Maverick
(Someone who thinks or acts in an independent way)

Bully
( someone who hurts other weaker people )

Charismatic
(Someone who has a lot of charm and has the power the attract others)

Single-minded
( someone who is very determined and has one clear purpose)

Over-critical
(Inclined to find fault too readily)

Obsessive
(thinking too much about one particular person or thing, in a way that is not normal)

Line manager
(the person who is directly responsible for managing the work of someone else in a company or business, and who is one level above that person)

Anna

• Hard-working
• Independent
• Single-minded
• Selfish
• A bit of a loner (a person who is often alone or who prefers to be alone, rather than with other people)
• Direct
• Over-critical

Anna

• On the positive side
• Pass the buck (To shift the responsibility to another person )
• She's not pulling her weight. (to work as hard as other people in a group)
• appraisal interview ( a formal discussion process between an employee and the manager. It is to increase productivity and change work habits)

Bjorun

• Stressed
• He may burn out
• He works long hours
• Organized
• Obsessive
• He would do with taking it easy.
• He needs to learn to pace himself .

KATIA

• She's settling in well.
• Friendly, easy-going
• She gets on well with everybody.
• Helpful
• She's ready to cover for somebody.
• Messy, not incompetent
• Cooperative

Hectic
( very busy)

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• E.g. There might have been a tornado.
• The photo could have been taken in the USA.

REGRETS AND SPECULATIONS

• I could have studied another language at school but I wasn't interested then.(Should/ ought to/ could + have p.p.)
• You must have left the door unlocked when you went out.(May/might/ could/must +have p.p.)

MORE EXAMPLES

• E.g. Someone might have dumped the boat.
• The boat must have broken down.
• The level of water in the lake might have gone down.

Seismic area
( area with earthquake activity)

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• They shouldn't have built it in a seismic area.
• If they had designed the plant to resist 14-meter waves, there wouldn't have been an accident.
• If they hadn't evacuated the people, a lot of them would have died.
• TEPCO shouldn't have ignored the findings of the study.
• If there had been electricity, they could have cooled the water.

THE PROS AND CONS OF THE JOBS

• Senior partner in an accountancy firm (senior partner:a partner in a highly ranked position in a firm)
• Farmer

Trainee accountant
(A first step in the career, where people will learn the profession from a qualified accountant )

Downshift
(the act of changing to a job or style of life where you may earn less but which puts less pressure on you and involves less stress)

DISCUSSION- DO YOU AGREE?

• A deadline is a deadline - it has to be met.
• As an employee, if you don't understand your boss's instructions, you need to have this clarified.
• Men and women usually work best in mixed teams. Giving gifts is a useful way to show respect.
• As a manager, it is not acceptable to employ your relatives.

READING QUESTIONS

• Do you think it's easy to sell petrol in Africa?
• Do you think Mr. Thorpe's new job as a sales manager is going to be easy?

VOCABULARY

• Forecourt: a flat area in front of a large building
• Fill the tank, top up the oil

Hierarchy (n.):
a system in which people or things are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status

VOCABULARY

• Dealer: One that is engaged in buying and selling
• Handle someone with kid gloves: to treat someone in a careful or gentle way
• Go over to sth. : to change to something new or to a new way of doing things:
• Sort out: to solve a problem

TED TALK-QUESTIONS

• Do people usually know their colleagues' salary? Why or why not?
• What may be the advantages and disadvantages of total pay transparency?

AFTER YOU WATCH

• What may be the problem if people don't know their colleagues' salary?
• How can a company benefit by keeping salary secret?
• What can be the result of salary transparency?

What may be the problem if people don't know their colleagues' salary?

"When people don't know how their pay compares to their peers', they're more likely to feel underpaid and maybe even discriminated against. ... And of everybody who felt that they were underpaid, 60 percent said that they intended to quit, regardless of where they were"

How can a company benefit by keeping salary secret?

"pay secrecy is actually a way to save a lot of money. You see, keeping salaries secret leads to what economists call "information asymmetry." This is a situation where, in a negotiation, one party has loads more information than the other."

What can be the result of salary transparency?

"when people know how they're being paid and how that pay compares to their peers', they're more likely to work hard to improve their performance, more likely to be engaged, and they're less likely to quit."

DISCUSSION

• Do you agree that salary transparency can improve people management? Why?
• Will you be interested in working in the company with salary transparency? Why?

INTERVIEW-ROLE PLAY

• What kind of job do you hope to have?
• Discuss in your group. List a few interview questions.

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• What kind of person may be suitable for this position?
• Brainstorm some questions the employer may ask and some questions the job seeker may ask to the employer.

GROUPWORK(6-8PEOPLE)

• Choose three people to be the employers.
• The rest will be the job seekers.
• The job seekers are interviewed by the employers, asking any questions that they want to. The job seeker is also permitted to ask questions if they can and want to. ( 25 mins)

EMPLOYER

• After the interview, you'll have some time to discuss which candidate is hired. (5 mins)
• Decide which questions you'd like to ask in the interview. You can also add some further questions by yourself.
• Also provide some constructive feedback and briefly explain your decision.

JOB SEEKERS

• Think about your weakness and strength about the position.
• Look through the questions and prepare for them.

CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDING

QUESTIONS

• • How would you describe people from your country? • If a tourist were coming to your country, what advice would you give them? Think about: o What to wear in different places o How to eat o How to greet people o How to talk to people of the opposite sex • Have you ever had a cross-cultural misunderstanding? What happened?

SPEED TALKING

• Can you describe your personality?
• What are your strengths and weaknesses?