tailieunhanh - Business options Part 2

Did you know? 57 countries with 30% of the world's population account for 90 % of the world Gross Domestic Product. By 2010 it is predicted that nearly 50% of all workers in the USA will be women | DID YOU KNOW O 57 countries with 30 of the world s population account for 90 of the world s Gross Domestic Product. 0By 2010 it is predicted that nearly 50 of all workers in the USA will be women and more than 25 will be members of minority races. 40 of the workforce will be over 45 years of age. 0 The Swiss food company Nestlé is the most foreign-oriented company in the world. 87 of its assets 97 of its workers and 98 of its sales are outside its borders. 0 The most common types of job in the UK are in manufacturing retail trade including motor real estate and business activities. Q Open-plan offices first came into use in the early 20th century in banks. In the 1950s Hewlett Packard then introduced open planning into its new buildings - a reflection of its egalitarian culture. 0 Small businesses in the USA count as the world s third-largest economy in their own right. Those with fewer than 100 employees are credited with creating two out of every three new jobs. 0 The countries with the longest annual holidays are Austria and Belgium with 30 days each. 0 In 1881 the average man worked 150 000 hours over a lifetime. This is now 65 000 hours in some European countries. 0 Part-time workers make up 38 of the workforce in the Netherlands 24 in the UK 16 in France and Germany and 7 in Italy. Companies such as 3M Canon Intel and ABB have non-hierarchical structures. They believe that ideas come from all levels of the company. ABB for example has been broken into 1 300 entities which function more or less independently and 3M consists of hundreds of project teams. 3 Organization LANGUAGE WORK Vowel sounds Company history It can be difficult to distinguish words when only one sound is different. Spelling is not always helpful 1 1 -1 Listen to the difference between these pairs of words 3 0 ea ei were wore where weigh 2 Now put these words into the correct columns and practise saying them. their work first walk forced shared they shade Look at these words. First decide .