Teams with bright ideas

Better ways of working together

Teams are important in modern business. Many companies want all their employees to be good at teamwork and they want the CEO, directors and managers to be good at organizing teamwork.

In traditional teams, people usually work for the same company. Sometimes team members are from the same department and sometimes from different departments. Today, colleagues often work on international projects, and modern technology helps members of the team to communicate. People use the internet and video conferences to talk to each other when they are in different countries.

Teams are not always formal. Employees often meet with people from other departments at work, for example over coffee. These groups are not organised teams, but they are important. They network and talk about work, and they help to communicate information between departments.

Some companies have teams that meet in unusual places. Companies build rooms for teamwork so that these special teams can meet outside their normal office. The rooms look different from normal offices, for example painted in bright colours. Some managers think this helps teams to be creative. It is also important to have regular contact with other departments in the main company - such as design, marketing, production and finance. This sometimes helps the team to decide if an idea is good or bad.

Задание 2. Перечитайте текст “Teams with bright ideas” и определите, являются ли данные ниже утверждения истинными (true) или ложными (false):

1 Modern companies want bosses to organize teams. true

2 Team members are always from the same country.

3 Teams are never informal.

4 Colleagues meet to discuss work.

5 Some teams meet away from the office.

6 It isn't important for teams to communicate with other departments.

Задание 3. Определите, какое из следующих предложений передает основную идею текста “Teams with bright ideas”:

a All managers are good at teamwork.

b Modern teams are always formal.

с There is more than one kind of team.

Задание 4. Укажите номер абзаца 1-4, который содержит следующую информацию:

interesting places for teams to meet                paragraph-----

groups of colleagues                                        paragraph-----

modern technology                                         paragraph -----

people who need to be good team members     paragraph-----

Задание 5. Соотнесите названия отделов с их определениями:

1	1 Design	a	a makes products
2	2 Marketing	b	b sells to customers
3	3 IT	с	c buys products or services for the company
4	4 Production	d	d deals with the company's accounts
5	5 Finance	e	e hires new employees and organizes training
6	6 Buying	f	f arranges artwork
7	7 Sales	g	g maintains the company's computer systems
8	8 Human Resources (HR)	h	h invents and develops new products
9	9 Research and	i	i promotes products or services

Development (R&D)

Задание 6. Заполните пропуски названиями отделов из задания 5:

Hi Patrick

We want departments to work together to produce a new digital camera.

Please contact Philip from to ____________organize the budget. It's also a

good idea to speak to Maggie from the ____________department - ask her

to organize a team to develop the product. She can talk to someone from

____________to buy parts. It's important to communicate with the

____________department, so that they know when to make the camera.

Finally, we need a team from ____________to promote the product, so can

you contact Andrew?

Thanks Vanessa

Задание 7. Заполните пропуски данными ниже словами:

directors  CEO  employees  staff  manager colleagues  boss  personnel

1     A__________makes important decisions and leads the company.

2 I enjoy my job because I like the people I work with. They are great__________.

3 We are pleased to welcome two new__________to the board.

4 She's a good sales__________. She's in charge of sales teams in Belgium and France.

5 The__________ restaurant is open at 12:00pm for lunch.

6 My__________ is in charge of 14 people.

Задание 8. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола в Present Simple:

a At midnight, I ( write ) a report and send it to the team.

b    We (have ) a video conference every Monday.

с My company (be)in London but I (work ) with an international team.

d    She (work ) in Dubai.

e     The team (have ) a meeting every week.

Задание 9. Заполните пропуски, используя один из данных ниже глаголов в нужной форме:

have (x2)  start (x2)  work (x2)  drive (x2)  meet  live

I_________ in a house with two people, Andrea and Rob. We_________for the same company, but in different departments. Andrea is a design manager, and Rob _________in HR. Andrea usually_________to work because she _________her job at 8:00am. Rob and I_________work at 9:30am, so we often travel by train. On Friday, we all start at 9:00am and we _________to the office together. Rob often goes out and _________lunch in a restaurant, but Andrea and I usually _________lunch at our desks because we're busy. On Thursday, we _________colleagues from other departments after work.

