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·

Look

at

the

sentences

below

and

at

five

passages

taken

from

a

book about

famous management thinkers on the opposite page.

·

Which passage does each sentence refer to?

·

For each sentence 1 - 8, mark one letter A1 B, C, D or E on your

Answer

Sheet.

·

You will need to use some of these letters more than once.

Example:

He has developed his own company to promote his work.

0 A B C D E

1 Others in his field think very highly of him.

2 His ideas have spread beyond the business world.

3 He felt that people should be able to enjoy their work.

4 His ideas are more complex than they seem.

5 He did a variety of interesting things before writing his books.

6 His most successful book was written with a colleague.

7 He is particularly skilled at forecasting important developments.

8 Contact with the military was an early influence on his thinking.

A John Adair

Adair is the pioneering British thinker in the theory of leadership. He

was

the first person in the UK to hold a professorship in Business Leadership

and

has published a series of influential books on the subject.

Despite his quiet appearance, Adair has had a colourful life, serving

in a

Bedouin

regiment

and

working

on

an

Arctic

fishing

boat!

His

initial

interest in

leadership came from his army experience and he used to lecture at the

highly

prestigious

academy

where

British

army

offices

are

trained.

He

now

works as an

international consultant.

B Edward de Bono

De Bono is unusual among major gurus for two reasons: firstly, he

was born

not in one of the great industrial nations but on the tiny island of Malta.

Secondly, his ideas have reached a wider audience than just managers, so

that

his books have become essential rending in many different disciplines.

Most of de

Bono

s

work has

been

concerned

with the

way

human

beings can

train themselves to think more creatively. This apparently simple idea has

resulted in 37 books and a highly successful career as a lecturer and

consultant.

C Peter Drucker

Probably

no

other

single

thinker

has

done

as

much

as

Drucker

to

establish

management as a serious area of study. Certainly, his fellow management

thinkers

consider him one of the founding fathers of the discipline, and his books

and

articles are quoted more than those of any other management writer.

His

first

book

was

published

as

far

back

as

1939,

yet

he

is

still

writing

and

teaching.

His

greatest

distinction

has

been

his

ability

to

predict

coming

trends in business and economics. As a result, his ideas are treated with

the

greatest respect and interest.

D Frederick Herzberg

Although

relatively

few

contemporary

management

students

will

have read his

books,

Herzberg

s

name

is

instantly

recognisable

to

anyone

who

has

studied

industrial organisations. This is because the American psychologist was

responsible for introducing the concept of motivation into management

thinking.

As

a

young

man,

Herzberg

became

deeply

interested

in

mental

illness and the

human

need

for

mental

and

emotional

satisfaction.

This

led

him

to

criticise the

approach of many companies to job design, and to argue for the need for

job

enrichment to stimulate employees efforts.

E Tom Peters

The

American

s

reputation

was

created

in

the

I

980s

by

the

spectacular

success

of

one

book,

In

Search

of

Excellence,

co-written

with

Robert

Waterman.

The

two

were

working together

as

management

consultants

and no-one

expected

their first (and only) book to end up selling 5 million copies worldwide!

Although

his

ideas

have

been

criticised,

Peters

popularity

as

a

speaker and

writer has continued to grow. So much so that Peters has created his own

business to market books, videos and consultancy based on his work.

PART TWO

Questions 9 - 14

·

Read this text from an article about health clubs.

·

Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill in each of

the

gaps.

·

For each gap 9 - 14, mark one letter A - H on your Answer Sheet.

·

Do not use any letter more than once.

·

There is an example at the beginning (0).

Travel stress brings boom to health clubs

A rapid growth in business travel has provided a lucrative spin-off

for

British health clubs as companies try to prevent hard-working executives

from

suffering travel- related stress.

Health

clubs

are

fully

booked

throughout

the

coming

months

all

around the

country and many are planning to expand their facilities.

