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020			_a9781292233567 (Coursebook) _c27 EUR
020			_a9781292248585 (Coursebook)
024	3	0	_a9782326002104
035			_a(OCoLC)1066751466
035			_aALP000183755
040			_aABES _bfre _eAFNOR _cJCRC
100	1		_aDubicka, Iwonna
245	1	0	_aBusiness Partner (B2) / _cIwonna Dubicka, Marjorie Rosenberg, Bob Dignen, Mike Hogan and Lizzie Wright.
260			_aHarlow : _bPearson Education Ltd. ; _bFinancial Times Publishing, _c2018.
300			_a160 p. : _bcol. ill.. ; _c30 cm.
440			_aBusiness Partner
500			_aLa couv. porte en plus : "With digital resources access code inside"
504			_aIncludes a Glossary.
505			_a"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. _tPersonalize 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. _tLearn about key business topics such as Corporate culture, Training and development, Finance and Time management. _tImmerse 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. _tGet practical training in functional business skills such as self-presentation, facilitating a discussion and dealing with difficulties in negotiations. _tWork on realistic case studies in the Business workshops. _tEvaluate your progress step by step against the Global Scale of English Learning Objectives for Professional English. _tPrepare for business English exams such as BEC, BULATS, LCCI and PTE Professional." (Book Cover)
505			_aCONTENTS
505			_aUnit 1 CORPORATE CULTURE _t1.1 Workplace culture -- Video: A culture of equal pay -- Vocabulary: Elements of corporate culture -- Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns -- Project: Company policy _t1.2 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? _t1.3 Communication skills: Building relationships -- Video: Building relationships -- Functional language: Building trust -- Task: Choosing a candidate _t1.4 Business skills: Presenting yourself -- Listening: Presenting yourself to a new project team -- Functional language: Self-presentation -- Task: Presenting yourself to international colleagues _t1.5 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 _tBusiness 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
505			_aUnit 2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT _t2.1 Learning on the job -- Video: Type of traning -- Pronunciation: Stressing key words in sentences -- Vocabulary: Training and development -- Project: Induction to a new job _t2.2 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 _t2.3 Communication skills -- Video: Team communication -- Functional language: Exchanging ideas -- Task: Organizing a team-building event _t2.4 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 _t2.5 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 _t2.6 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
505			_aUnit 3 FINANCE _t3.1 Recessions and depressions -- Video: Past crashes and crises -- Vocabulary: Finance and economic crises -- Project: Research the history of a bank or financial institution _t3.2 Catching up with rivals -- Reading: Adidas raises targets -- Grammar: Expressing certainty and probability, Position of adverbs and adverbial phrases -- Speaking: Discussing future changes _t3.3 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 _t3.4 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 _t3.5 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 _tBusiness 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
505			_aUnit 4 DIGITAL BUSINESS _t4.1 Digital disruptors -- Video: A disruptive marketing start-up -- Vocabulary: Digital business and technology -- Pronunciation: Stress in word building -- Project: Disruptive technology _t4.2 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 _t4.3 Communication skills: Handling difficult communicators -- Video: Handling difficult communicators -- Functional language: Keeping a meeting on track -- Task: Managing a difficult meeting successfully _t4.4 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 _t4.5 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 _tBusiness 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
505			_aUnit 5 PERFORMANCES _t5.1 Performance and rewards -- Video: The cyber manager -- Vocabulary: Rewarding performance -- Project: Moving up in the company _t5.2 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 _t5.3 Communication skills: Managing challenging feedback -- Video: Managing challenging feedback -- Functional language: Responding to challenging feedback -- Pronunciation: Intonation when handling challenging feedback _t5.4 Business skills: Reviewing projects -- Listening: A project review meeting -- Functional language: Leading and participating in review meetings -- Task: A performance development workshop _t5.5 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 _tBusiness 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
505			_aUnit 6 ETHICS _t6.1 Ethical choices -- Video: Ethics in the fashion industry -- Vocabulary: Business ethics -- Project: Survey - How ethical are your clothes? _t6.2 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 _t6.3 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 _t6.4 Business skills: Sales and selling -- Listening: A local networking event -- Functional language: Selling a product of service -- Task: Promoting a product or service _t6.5 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 _tBusiness workshop 6: AFhomes, Tanzania -- Reading: Articles on the ethics of AFhomes -- Listening: A radio investigate programme -- Task: An action plan to maintain ethical reputation
505			_aUnit 7 TIME MANAGEMENT _t7.1 Managing time -- Video: Time management -- Vocabulary: Managing time -- Project: The working from home debate _t7.2 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? _t7.3 Communication skills: Dealing with urgency -- Video: Dealing with matters of urgency -- Functional language: Discussing priorities -- Task: Following up on emails _t7.4 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 _t7.5 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 _tBusiness 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
505			_aUnit 8 CHANGE _t8.1 Change at Brompton Bikes -- Video: Brompton Bikes -- Vocabulary: Change management -- Project: Adaptability quiz _t8.2 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 _t8.3 Communication skills: Coaching and mentoring -- Listening: Discussing future options -- Functional language: Coaching and mentoring -- Task: the GROW model _t8.4 Business skills: Brainstorming -- Listening: A brainstorming meeting -- Pronunciation: Voice range -- Functional language: Leading a brainstorming session -- Task: Brainstorming in small groups _t8.5 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 _tBusiness worksjop: Chillhot Sauces, Malaysia -- Reading: A change at Michelin -- Reading and listening: Rumours about a company --- Task: Putting a stop to rumours
550			_aAutres auteurs : Mike Hogan, Lizzie Wright
650		7	_aEnglish language _xBusiness English.
650		7	_aEnglish language _xTextbooks for foreign speakers.
650		7	_aBusiness English.
700	1		_aRosenberg, Marjorie
700	1		_aDignen, Bob
700	1		_aHogan, Mike
700	1		_aWright, Lizzie
856			_uhttps://www.pearson.com/english/catalogue/business-english/business-partner.html _zPublisher's Website.
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