Задание 10. Определите место наречий частотности в следующих предложениях:

a Colleagues work on international projects. OFTEN

b In traditional teams, people work for the same company. USUALLY

с This helps the team to decide if an idea is good or had. SOMETIMES

d Teams are not formal. ALWAYS

Задание 11. Подчеркните правильную форму глагола в Present Simple:

1     Jacob live / lives in Manchester.

2 I work / works in the city centre.

3 We catch / catches the 7:50 train to work.

4 She eat / eats lunch in the staff restaurant.

5 You have / has eight members in your team.

6 He leave / leaves work early on Monday.

Задание 12. Найдите и исправьте ошибки в следующих предложениях. Не все предложения содержат ошибки:

1      Francis has a meeting on Friday always.

2 We usually have lunch in a cafe.

3 Kelly often is late for work.

4 I leave the office never at six o'clock.

5 The CEO is always in his office at 830.

6 They have sometimes a video conference in the morning.

7 We go to often team meetings.

8 Josh and Mia listen to other people's opinions never.

Задание 13. Соотнесите начало и конец предложений:

1     This is                           a     a designer

2     Pleased to                    b     art department

3     Jan is                            с     the design team

4     She works in the           d     Jan Carlton

5     She's in charge of         e     meet you

Практическое занятие 3.

COMPANIES

Теоретическая часть

Данный лексический материал предназначен для знакомства и овладения специальными терминами, активному использованию предлагаемых слов и словосочетаний, подготовки к чтению, переводу и обсуждению текстов официально-делового стиля.

base                                                                                    база

company                                                           компания

employee                                                                          сотрудник

employ                                                               принимать на работу

employer                                                           работодатель

factory                                                        предприятие

headquarters                                                                    штаб-квартира

manufacture                                                производить

manufacturing                                 производство

manufacturer                                              производитель

profit                                                           прибыль

profitable                                                    прибыльный

retail                                                           розничная продажа

retail outlet                                                                        торговая точка

retailer                                             розничный торговец

sector                                                                                 сектор

service industry                                                индустрия обслуживания

specialise                                                     специализироваться

specialist                                                     специалист

Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

Look east

An Italian success story

Luxottica makes sunglasses. It is an Italian company and 85% of its factories are in Italy. But less than 5% of Luxottica's sales are in its home country. Most of Luxottica's shops are in the USA. The company produces glasses for Chanel, Prada, Bulgari and other companies selling luxury goods. It also owns Ray-Ban sunglasses, and about 15% of the group's sales are from Ray-Ban.

Luxottica's main competitor is Safilo, another Italian glasses manufacturer. The big difference between Luxottica and Safilo is that Safilo has 50 shops and Luxottica has nearly 5,500 shops.

Luxottica started as a manufacturing company. Today, they make more money from retail than from manufacturing. They specialise in glasses that cost £50 or more. This market is ten times more profitable than the market in cheap glasses.

The company has two big challenges in the future. The first challenge is China. At the moment, Luxottica has 250 shops there. But the company wants to double the number of shops to 500. The second challenge is the next chairperson. The company's founder is 70-year-old Mr Del Vecchio. At the moment, he is the chairperson and he owns 70% of the company. It is a family company, but Mr Del Vecchio's four children don't work for Luxottica. A new chairperson could make changes that turn Luxottica from a family company into a multinational.

Задание 2. Соотнесите цифры 1-6 с информацией, к которой они относятся a-f:

1	70	a	the number of shops that the company wants in China
2	5%	b	the minimum price of Luxottica's glasses
3	15%	с	Mr Del Vecchio's age
4	£50	d	group sales from Ray-Ban
5	500	e		Luxottica's manufacturing in its factories in Italy
6	85%	f	Luxottica's sales in Italy

Задание 3. Определите, в какой из следующих строк a-c лучше всего отражается тема статьи “Look east”:

a Designer glasses in China

b The price of Italian sunglasses

с A company that manufactures and retails glasses

Задание 4. Перечитайте текст “ Look east” и определите, являются ли данные ниже утверждения истинными (true) или ложными (false):

1 Luxottica is a Chinese company. false

2 It doesn't sell products only in Italy.

3 Luxottica manufactures most of its glasses in the USA.

4 The company also produces glasses for other companies.

5 They make more profit from manufacturing than retail.

6 Luxottica doesn't have any competitors.

7 The company wants to open shops in China.

8 Mr Del Vecchio's children work for the company.

Задание 5. Из выделенных курсивом слов выберите подходящее по смыслу:

1     A multinational company is a large organiser / organisation.

2 Department stores sale / sell a lot of different products / producers.

3 Swatch is a watch maker / make.

4 Our office is in a builder/ building in Kowloon.

5 A lot of people in this country work in manufacturing / manufacturer.

6 Many retails / retailers buy direct from the factory.

7 Who is your main compete / competitor in the computer market?

Задание 6. Заполните пропуски данными ниже словами:

Manufacturer, retail outlets, competitor, produces, build, sell.

