete what he says about it.
I founded Computadoras Creativas 20 years ago. We started with a small … in Madrid. Our … is still here, but now we have sites all over Spain, with about 500 employees. Many of the offices are … …: everyone works together, from managers to …, as well as people selling over the phone, and people in technical … giving help to customers over the phone. Recruitment is taken care of in Madrid, by the … … … .
Task 7. Put the verb into the Present Simple (active or passive). See Appendix 1 and 4.
1.This area … (call) human resources .
2.Our meetings … (start) every Monday at 8 a.m.
3.She … (work) in an open-plan office.
4.This department … (staff) by recent graduates.
5.They often … (discuss) their business matter with clients.
6.These documents … (not/send) by fax.
7.… this company … (sell) its goods all over the world?
8.The contract … (sign) by Mr Brown.
9.Our manager never … (make) reports in the mornings.
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