Business Spotlight 6/2009

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CONTENTS

Fit for business

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION:
Test
Do you feel at home in the global business world? Find out how good your intercultural skills are with our special test

Meeting the challenges

BUSINESS SKILLS:
Difficult meetings
Why is it so difficult to run successful international meetings? We look at problems and solutions
Also: A language survival guide to cut out and keep

Comeback moms

CAREERS:
Work and family
Mothers returning to work

Mastering the crisis

MANAGEMENT:
The MBA
Are business schools to blame for the financial crisis? We look at the current debate

Business Spotlight 6/2009 magazine contents

WORKING WORLD

Names and News
The latest from the world of business

My Working Life
Mike Perry, a South African snake catcher and reptile breeder

LANGUAGE

In-company Training
As a result of the recession, many companies have cut back on the language training they offer to their employees. A special report

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Profile
Margaret Chan is the first Chinese national to head the World Health Organization

Spotlight on Germany
Hans-Werner Sinn on why Germany’s business model needs serious reforming

Head-to-Head
Is technology making us stupid?

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

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Test
Do you feel at home in the global business world? Find out how good your intercultural skills are with our special test

Dialogue
Two students, one in the UK and the other in the Netherlands, discuss their plans for the future

The View from Here
Mexican professor and columnist Denise Dresser on Mexico’s social and political problems
Also: Country File, Mexico

BUSINESS SKILLS

Difficult meetings
Why is it so difficult to run successful international meetings? We look at problems and solutions
Also: A language survival guide to cut out and keep

The Write Way
How to write cancellation letters in English

On the Line
Preparing a conference call

Say It in Style
Congratulatory speeches

Meeting Point
Negotiating an agenda

CAREERS

Work and family
Mothers returning to work

My Way
Robert Mitchell, British art restorer

The Job Doctor
Successful self-employment

MANAGEMENT

The MBA
Are business schools to blame for the financial crisis?
We look at the current debate

Business Basics
What is... strategic planning?

What I’ve Learned
Gabriele Princess Inaara, the Begum Aga Khan, on letting go and staying in control

TECHNOLOGY

Watchmaking
The complex world of modern watch manufacture

Language Focus
Engineering geology

Innovations
New product developments

Technically Speaking
Global warming

LANGUAGE section

Vocabulary: the hotel 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: after-work parties
Grammar at Work: participle clauses
The Maine Event: an office dialogue
English for... purchasing
Financial English: financing football
Authentic English: discourse markers
Legal English: employment law
What’s New? Products, sites, events

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