Engels
1 Exercises..............................................................................................................................................5
1 Employment and employability.........................................................................................................16
2 Flexibility and inflexibility..................................................................................................................17
3 Work-life balance...............................................................................................................................19
4 Managing talent I...............................................................................................................................20
5 Managing talent II..............................................................................................................................21
6 Equality and diversity.........................................................................................................................22
1 Logistics.............................................................................................................................................31
2 Corporate social responsibility...........................................................................................................32
3 Social reporting..................................................................................................................................33
4 Green issues......................................................................................................................................34
5 Climate change..................................................................................................................................35
6 Sustainable development..................................................................................................................36
1 Step 1 - Structure of the 5-paragraph text.........................................................................................38
2 Stap 2 – Writing (sub)topic sentences................................................................................................38
2.1 What is a topic sentence? ..........................................................................................................38
2.2 What is a subtopic sentence? ....................................................................................................38
3 Step 3 – Example of a 5-paragraph text.............................................................................................38
4 Stap 4 – How to write a 5-paragraph text..........................................................................................39
5 Step 5 – Write your first 5-paragraph text.........................................................................................39
6 Step 6 – Synthesis..............................................................................................................................40
7 Step 7 – Finding and using sources correctly.....................................................................................40
Introduction to the course
Word Meaning Synonym
Satisfaction A pleasant feeling that you get when Happiness, pride,
you receive something you wanted, contentment, fulfilment
or when you have done something
you wanted to do
Responsibility Something that it is your job or duty Authority, burden, duty, guilt,
to deal with importance, liability, trust
Use their initiative A new plan or process to achieve Come forward, enlist, sign up,
, something or solve a problem step forward, suggest
Participate Based on the idea that things can be Aid, compete, cooperate,
achieved more easily if everyone engage, perform, play, share
works together and is involved in
making decisions
Decision-making process A series of actions that you take in Managerial, governing, ruling
order to achieve
Empowerment The process of gaining freedom and Approval, assent, blessing,
power to do what you want or to clearance, consent, go ahead,
control what happens to you permission
Value Useful and important Amount, cost, expense, price,
profit, rate
Motivation Enthusiasm for doing something Desire, encouragement,
impulse, interest, reason
Morale The amount of confidence felt by a Attitude, mood, resolve, self-
person or group of people, confidence, spirit
especially when in a dangerous or
difficult situation
Job satisfaction The feeling of pleasure and
achievement that you experience in
your job when you know that your
work is worth doing, or the degree
to which your work gives you this
feeling
Subordinate Having a lower or less important Accessory, adjuvant,
position dependent, minor, secondary
Working under me Have someone else supervise or
manage your work
Authoritarian Demanding that people obey Dictatorial, imperious, strict,
completely and refusing to allow autocratic, absolute
them freedom to act as they wish
Discipline Training that makes people more Control, development,
willing to obey or more able to education, method, practice,
control themselves, often in the preparation, self-control
form of rules, and punishments if
these are broken, or the behaviour
produced by this training
Disciplinary procedure a process for dealing with a worker
who causes problems or does not
obey company rules
Impose To officially force a rule, tax, Appoint, charge, demand,
punishment, etc. to be obeyed or enforce, inflict, order, put,
received require
Consultation A meeting to discuss something or Appointment, conference,
to get advice deliberation, discussion
Supervision The way employees are managed Administration, care, control
Policy The overall purpose and goals of the Action, administration,
organization arrangement, code, guideline
Working condition The place where you work, hours
worked, etc
Salary A fixed amount of money agreed Earnings, fee, income, pay,
, every year as pay for an employee, payroll, stipend, wage
usually paid directly into his or her
bank account every month
Peer relationship How you relate to and work with
others on the same level of the
organization
Security Level of confidence about the future Bond, care, freedom,
of your job guarantee, insurance
Achievement The feeling that you have been Attainment, creation, deed,
successful in reaching your goals effort, performance
Motivator factor Something that makes someone
happy with their job and their
employer
Recognition The feeling that your employers Acceptance, admission,
understand and value what you do awareness, concession,
by giving positive feedback, which perception, realization
means telling you what a good job
you are doing
The work itself The nature and interest of the job
Advancement How far you will be promoted in the Advance, growth,
organization and/or how far you will improvement, upgrading
go up the career ladder
Career ladder How you develop personally in your
work, and your opportunities to do
this
Personal growth A continuous journey of self-
discovery and improvement
Consult To get information or advice from a Argue, brainstorm, deliberate,
person, book, etc. with special discuss, examine, interview
knowledge on a particular subject
Hierarchy A system in which people or things Ranking
are arranged according to their
importance
Delegate A person chosen or elected by a Minister, commissioner,
group to speak, vote, etc. for them, deputy, member
especially at a meeting
Hierarchical Arranged according to people's or Hierarchic
things' level of importance, or
relating to such a system
Hard skills Specific, teachable abilities or
knowledge that are job-related and
can be measured, such as typing,
writing, math, reading, and the
ability to use software programs
Soft skills Personal attributes that enable
someone to interact effectively and
harmoniously with other people,
including communication skills,
empathy, and emotional intelligence
Tactful Careful not to say or do anything Courteous, discreet, judicious,
that could upset someone; showing perceptive, polite
, skill and sensitivity in dealing with
others or with difficult issues
Non-authoritarian Not favoring or enforcing strict Non-autocratic
obedience to authority; allowing for
individual freedom and participation
in decision-making
Non-dictatorial Not characteristic of a dictator; not
imposing one's will on others;
promoting democratic or
collaborative approaches
Emotional competencies The skills and abilities that allow
individuals to recognize, understand,
manage, and utilize their own
emotions and the emotions of
others effectively
Emotional intelligence The ability to understand the way
people feel and react and to use this
skill to make good judgments and to
avoid or solve problems
Self-awareness The ability to understand and
manage your own emotions, and
those of the people around you
Self-confident Behaving calmly because you have
no doubts about your ability or
knowledge.
Self-regulation The ability to control one's behavior,
emotions, and thoughts, in the
pursuit of long-term goals
Impulses Sudden strong desires to do Desire, feeling, inclination,
something influence, instinct
Stimulation An action or thing that causes Incentive, stimulant
someone or something to become
more active or enthusiastic, or to
develop or operate
Empathy The ability to share someone else's Compassion, insight,
feelings or experiences by imagining understanding, warmth
what it would be like to be in that
person's situation
Stereotype A set idea that people have about Pattern
what someone or something is like,
especially an idea that is wrong
Cultural differences The variations in the way of life,
traditions, and laws between
different countries, religions,
societies, and people
Social skills The skills needed to interact and
communicate with others effectively
Cooperation The act of working together with Aid, assistance, collaboration,
someone or doing what they ask parntership
you
Dispute resolution The process of resolving a
