The audio CDs and the Style Guide are enclosed with the coursebook.

Includes glossary, glossary test, grammar reference, and audioscripts.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unit 1: HR People power Reader: Winning the war for talent/ Managing creative talent Language: Collocations with set Vocabulary: Contrast and similarity Career skills: Managing appraisals Dilemma & Decision: Getting back on track

Unit 2: Organisations
More like orchestras than armies Reading: Making music The business of survival Language: Coined expressions/ Metaphors and similes Vocabulary: Determiners Career skills: Team building Dilemma & Decision: Bullies on the team

Unit 3: Change Meeting the change challenge Reading: A sweet success getting back on top Language: Prefixes with verbs/ Idioms with track Vocabulary: Continuos forms Career skills: Managing resistance to change Dilemma & Decision: The disorganized organization

REVIEW 1

Unit 4: Responsability Better business Reading: Just good business/ Greewashing Vocabulary: Compounds nouns/ synonyms Language: Paired structures Career skills: Taking responsability Dilemma & decision: Called to account

Unit 5: Governance Taking change Reading: Message in a bottle of sauce / Let the fight begin Vocabulary: Adjective + past participle / Idioms Language: Discourse markers Career skills: Presenting arguments Dilemma & Decision: When to listen to the shareholders

Unit 6: Start-ups Going into business Reading: Spreading the word/ The business plan Vocabulary: Verbs with prepositions/ Expressions with and Language: Third conditional Career skills: Pitching Dilemma & Decision: Finding the funds

Review 2

Unit 7: Resources Vital assets Reading: Running dry / The power and the glory Vocabulary: Adverb - adjective collocations / like and as Language: Future perfect Career skills: Debating Dilemma & Decision: The nuclear debate

Unit 8: Power Power brings responsability Reading: Sympathy for the boss/ The brand of me Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with put / Proverbs Language: Active and passive Career skills: Influencing Dilemma & Decision: Winning the rivalry game

Unit 9: E-marketing The ultimate marketing machine Reading: Word of mouse The second life of Second Life Vocabulary: Word clusters / Puns Language: Word order: adverbs Career skills: Decision making Dilemma & Decision: Creative showcase

Review 3

Unit 10: Risk Facing the odds Reading: The perils of prediction / Scientists find secret ingredient for making (and losing) lots of money- testosterone Vocabulary: Chance and luck / Loanwords Language: Probability and possibility Career skills: Negotiating Dilemma & Decision: Wildcat strike

Unit 11: Misconduct White collar fraudsters Reading: Punishable by prison / Hints, tips and handcuffs Vocabulary: Idioms and phrasal verbs with draw / euphemisms Language: Reporting Career skills: Making ethical decisions Dilemma & Decision: Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's ethical

Unit 12: Development Lifelong learning Reading: First, do no harm / A new deal Vocabulary: Synonyms and antonyms Language: Verbs patterns Career skills: Coaching Dilemma & Decision: Keeping everyone motivated Pairwork

Glossary test

Grammar reference

Audioscripts