The Business pi answer key

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1 d) 2 b) 3 c) 4 a) 5 h) 6 f) 7 g) 8 e)
6.4 Speaking
 Interrupting in meetings
2
Positive: raise awareness of importance of being healthy / staff benefi t / 
convenience
Negative: needs staffi ng / employees may spend too long there / cost
Mary and Tom are expert listeners, Lisa is an average listener and John is a 
terrible listener.
3
1 F It’s a possibility.
2 T
3 F
4 T
5 T
6 F
4
1 If I could just fi nish what I was saying?
2 Sorry to interrupt, but I’d like to come in here.
3 Stop 
right 
there!
4 Could we get back to the fi rst point?
5 I’d like to make two points before we all start talking.
6 I’ve got something to say here.
5
1 d) 2 c) 3 b) 4 e) 5 f) 6 a)
6.5 Writing
 Agendas and action minutes
1
names of attendees (the ‘circulation list’); date; time; venue; list of numbered 
items; AOB (any other business)
2
1 F 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 F 6 T 7 F
3
1 Firat
2 Write a report
3 8
th
September
4 Draw up schedule for building work
5 Firat
6 next meeting/11
th
September
7 Check schedule
8 Lena
9 11
th
September
10 11
th
September
4
1 d) 2 a) 3 c) 4 b) 5 h) 6 g) 7 e) 8 f)
6.6 Case study
 Soup Kitchen vs Gourmet to Go
1
How much will you put into the new company? How much do you need? 
When will you start to make a profi t? When would the loan need to be 
repaid? How else are you raising capital? What happens in the case of 
failure? 
2
Company name; product; amount of loan requested; possible rival products; 
when you expect to pay back the loan, etc. 
1 Name and type of business
2 Objectives
3 Details of production
4 Finance
3
a) What are the qualifi cations and experience?
b) What are the general aims of the business?
c) What is your USP? Who is your target group? What competitors do you 
have?
d) How many people do you need to do the work / employ?