Business Spotlight 4/2009
02.06.2009
Business Spotlight 4/2009
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Contents of Business Spotlight 4/2009
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Business Spotlight 4/2009 magazine contents
SPECIAL: GOING GREEN
For more on this topic online, go to our new Green Special Section!
For more on this topic online, go to our new Green Special Section!
Language
Do you have the verbal skills to talk about the environment and other green subjects?
Find out in our special test
How “Green” Are You?
Is your behaviour at home and in the office good for the environment?
The View from Here
Bjørn Lomborg on lessons from the Danish wind-energy industry
Also: Country File, Denmark
Business Trends
Green technologies are receiving a lot of media attention. We look at the real growth areas
My Working Life
Cam Walker, coordinator of Friends of the Earth, Melbourne, talks about his life
Water Management
How the Netherlands plans to use new technology in its battle against floods
Head-to-Head
Are genetically modified plants a threat to India’s ecology?
WORKING WORLD
Names and News
The latest from the world of business
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Business Press
Comments from the world’s media
Also: Behind the Headlines
Spotlight on Switzerland
Suzanne Rosselet-McCauley on knowledge transfer and innovation intercultural communication
Socializing
Improve your cross-cultural skills
Dialogue
Two art dealers discuss their work
BUSINESS SKILLS
Positive Thinking
How to remain optimistic at work
Also: A language survival guide to cut out and keep
The Write Way
Thank-you letters
Say It in Style
Talking about probability
On the Line
Answering the phone in English
Meeting Point
Dealing with interruptions
CAREERS
Coping with Promotion
Why getting ahead at work can bring important changes
The Job Doctor
Tips on how to make a good start in your new job
My Way
Investment banker and teacher Susan Christine Schell
MANAGEMENT
Marketing
How airlines are looking to improve their customer service
What I’ve Learned
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu talks about leadership
Business Basics
What is... cocooning?
Executive Eye
Adrian Furnham: garlic bosses
TECHNOLOGY
Language Focus
Cleanrooms
Innovations
New product developments
Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on why London will be strong again
LANGUAGE section
Vocabulary: the airport
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: the hotel concierge
Grammar at Work: sentence adverbs
The Maine Event: an office dialogue
English for... the wine industry
Financial English: leasing
Authentic English: repeating and rephrasing
Legal English: secured transactions
What’s New? Products, sites, events
REGULAR SECTIONS
Editorial
Business Spotlight Audio
Business Spotlight Online
Classified ads
Feedback / Impressum
Preview
The Last Laugh