0

H

According

to

Gillie

Turner,

group

marketing

manager

for

the

Champneys

group of health clubs, during the last recession executives lost many of

their

extra benefits as companies cut back. . 9 She says that large companies

also

seem to have decided that it is no good sending someone to a country like

Spain

as a reward for doing a good job, because they will simply eat too much

and flop

onto a beach. . 10

Champneys, the company acknowledged as the market leader in this

field, is

now planning to introduce a special Profiting from Stress course, which

will

run

over

three

days.

.

11

Jonathon

Stapleton,

general

manager

of

Champneys, says

that modern corporate life being what it is, most business travellers find

that

they are having to do the work which - even a year ago - was done by two.

12

To meet this new demand, other health clubs are also thinking of

introducing

similar

schemes.

Clare

Brandish,

the

sales

and

marketing

director of

another health club, has noticed a marked change in the clientele at her

club. .

13

Businesses of all kinds are anxious to reduce absenteeism. . 14 Much

of the

problem

is

caused

by

long

periods

away

from

home,

irregular

hours,

business

entertaining and jet lag.

According

to

the

Guild

of

Business

Travel

Agents,

sales

of

business-class

airline

tickets

have

risen

by

12%

in

the

past

year,

hotel

bookings

have

gone up

by 36% and car hire has risen by 24%. Dave Reynolds, the GBTA chief

executive,

says that the trouble is that the same number of people are being asked to

travel more often. He comments that it is no

wonder they need to take a break in a health club.

A It has been calculated that about 40 million working days are lost

each

year

in

Britain

because

of

stress,

ten

times

as

many

as

are

lost

10

industrial

disputes.

B

This has involved

a

considerable

rise in the

number

of

business

bookings,

whereas previously most clients came as private individuals.

C Now they are being restored, as industry realises that the health of

its

executives is vital.

D But who will benefit most from these developments?

E Because of the pressures this imposes, many companies have now

decided

that it

is

worthwhile

paying

for

their senior

executives to

take

a

proper

break

and get advice on how to combat stress.

F Executives taking part in it will be given massages and health

treatments,

workouts

and

a

range

of

talks

on

how

to

deal

with

stress,

especially

when travelling.

G So what s the reason for this now trend?

剑桥商务英语高级

(BEC3)

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0

·

Read the following article on recruiting and managing staff and the

questions on the opposite page.

·

Each question has four suggested answers or ways of finishing the

sentence, A, B, C and D.

·

Mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet, for the answer

you

choose.

As a manager in the service industry sector, Ive looked at hundreds

of CVs

in my time.

They are not necessarily the bland documents some bosses

might think

they are! They are full of little pointers towards individuals personalities

and

suitability for the job. The first thing I always look at is an applicant s

employment record. I check for continuity and stability. If somebody has

a long

list

of

previous

jobs,

all

of

varying

length,

alarm

bells

start

ringing.

Rather

than an irregular route from job to job, what I hope to see is stable career

progression. What does their career path look like - is it all steps forward,

or

are

there

a

lot

of

sideways

moves?

And

I

am

always

pleased

to

find

a

family

person

with

children,

because

in

my

experience

they

tend

to

be

responsible and

reliable.

I

never

rely

on

CVs

alone.

We

get

applicants

to

fill

in

one

of

our

own

application forms. We ask why theyve applied, what their aspirations and

personal

goals

are,

and

also

about

their

interests

and

hobbies

and

any

clubs

they belong to. That gives you a useful insight into their personality and

lifestyle. The application form also enables us to test how much people

have

actually been progressing in their careers, because we ask for details of

the

salaries they have received for each job.

It

s

always

worth

looking

at

CVs

and

designing

application

forms

with great

care.

Taking

on

employees

might

be

rewarding,

but

it

is

also

a

big

investment

for any business. Mistakes in choosing staff can cost companies dear, so it

makes sense to spend time ensuring you get the right person.

In the service sector, one of the aims of companies is to maintain and

improve customer service, and this is achieved partly through low staff