TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dubicka,Iwonna
AU  - Rosenberg,Marjorie
AU  - Dignen,Bob
AU  - Hogan,Mike
AU  - Wright,Lizzie
TI  - Business Partner (B2)
SN  - 9781292233567 (Coursebook)
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Harlow
PB  - Pearson Education Ltd., Financial Times Publishing
KW  - English language
KW  - Business English
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
N1  - La couv. porte en plus :  "With digital resources access code inside"; Includes a Glossary; "Discover the innovative world of Business Partner, a new eight-level business English course for learners and professionals who want to communicate effectively in English in the workplace. Partnering with the Financial Times means that this course also offers a wealth of international business information on a wide variety of topics.
; Personalize your learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives the flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes. Study real-life business stories provided through authentic videos that draw you in and keep you motivated.
; Learn about key business topics such as Corporate culture, Training and development, Finance and Time management.
; Immerse yourself in the integrated video-based Communication skills training programme to develop awareness of communication issues, including building relationships, managing bad news, managing challenging feedback and dealing with matters of urgency.
; Get practical training in functional business skills such as self-presentation, facilitating a discussion and dealing with difficulties in negotiations.
; Work on realistic case studies in the Business workshops.
; Evaluate your progress step by step against the Global Scale of English Learning Objectives for Professional English.
; Prepare for business English exams such as BEC, BULATS, LCCI and PTE Professional." (Book Cover); CONTENTS; Unit 1 CORPORATE CULTURE
; 1.1 Workplace culture -- Video: A culture of equal pay -- Vocabulary: Elements of corporate culture -- Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns -- Project: Company policy
; 1.2 Employee retention -- Reading: Work-life balance schemes -- Grammar: Future Continuous and Future Perfect Simple -- Pronunciation: Auxiliary verbs -- Speaking: How do you see yourself in the future?
; 1.3 Communication skills: Building relationships -- Video: Building relationships -- Functional language: Building trust -- Task: Choosing a candidate
; 1.4 Business skills: Presenting yourself -- Listening: Presenting yourself to a new project team -- Functional language: Self-presentation -- Task: Presenting yourself to international colleagues
; 1.5 Writing: A company news blog -- Model text: A company news blog -- Functional language: Structuring a company news blog -- Grammar: Phrases with be -- Task: Write a blog
; Business workshop 1: Keeping the workforce happy -- Listening: Employee suggestions for improvements -- Reading: Analysing a survey -- Task: Brainstorm ways to improve staff retention -- Writing: A proposal confirming your ideas; Unit 2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
; 2.1 Learning on the job -- Video: Type of traning -- Pronunciation: Stressing key words in sentences -- Vocabulary: Training and development -- Project: Induction to a new job
; 2.2 Human resources strategies -- Listening: Strategy for training and development across a whole country -- Grammar: Modals in passive voice -- Speaking: agreeing action points -- Writing: A memo outlining action points
; 2.3 Communication skills -- Video: Team communication -- Functional language: Exchanging ideas -- Task: Organizing a team-building event
; 2.4 Business skills: Facilitating a meeting -- Listening: Possible changes to learning management -- Pronunciation: Linking between words -- Functional language: Facilitating a discussion -- Task: Facilitating a discussion to come to an agreement
; 2.5 Writing: A training request -- Model text: Email with a request for training -- Functional language: Requests and reasons -- Grammar: Linking words for reason and purpose -- Task: Write an email requesting a course
; 2.6 Business workshop 2: Quality service for all -- Listening: Regional HR Directors discussing training issues -- Reading: Analysis of Regional Directors' reports -- Task: Create and present an online course
; Unit 3 FINANCE
; 3.1 Recessions and depressions -- Video: Past crashes and crises -- Vocabulary: Finance and economic crises -- Project: Research the history of a bank or financial institution
; 3.2 Catching up with rivals -- Reading: Adidas raises targets -- Grammar: Expressing certainty and probability, Position of adverbs and adverbial phrases -- Speaking: Discussing future changes
; 3.3 Communication skills: Managing bad news -- Video: Managing bad news -- Functional language: Responding to bad news -- Pronunciation: the letter 't' -- Task: Balancing positives with negatives when giving bad news
; 3.4 Business skills: Telephoning to clarify -- Listening: A phone conversation to check details -- Pronunciation: Strong and weak forms of that -- Functional language: Asking for clarification and paraphrasing -- Task: Making a call to clarify information in a financial document

