Business Spotlight 4/2010

Contents

CONTENTS

Hitting the nail on the head

TEST:
Business Idioms
Find out how well you understand English idioms used in typical business situations

Shared values

GLOBAL BUSINESS:
Professional Cultures
Cultural differences between professional groups can be both surprising and predictable

Learning to lead

BUSINESS SKILLS:
International Leadership
A look at the four main challenges facing business leaders who work internationally
Also: Language survival guide to cut out and keep

The boss from hell?

CAREERS:
Difficult Bosses
Is your boss causing you problems? Two experts provide advice on what you can do

Business Spotlight 4/2010 magazine contents

WORKING WORLD

Names and News  
The latest from the world of business

My Working Life
German diving trainer Regina Rinkenburger, who started a new life on the Red Sea in Egypt

TEST

Business Idioms
Find out how well you understand English idioms used in typical business situations

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Publishing
A look at how India is becoming the biggest market for English-language books

Head-to-Head
Should the cosmos be commercialized?

Business Press
Comments from the world’s media
Behind the Headlines
Media Watch Language in the news

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Professional Cultures
Cultural differences between professional groups can be both surprising and predictable

Dialogue
Two sports psychologists, one in the UK and the
other in Germany, discuss their work

The View from Here
South Africa’s grandma footballers
Also: Country File South Africa

BUSINESS SKILLS

International Leadership
A look at the four main challenges facing business leaders who work internationally
Also: Language survival guide to cut out and keep

On the Line
Active listening

Say It in Style
Discussing pros and cons

Meeting Point
Make your meetings efficient

CAREERS

Difficult Bosses
Is your boss causing you problems? Two experts provide advice on what you can do

The Job Doctor
Specialists and generalists?

My Way
British hotel owners in Marrakesh

MANAGEMENT

Difficult Decisions
Three managers talk about tough choices

What I’ve Learned
Lady Gaga, the queen of pop

Business Basics
Business process re-engineering

Executive Eye
Moral and morale

TECHNOLOGY

Rare Earth Elements
Minerals at the heart of technology

Language Focus
Mathematics

Innovations
New product developments

Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on patent wars

LANGUAGE section

Vocabulary Roadworks
Grammar at Work Using quantifiers
False Friends; Tricky Translations
Language Cards Pull out and practise
Vocabulary List Key words to learn
Short Story Laughing out loud
English on the Move At the greasy spoon
The Maine Event An office dialogue
English for... auditing
Financial English Exchange rates
Authentic English Using vague tags
Legal English Trusts
What’s New? Products, sites, events 

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