Back to Basics

Unit 1 Person to Person A. Pleased to Meet You! A1 In your country, when business people meet for the first time, what do they usually do? Put ticks or crosses in the blanks to show your answers. √√=usually √=sometimes ××=not usually ×=never _____ They exchange business cards _____ They shake hands. _____ They bow to each other. _____ They talk about a neutral subject (such as the weather) before getting down to business. _____ They get down to business right away

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a constitutional gvt – Rule of law= the same rules apply to everyone in the same way (even the people who make the laws) – Popular sovereignty= THE PEOPLE decide who is gonna make the law – Plurality= who ever gets the most votes wins – Majority requirement= half of the votes +1 – Accountability to the populace= the people that we have elected to represent us, if they do not perform the way we want them to perform, we can remove them by not voting for the same joke at

ACADEMIC PAPER The diamond approach to the competitiveness of Korea’s apparel industry Michael Porter and beyond Byoungho Jin Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA, and The diamond approach 195 Hwy-Chang Moon Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Abstract Purpose – The Korean textiles and apparel-related industry has played a major role in the country’s development; however, this sector’s competitiveness is decreasing due mainly to labor costs. As with the country’s economic

variety of products related to computing. The company is known worldwide and employs approximately 88 000 people in more that 100 different countries. Microsoft was born in New Mexico (USA) in 1975. It was created by two american students : Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company was lead by Bill Gates for a long time, making him the wealthiest man on the planet for many years aswell as a worldly known and famous businessman. The origin of the company goes back to the 1960s, where Gates and his

British Isles are placed in the peculiar position of speaking a common language but meaning things that are entirely different from the British interpretation. Say you want to "table" a meeting. A British executive will think you want to begin the discussion, rather than postpone it. Bringing your "English" English up to speed before doing business there can save you many misunderstandings. Dress as conservatively as you can. A suit is always appropriate. Men should wear laced shoes, not loafers

SOCIAL TOURISM AS A POTENTIAL MEASURE TO REDUCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION (For full text and references please refer to MINNAERT, L., MAITLAND, R. & MILLER, G. (2009), “Tourism and social policy – The value of social tourism”, in: “Annals of Tourism Research”, Vol. 36, nº 2, 316-334) 1. DEFINITION “Social tourism” is a term used to describe a wide variety of holiday types, destinations and target groups: social tourism initiatives can be commercial and non-commercial, governmental and

Michael Porter…Let’s remind our viewers what the five competitive forces are: Well Tom, the basic idea of the five forces starts with the notion that competition is often seen too narrowly by managers and the five forces say that yes you’re competing with your competitors but you’re also in a fight for profit with an extended set of actors […] (The competition goes beyond established industry rivals to include four other competitive forces as well: customers, suppliers, potential entrants, and substitute

premier niveau de modélisation des risques, ils n'ont pas su proposer aux décideurs une vision globale et stratégique du profil de risque de leur entreprise. À L'ÉCOUTE DES DIRIGEANTS Préoccupons-nous de l'essentiel, revenons aux fondamentaux, back to basics, tel est notre parti pris. Identifions les risques qui mettent en péril la réalisation de la stratégie de l'entreprise ou qui hypothèquent son avenir. Ces risques peuvent être aussi appelés « risques d'insomnie » comme l'a suggéré un client, en

personnalisés. Indiquez s’il s’agit d’un verbe, d’un nom, d’un adjectif, etc. Pour les noms, les adjectifs et les adverbes, cherchez et notez les formes irrégulières et les antonymes (s’ils existent !). Exemple pour le thème transport bus coach car to drive (v) a car old (adj) new (adj) driver (n) petrol (n) pass (n) A very old / new (adj) car. Petrol is very expensive today. Yearly underground pass. bus (n) car (n) voiture (n) conduire une voiture ancien neuf conducteur essence abonnement / billet