; 3.5 Writing: Annual report summary -- Model text: Summary of an annual report -- Functional language: Useful phrases for annual report summaries -- Grammar: Articles - a/an, the, no article -- Task: Write an annual report summary for shareholders
; Business Workshop 3: Investment opportunities -- Listening: Mangers' meeting and a guide to VC investment -- Speaking: Describing and analysing graphs -- Task: Presenting a company that is worth investing in -- Writing: A report explaining your investment decision
; Unit 4 DIGITAL BUSINESS
; 4.1 Digital disruptors -- Video: A disruptive marketing start-up -- Vocabulary: Digital business and technology -- Pronunciation: Stress in word building -- Project: Disruptive technology
; 4.2 Talking technology -- Listening: Product presentations at a trade show -- Grammar: Zero, first, and second conditionals; Linkers -- Speaking: Trade show demonstration of an app -- Writing: Instructions for the app
; 4.3 Communication skills: Handling difficult communicators -- Video: Handling difficult communicators -- Functional language: Keeping a meeting on track -- Task: Managing a difficult meeting successfully
; 4.4 Business skills: Negotiating strategies -- Listening: Positional and principled negociation -- Pronunciation: Stress in phrases -- Functional language: Reaching agreement in a negotiation -- Task: Negotiating an agreement at work
; 4.5 Writing: Short business proposal -- Model text: Short business proposal -- Functional language: Useful phrases for business proposals -- Grammar: Noun phrases to replace verb phrases -- Task: Write a short proposal
; Business Workshop 4: Rise of the robots -- Reading: Robots in the workplace -- Listening: Incidents with robots at an exhibition -- Task: Analyse feedback statistics and discuss future improvements -- Writing: A report analysing feedback and giving recommendations
; Unit 5 PERFORMANCES
; 5.1 Performance and rewards -- Video: The cyber manager -- Vocabulary: Rewarding performance -- Project: Moving up in the company 

; 5.2 A culture of rewards -- Reading: How to develop a rewarding culture -- Grammar: Linking words and consessive clauses -- Pronunciation: Intonation and linking words -- Speaking: Consessions and compromises in your own life
; 5.3 Communication skills: Managing challenging feedback -- Video: Managing challenging feedback -- Functional language: Responding to challenging feedback -- Pronunciation: Intonation when handling challenging feedback
; 5.4 Business skills: Reviewing projects -- Listening: A project review meeting -- Functional language: Leading and participating in review meetings -- Task: A performance development workshop
; 5.5 Writing: Performance review summary -- Model text: Performance review summary -- Functional language: Positive comments and constructive criticism -- Grammar: Phrasal verbs -- Task: Write a performance review summary
; Business Workshop 5: Challenging expectations -- Listening: A meeting to find new ways of rewarding performance -- Task: Negotiating for change in rewards/benefits -- Speaking: How the negotiations went
; Unit 6 ETHICS
; 6.1 Ethical choices -- Video: Ethics in the fashion industry -- Vocabulary: Business ethics -- Project: Survey - How ethical are your clothes?

; 6.2 The triple bottom line -- Listening: The tripple bottom line -- Grammar: Third conditional -- Pronunciation: Constractions and weak forms in third conditionals -- Speaking: Discuss an organisation's ethical performance
; 6.3 Communication skills: Transparency in business -- Video: Transparency in business -- Functional language: Voicing and responding to concerns -- Task: Voicing and responding to concerns with a colleague
; 6.4 Business skills: Sales and selling -- Listening: A local networking event -- Functional language: Selling a product of service -- Task: Promoting a product or service
; 6.5 Writing: Company newsletter -- Model text: Company newsletter -- Functional language: Recent news, current news and future plans -- Grammar: Linking words for causes and results -- Pronunciation: Chunking, pausing and stress when reading aloud -- Task: Write a newsletter

; Business workshop 6: AFhomes, Tanzania -- Reading: Articles on the ethics of AFhomes -- Listening: A radio investigate programme -- Task: An action plan to maintain ethical reputation
; Unit 7 TIME MANAGEMENT
; 7.1 Managing time -- Video: Time management -- Vocabulary: Managing time -- Project: The working from home debate
; 7.2 Smart work -- Reading: Cutting overtime in Japan -- Grammar: Adverbials and time expressions -- Pronunciation: Stress in adverbials and time expressions -- Speaking: Are you good at managing time?
; 7.3 Communication skills: Dealing with urgency -- Video: Dealing with matters of urgency -- Functional language: Discussing priorities -- Task: Following up on emails
; 7.4 Business skills: Difficult negotiations -- Listening: A difficult meeting -- Functional language: Dealing with difficulties in negotiations -- Pronunciation: Intonation when negotiating -- Task: Dealing with difficult people at work
; 7.5 Writing: An email giving reasons -- Model text: An email giving reasons -- Functional language: Problems, reasons, and required action -- Grammar: Prepositions of time -- Task: Write an email giving reasons
; Business workshop 7: Planning for a trade fair -- Listening: Details of an upcoming trade fair -- Task: Create a plan to exhibit at a trade fair -- Writing: A summary of successful participation in a trade fair

; Unit 8 CHANGE
; 8.1 Change at Brompton Bikes -- Video: Brompton Bikes -- Vocabulary: Change management -- Project: Adaptability quiz
; 8.2 Managing change -- Listening: Difficult decisions and changes -- Grammar: Reported speech and reporting verbs -- Pronunciation: /s/, /z/, /sh/, /tsh/, /dz/ -- Speaking and writing: telling and reporting a story
; 8.3 Communication skills: Coaching and mentoring -- Listening: Discussing future options -- Functional language: Coaching and mentoring -- Task: the GROW model
; 8.4 Business skills: Brainstorming -- Listening: A brainstorming meeting -- Pronunciation: Voice range -- Functional language: Leading a brainstorming session -- Task: Brainstorming in small groups
; 8.5 Writing: Press release -- Model text: A press release -- Functional language: Useful phrases for a press release -- Grammar: Passive voice with repeating verbs -- Task: Write a press release
; Business worksjop: Chillhot Sauces, Malaysia -- Reading: A change at Michelin -- Reading and listening: Rumours about a company --- Task: Putting a stop to rumours

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