Quarterly test RRWC Group 5 C1 2023/12/08 16:13:30 20231208_1613 Sergey Davydov serhio@yandex.ru 81 inc_drills/grammar_have_something_done_selection_b2_03.csv 1 Have something done B2 - 03 Grammar 0 The training department has new learning solutions designed by a new consultant. The training department has new learning solutions designed by a new consultant. 1 1 We have causes of customer dissatisfaction examined by an external auditor. We have causes of customer dissatisfaction examined by an external auditor. 2 2 Our company has this product supplied by the biggest logistics provider. Our company have had this product supplied by the biggest logistics provider. 0 66.7 inc_drills/vocab_cultural_dimensions_b2_04.csv 2 Vocab B2 - 04 Cultural dimensions 0 willingness to wait for long-term benefits by holding off on instant gratification restraint restraint 1 1 state or act of having or doing whatever you want indulgence indulgence 2 2 shows how much a person is more task-orientated or person-orientated femininity femininity 3 3 indicates to what extent nations avoid the unknown and tolerate ambiguity uncertainty avoidance uncertainty avoidance 4 4 culture where employees can work on several tasks simultaneously polychronic polychronic 5 100 Vocab B2 - 04 Writing (~300words) Regional sales manager in Baku (follow-up of case study conducted in class) Shareholders want your company to penetrate new markets in Russia and Azerbaijan. A group of HR consultants are short-listing candidates for the position of regional sales manager in Baku. → write skills & qualities expected from the ideal candidate to the shareholders → justify your choice → recycle cultural dimensions terminology ✓ monochronic, polychronic by Edward T.Hall ✓ linear-active, multi-active, reactive typologies by R.Lewis ✓ OCEAN by McCrae 1 Openness to experience 2 Conscientiousness 3 Extraversion 4 Agreeableness 5 Neuroticism ✓ 6 cultural dimensions by Hofstede 1 power distance 2 individualism-collectivism 3 masculinity-femininity 4 uncertainty avoidance 5 short vs long-term orientation 6 indulgence vs restraint OR Choose 2 topics from the list below.
(~150 words / topic)]]> How has the role of women changed over the centuries? How representative is it of a country's culture?

Are your personal values representative of your national ones?

Why do people begin to prioritize freedom and indulge in creativity and recreational pleasure when they feel safe?

What values does a post-industrial economy need?

How has individualism progressed in cultures? Why do you think it has decreased in certain countries?

What emancipating values can learning foreign languages bring?

What country would you like to relocate to if you wanted to start your own business?

What do you understand by the following statement? Culture is the collective programming of the mind - G.Hostede

Explain the following statement Fish can't see water - Richard D.Lewis & Kai Hammerich

Explain the following of delivering a presentation: You should tell people what you're going to tell them, then you should tell them, and then you should tell them what you've told them - Erin Meyer

]]> of for development arises. Development is impossible without freedom. People are born for happiness and creativity. But in prison, even if prison gives safety, it is impossible to be happy. Therefore, if people dont don't get freedom from authority, then they take it themselves even by force. Freedom gives a person the opportunity to express himself him/herself | themselves and make his his/her | their dreams come true. A free society is usually richer and this adds (creates | generates) more opportunities for pleasure. The more freedom a person has, the more chances he he/she has to change his his/her | their life for the better. Therefore, freedom is a source for of creativity and development. What do you understand by the following statement? Culture is the collective programming of the mind - G.Hostede A person is born and lives in a society that includes a large number of other people. These people are united by language, way of life, political attitudes, common experience and traditions. All this together is called culture. Culture is reflected in everything that makes up a person’s life. The most important element of culture is literature. Man is (= politically incorrect → People are) largely a product of what he he/she | they got through reading. Therefore, the statement that culture programs the mind of a person is true. The more person is educated and well-readed read, the more he expresses he/she expresses | they express the culture of his his/her | their country. But at the same time, we must understand that culture is not responsible for human crimes and mistakes. It is also necessary to distinguish official culture from real culture. True culture can be created only by internally free people.]]> 75