Business Spotlight 1/2010

Content

CONTENTS

Show and tell

TEST:
Trade Fairs
You will be respresenting your company at a trade show. Is your English good enough for the job?

Divided by culture

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION:
Britain and America
They speak one language, but have very different work cultures. We speak to an expert on how the UK differs from the US

Insiders or outsiders?

BUSINESS SKILLS:
Consulting
Experts can come from both inside and outside a company. A look at how their roles differ
Also: A language survival guide to cut out and keep

I’ll be off, then

CAREERS:
Sabbaticals
Taking time off from your job

Business Spotlight 1/2010 magazine contents

WORKING WORLD

Names and News
The latest from the world of business

My Working Life
Fred Hunter, an Australian tour manager in the entertainment business

TEST

Trade Fairs
You will be respresenting your company at a trade show. Is your English good enough for the job?

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Profile
Dan Einwechter, Canadian owner of the trucking firm Challenger Motor Freight

Head-to-Head
Does foreign aid do more harm than good?

Business Press
Comments from the world’s media
Also: Behind the Headlines

Spotlight on Germany
Klaus Zimmermann, director of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), on the benefits of immigration

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Britain and America
They speak one language, but have very different work cultures. We speak to an expert on how the UK differs from the US

Dialogue
Two sculptors, one in Germany and the other in Croatia, discuss the influences on their lives

The View from Here
Marie Riese, a German graduate in International Peace and Security, talks about working in Indonesia
Also: Country File, Indonesia

BUSINESS SKILLS

Consulting
Experts can come from both inside and outside a company. A look at how their roles differ
Also: A language survival guide to cut out and keep

The Write Way
A formal letter of resignation

On the Line
Dealing with angry callers

Say It in Style
Dietary requirements

Meeting Point
Leading a discussion

CAREERS

Sabbaticals
Taking time off from your job

The Job Doctor
Choosing the right boss

My Way
Sophia McDonald, matchmaker

MANAGEMENT

Hedge Funds
Financial-services firms move to the Swiss Alps

What I’ve Learned
50 Cent, star rapper

Business Basics
Mission and vision statements

Executive Eye
Adrian Furnham on territorialism

TECHNOLOGY

Data Storage
We are generating more information than ever, but can we store it?

Language Focus
Biocars

Innovations
New product developments

Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on Moore’s Law

LANGUAGE section

Vocabulary: the post room
Media Watch: language in the news
False Friends; Tricky Translations
Language Cards: pull out and practise
Vocabulary list: key words to learn
English on the Move: lost baggage
Grammar at Work: at, in, on
The Maine Event: an office dialogue
English for... life insurance
Financial English: credit cards
Authentic English: taking turns
Legal English: commercial agency
What’s New? Products, sites, events

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