Self-study 1 Task 1

Ex 2. Complete this short business brief about Vietnam using the past simple or the present perfect forms of the verbs in brackets.
Vietnam. ….. . . .' (go) through many changes in its history and . . . . . .' (experience) many economic changes recently. It is currently experiencing an economic boom. In 1986, the government . . . . . ..' (introduce) economic reforms or doi moi (doi meaning change and moi new). The reforms. . . . ' (permit) the setting up of free market enterprises and . . . ....' (abolish) the practice of collective farm ing. However, agriculture remains the most important part of the economy. Vietnam . . .. ' (recently/become) the second largest producer of rice in the world after Thailand. The industrial seclor . . .. ' (show) dramatic improvement and expansion as well. In 1993, the World Bank . . . . . .' (declare) 58% of t h e population to be living in poverty. By 2005, this figure was less than 20%. Vietnam. . ..' (also/make) great strides on the international stage in the last decade or so. It . . .." (become) a full member of ASEAN in 1995, and of the WTO in 2006. The effects of this newfound prosperity can be seen everywhere. Large, glitzy malls . . .. n (appear) i n major cities, while streets once filled with bicycles are now overflowing with locally produced Japanese, Korean and Chinese motorbikes and cars. Business visitors wishing to relax in a more traditional Vietnamese town should visit Hoi An. Hoi An . . .." (be) a major Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries, and its picturesque architecture and relaxed lifestyle . . . . . ." (change) little over the years.


Task 4. Writing. Imagine a competition in your company or industry, or one you would like to work for, to find the best initiative in change management. Who would win, and what would these initiatives be? Write your opinion (about 150-200 words)


Task 5. Make a presentation on the topic: Trading organizations
SELF-STUDY 9
Task 1. Vocabulary. Ex 1. Complete the idioms in the sentences below with the words in the box.

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1 Small talk is one way to break the …ice .. when meeting someone for the first time.

2 I was thrown in at the deep . . .. . . . . . . . . when my company sent me to run the German office. I was only given two days' notice to get everything ready.
3 We don't see eye to . . .. . . . . . . . . with our US parent company about punctuality. We have very different ideas about what being 'on time' means. It's a question of culture.
4 I got into hot . . . . . . . . . . . . with my boss for wearing casual clothes to the meeting with the potential Japanese customers.
5 I really put my. . . . . . . . . . . . in it when I met our Spanish partner. Because I was nervous, I said 'Who are you?' rather than 'How are you?'.
6 I get on like a house on . . . . . . . . .. . . with our Polish agent; we like the same things and have the same sense of humor.
7 When I visited China for the first time, I was like a fish out of. …….. . . . Everything was so different, and I couldn't read any of the signs!
8 My first meeting with our overseas clients was a real …….... -opener. I hadn't seen that style of negotiation before.