Quarterly test RRWC Group 5 C1 2024/01/12 12:42:32 20240112_1242 Tatyana BELOVATA@LIST.RU 92 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 has this product supplied by the biggest logistics provider. 3 100 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

]]> Human The humankind is a social being. Imitation of adults, accepting commonly standarts standards of behavior, customs, studying the native language, folklore make a particular child look like the others in the community. People have different mental and physical abilities, skills, talents. But the way of thinking and the lifestyle are defined by the norms, ingrained in the society. Attitude to senior people, to women, relations between genders - all of these programms programmes have been determined by our ancestors and transfered transferred to us by the family, the school, the environment without our consent via culture. When we are aware of these programms programmes we can form our personal attitude to them and even change some of them. But this option is limited - we do not have enough time and knowledge to recognise all of the subtle embedded programms programmes, therefore they will stay hidden from our conscience and will be conveyed to the next generation. 2. The A sense of security is one of the basic human needs. A Long time ago a typical human life was equal to the a struggle for survival. Living in (the ) conditions of uncertainty people tend to organise a safe place to live in, to provide food, they prioritise to make making strong and stable relations with people to be sure they can rely on these people. The sense of the shifting sand under foot when people do not feel safe increases the values of family, friendship, determined relations with people. The downside is that this struggle for survival leads to liabilities and dependences, which sometimes can limit freedom. Maintaining (Nurturing) dependences takes energy and time and leaves little place for personal expression. Freedom and indulge indulgence in creativity and recreational pleasure become available when the person is on the safe side and brave to demonstrate individualism, to be different and to indulge in pleasure. ]]> 75