There is a time for all things
I hope you enjoyed a good break over New Year and Christmas period. In our management feature five managers tell us how they take a break from their work, reading their stories might just inspire you on your next holiday destination (page 60). We would like to extend our warmest gratitude for remaining our faithful readers throughout 2007. Some of you got a subscription as a present for the New Year. With a bunch of holidays round the corner, Valentine’s Day and 8th March, we recommend that you delight your...
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WORKING WORLD
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Names and News
The latest from the world of business
Office Blues
Kathrin Enke on the silly side of work
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| TEST |
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Reading Skills
Find out how well you understand business texts
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| GLOBAL BUSINESS |
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Trends
Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s theory of Black Swans
Head-to-Head
Should you date your boss?
Business Press
Comments from the world’s media
Also: Behind the Headlines
Eurovision
Marton Radkai on Switzerland’s “dance” with Europe
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| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
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Diversity
How companies are discovering that it is better to be different
The View from Here
Tom Phillips on the Amazon, Brazil
Also: Country File
Dialogue
A Turkish and a Norwegian psychologist discuss their work |
LANGUAGE AT WORK
Word Watch; Seen Recently
Grammar: uncountable nouns
Exercises: test your English
False Friends, Tricky Translations
Language Cards: pull out and practise
English for advertising vocabulary pull-out
Authentic English: international English
A Closer Look: background facts on language and culture
English on the Move: hotel problems
Office Talk: The Maine Event |
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| BUSINESS SKILLS |
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Facilitation
How to get the most out of international teams and meetings
Also: A language survival guide to pull out and keep
The Write Way
How to start a letter or an e-mail
Say It in Style
Describing relationships within company hierarchies
On the Line
Mobile-phone manners
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| MANAGEMENT |
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Holidays
Five managers tell us how they take a break from work
Executive Eye
Adrian Furnham on how to become a management guru
Business Basics
What is... CSR?
People and Trends
News from the world of management |
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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Undersea mining
The search for precious minerals
Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on the likely trends in 2008 and beyond
Language Focus
Hybrid cars |
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| CAREERS |
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| The Last Laugh |
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