TY - BOOK AU - Corballis,Tony AU - Jennings,Wayne AU - Phillips,Terry TI - English for Management Studies in Higher Education Studies SN - 9781859644409 (book/CDs) PY - 2009/// CY - Reading, UK PB - Garnet Education Limited KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Business English KW - Management KW - Terminology N1 - Includes glossary and transcripts; "English for Management Studies is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of management studies who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist management language they need to participate successfully within a management faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from management lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key management vocabulary that students will need; Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view; Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers; Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to analyze complex sentences and identify such things as the writer's stance; Writing: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of the appropriate academic phrases; Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of management and of academic study in general; Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference source to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in each unit; Full transcripts of all listening exercises." (Book Cover); BOOK MAP; UNIT 1 - WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? (Listening - Speaking) ; Topics: Qualities of leaders - Entrepreneurship ; Vocabulary focus: Words from general English with special meaning in management - Prefixes and suffixes ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Listening: preparing for a lecture - predicting lecture content from the introduction - understanding lecture organization - choosing an appropriate from of notes - making lecture notes ; Speaking: speaking from notes; UNIT 2 - CULTURE AND CHANGE (Reading - Writing) ; Topics: Organizational culture - Change management ; Vocabulary focus: English-English dictionaries: headwords, definitions, parts of speech, phonemes, stress markers, countable/uncountable, transitive/intransitive ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Reading: using research questions to focus on relevant information in a text - using topic sentences to get an overview of the text ; Writing: writing topic sentences - summarizing a text; UNIT 3 - ORGANISATIONS AND OPERATIONS (Listening - Speaking) ; Topics: Organizational structure and analysis - Production methods ; Vocabulary focus: Stress patterns in multi-syllable words - Prefixes ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Listening: preparing for a lecture - predicting lecture content - making lecture notes - using different information sources ; Speaking: reporting research findings - formulating questions; UNIT 4 - PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT (Reading - Writing) ; Topics: Process engineering - MBO - Project management - Quality management ; Vocabulary focus: Computer jargon - Abbreviations and acronyms - Discourse and stance markers - Verb and noun suffixes ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Reading: identifying topic development within a paragraph - using the Internet effectively - evaluating Internet search results ; Writing: reporting research findings; UNIT 5 - STRATEGY AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (Listening - Speaking) ; Topics: Crisis and contingency planning - International markets and situation analysis - Competition ; Vocabulary focus: Words sets: synonyms, antonyms, etc. - The language of trends - Common lecture language ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Listening: understanding 'signpost language' in lectures - using symbols and abbreviations in note-taking ; Speaking: making effective contributions to a seminar; UNIT 6 - FINANCE FOR STRATEGY (Reading - Writing) ; Topics: The time value of money - Asset, bond and share valuation - Project appraisal ; Vocabulary focus: Synonyms, replacement subjects, etc., for sentence-level paraphrasing ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Reading: reporting findings from other sources: avoiding plagiarism - locating key information in complex sentences ; Writing: writing complex sentences; UNIT 7 - BUDGETS, DECISIONS AND RISK (Listening - Speaking) ; Topics: Management accounting and budgetary control - Quantitative decision-making - Risk analysis ; Vocabulary focus: Compound nouns - Fixed phrases from management English - Fixed phrases from academic English - Common lecture language ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Listening: understanding speaker emphasis ; Speaking: asking for clarification - responding to queries and requests for clarification; UNIT 8 - PEOPLE AS A RESOURCE (Reading - Writing) ; Topics: Groups and teams - Diversity - Recruitment ; Vocabulary focus: Synonyms - Nouns from verbs - Definitions - Common 'direction' verbs in essay titles (discuss, analyze, evaluate, etc.) ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Reading: understanding dependent clauses with passives ; Writing: paraphrasing - expanding notes into complex sentences - recognizing different essay types/structures: descriptive, analytical, comparison/evaluation, argument - writing essay plans - writing essays; UNIT 9 - DEVELOPING PEOPLE (Listening - Speaking) ; Topics: Motivation and rewards - Learning and development - Hard and soft HRM ; Vocabulary focus: Fixed phrases from management English - Fixed phrases from academic English ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Listening: using the Cornell note-taking system - recognizing digressions in lectures ; Speaking: making effective contributions to a seminar - referring to other people's ideas in a seminar; UNIT 10 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (Reading - Writing) ; Topics: Evolution of industrial relations - Issues in industrial relations - Typical procedures including industrial action ; Vocabulary focus: 'Neutral' and 'marked' words - Fixed phrases from industrial relations - Fixed phrases from academic Englis; SKILLS FOCUS ; Reading: recognizing the writer's stance and level of confidence or tentativeness - inferring implicit ideas ; Writing: writing situation-problem-solution-evaluation essays - using direct quotations - compiling a bibliography/reference list; UNIT 11 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT (Listening - Speaking) ; Topics: Marketing orientation and market share - Marketing and brand strategy - The marketing process: from analysis to marketing mix formulation ; Vocabulary focus - Words/phrases used to link ideas (moreover, as a result, etc.) - Stress patterns in noun phrases and compounds - Fixed phrases from academic English ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Listening: recognizing the speaker's stance - writing up notes in full ; Speaking: building an argument in a seminar - agreeing/disagreeing; UNIT 12 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Reading - Writing) ; Topics: Management information systems ; Vocabulary focus: Verbs used to introduce ideas from other sources (X contends/suggests/asserts that ...) - Linking words/phrases conveying contrast (whereas), result (consequently), reasons (due to), etc. - Words for quantities (a significant minority) ; SKILLS FOCUS ; Reading: understanding how ideas in a text are linked ; Writing: deciding whether to use direct quotation or paraphrase - incorporating quotations - writing research reports - writing effective introductions/conclusions; Upper intermediate to proficiency ; IELTS 5.0 - 7.5+ ; CEF B2 - C2 UR - https://www.garneteducation.com/product/english-for-management-studies-in-higher-education-studies/ UR - https://englishcentral.net/product/english-for-management-studies/ ER -