Business Spotlight 3/2009

WORKING WORLD

Names and News
The latest from the world of business

My Working Life
William Brauner, patisserie owner, Las Vegas

Office Blues
Kathrin Enke on the silly side of work

TEST

Writing Skills
Test how good you are at expressing yourself clearly in business communication

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Blogs
The Business Spotlight team recommend their favourite business blogs

Head-to-Head
Should British jobs be reserved for British workers?

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

Spotlight on Austria
Julie Werdigier on the dilemma facing Austrian banks

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Australia
Just how different is the Australian business culture from Germany’s? We ask an intercultural expert

Dialogue
Two retirement experts, one in New Zealand, the other in Finland, discuss their work

The View from Here
Marketing expert Douglas Kaufman on how the Czech Republic can promote a strong national identity
Also: Country File, the Czech Republic

BUSINESS SKILLS

Kick-off Meetings
A good start is essential to the success of a business project. We look at how to organize and run a first meeting effectively
Also: A language survival guide to cut out and keep

Say It in Style
Talking about time and deadlines with your colleagues

On the Line
How to say no politely on the telephone

Meeting Point
The importance of summarizing in business meetings

CAREERS

Neurolinguistic Programming
A tool for reaching career goals?

The Job Doctor
Don’t waste time. Do it now!

My Way
Inga and Jim Bowyer, owners of an online company for German food management

Social Innovation
A Spanish success story

What I’ve Learned
Roland Berger, head of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Business Basics
What is... leapfrogging?

Executive Eye
Adrian Furnham: crisis management

TECHNOLOGY

Music and Math
Solving musical mysteries

Language Focus
Steel pipes

Innovations
New product developments

Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on space events

LANGUAGE section

Vocabulary: the bank
Media Watch; Seen Recently
False Friends; Tricky Translations
Language Cards: pull out and practise
Vocabulary list: key words to learn
English on the Move: at the hairdresser’s
Grammar: “this” and “that”
The Maine Event: an office dialogue
English for... insolvency
Financial English: Britain’s taxes
Authentic English: hedges and boosters
Legal English: company formation
What’s new? Products, sites, events 

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