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) is a big tractor _________inIndia. It_________more than 68,000 tractors in its factories every year. Its main_________is a company called TAFE, which produces 48,000 tractors. The companies_________the tractors at home and also to the USA and Europe. M&M has 270_________ _________in the USA. Now the company also plans to_________factories in China.

Задание 7. Составьте предложения:

1     speaking / Sam / Hello, / Reynolds  

2 Lorco / say / you / Sorry, / did?

3 right / that's / Yes,

4 please / spell / you / Can / that,?

5 say / again, / please / you / Could / that?

6 your / help / Thanks / for

Задание 8. Сделайте следующие предложения отрицательными:

1 Ulla works in Lisbon.

2 The company has 200 employees.

3 We make computers.

4 Alice and Cheung sell mobile phones.

5 Kyle organises conferences.

Задание 9. Заполните пропуски, используя do, does, don't или doesn't:

A _______you work for Westfield Electronics?

В No, I_______. I work for Danemart.

A _______Grace Davies work for Danemart?

В Yes, she _______. She works in the marketing department.

A _______your company manufacture televisions?

В No, it_______. It makes radios.

Задание 10. Заполните пропуски в вопросах 1-4, используя Who, How many, What или Where, и подберите на них ответы a-d:

1     _______does the factory manufacture?

2     _______does Ottwell have factories?

3     _______people does the company employ?

4     _______does the company sell to?

 

a     shoes

b     Turkey

c     180

d     luxury shoe shops

Задание 11. Заполните пропуски, используя a, an или the:

1     Clive works for______bank in London.______Queen of England banks there.

2 Jardin Care is ______Canadian company and ______headquarters are

in Toronto.

3 I can meet you at______station or you can get______taxi.

4 Wavetel is______big IT company with three finance directors. Geraldine is______finance director there.

Задание 12. Соотнесите вопросы 1-6 с ответами a-f:

a     The company is called/ It's called [ICI].

b     It's based in [Toronto].

с     It has offices / factories in [Poland].

d     It's a [manufacturing] company.

e     It makes / sells [cars].

f     It employs [250] people.

 

1     What type of company is it?

2     How many employees does it have?

3     What is the company called? / Who do you work for?

4     What does it do?

5     Where is it based?

6     Where are its factories?

Задание 13. Из выделенных курсивом слов выберите подходящее по смыслу:

Franco Martinez are / is the CEO of Webplan, and it is a / the successful internet company. Webplan employs / employer 5,000 people in Asia and Europe. Mr Martinez always / does arrives in the office at 8am. He has a glass of water because he not / doesn't drink tea or coffee. Then he read / reads his emails. He has a meeting with a / the marketing department at 10am every day. He doesn't often has / have lunch. He has a sandwich at his desk. In the / an afternoon he meets the design team. The employees at Webplan never don't work / work after 6pm.

Задание 14. Сделайте следующие предложения отрицательными (-) или вопросительными (?):

1      Luxottica makes glasses. (?)

2 The CEO lives in Germany. (-)

3 They have offices in Tokyo. (?)

4 We manufacture Porsche cars in India. (-)

5    You work in the USA. (?)

6 Fiat employ 12,000 people. (-)

7 I have Hani's address. (?)

8 Mr and Mrs Sanz live in Berlin. (-)

Задание 15. Заполните пропуски в тексте данными ниже словами (первая буква слова указана):

manufacture	manufacturing
products	production
sales	sells
staff	produces

Vinway International is a m_________and retail company. It p_________electrical equipment and it s_________ its p_________in shops in Europe and Asia. We m_________digital radios. We have a good p______ department and s_________department. We are a small company with good managers and s_________.

Задание 16. Заполните пропуски следующими фразами:

It employs…  It's a…           It's based in…

It sells…       The company… is called…

It has offices in…

 

1. … Raven Ltd.

2.... Bristol, in the UK.

3. … Europe and the USA.

4. … retail company.

5. … clothes.

6. … 120 people.