TY - GEN AU - Trappe,Tonya AU - Tullis,Graham TI - Intelligent Business: Upper-Intermediate Business English SN - 9781408256015 (Coursebook) PY - 2006/// CY - Harlow PB - Pearson Education KW - English language KW - Business english KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Business KW - Terminology KW - B2-C1 (CEFR) KW - Upper-Intermediate N1 - The audio CDs and the Style Guide are enclosed with the coursebook; Includes glossary, glossary test, grammar reference, and audioscripts; ''Are your students new to the business world? Do they need to learn about business setting as well as English to help express themselves at work? Then start with the Coursebook; Topic-based, with accessible introduction to key concepts in today's business world help students learn about key concepts whilst building their English skills. Informative and up-to-date authentic material from the Economist makes the content authentic and relevant.; Intelligent Business is fully benchmarked alongside the Cambridge BEC exam suite and CEF for those looking to take the high-stakes exams''; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Unit 1: Alliances; Company bosses on the prowl; Reading: Spring in their steps; Language: Review of tenses ; Vocabulary: Definitions / Metaphors ; Career skills: Building relationships / Working relationships; Dilemma & Decision: Breaking the ice; Unit 2: Projects; Mission to accomplish ; Reading: Up, up and away; Language: Articles; Vocabulary: Synonyms / Problems / Expressions with take / Projects; Career skills: Setting Goals / Respecting deadlines; Dilemma & Decision: Test crisis; Unit 3: Teamworking; The stuff teams are made of; Reading: Think before you meet; Language: Modal forms; Vocabulary: Collocations / Multi-part verbs; Career skills: Team building / Exchanging information ; Dilemma & Decision: Leading the team; Review 1; Unit 4: Information; The real-time economy; Reading: How about now?; Language: Question forms; Vocabulary: Synonyms; Career skills: Questioning techniques / Asking appropriate questions; Dilemma & Decision: Spying on staff; Unit 5: Technology; The pace of change; Reading: The march of the mobiles; Language: Relative clauses; Vocabulary: Definitions / Compound nouns; Career skills: Briefing / Assigning tasks; Dilemma & Decision: Turning ideas into reality; Unit 6: Advertising ; The power of persuasion; Reading: The harder hard sell ; Language: Gerunds and infinitives; Vocabulary: Definitions / Collocations; Career skills: Storytelling / Personal narratives; Dilemma & Decision: Danger zone; Review 2 ; Unit 7: Law ; In the name of the law; Reading: The people vs the USA; Language: The passive ; Vocabulary: Definitions / Synonyms / Words groups / Collocations; Career skills: Negotiating / Bargaining; Dilemma & Decision: Beauty and business; Unit 8: Brands; Keeping it exclusive; Reading: Gucci; Language: Adjectives and adverbs; Vocabulary: Synonyms / Verb-prepositions combinations; Career skills: Dealing with people at work / Interpersonal relationships ; Dilemma & Decision: The two faces of Burberry; Unit 9: Investment; The rewards of risk; Reading: Freud, folly and finance; Language: Emphasis; Vocabulary: Definitions / Prefixes ; Career skills: Prioritising / Status and society; Dilemma & Decision: Your money or your reputation?; Review 3 ; Unit 10: Energy ; What if; Reading: Fossil fuel dependency; Language: Conditionals ; Vocabulary: Negative prefixes / Collocations; Career skills: Problem-solving / Approaches to problems; Dilemma & Decision: The power of money; Unit 11: Going public; Searching for shareholders ; Reading: Page and Brin's daring IPO; Language: Future forms; Language: Future forms; Career skills: Making a presentation / Presentation styles; Dilemma & Decision: Which way to Wall Street? ; Unit 12: Competition; Winner takes all ; Reading: Crunch time for Apple; Language: Time clauses; Vocabulary: Expressions with have / Compound nouns; Career skills: Handling conflict / How much confrontation?; Review 4; Unit 13: Banking; Money matters ; Reading: A path to helping the poor ; Language: Reference words ; Vocabulary: Expressions with make / Collocations; Career skills: Persuading / Exerting influence ; Dilemma & Decision: Reliable research? ; Unit 14: Training ; Practice makes perfect; Reading: A leadership lesson in Shakespeare; Language: Clauses and sentence construction; Vocabulary: Word groups / Verb-preposition combinations ; Career skills: Motivating / Providing incentives; Dilemma & Decision: Allocating the training budget; Unit 15: Consulting; The advice business; Reading: Global professional-service firms; Language: Reported speech ; Vocabulary: Uses of like / Word building; Career skills: Reporting / Reacting to change; Dilemma & Decision: Consultant with a conscience; Review; Pairwork ; Glossary ; Glossary test; Grammar reference ; Audioscripts UR - http://product.pearsonelt.com/intelligentbusiness/ ER -