Who is the workshop intended for?A.New employees.B.Company managers.C.Customers.D.Bank tel
Who is the workshop intended for?
A.New employees.
B.Company managers.
C.Customers.
D.Bank tellers.
Who is the workshop intended for?
A.New employees.
B.Company managers.
C.Customers.
D.Bank tellers.
Who will give a talk on motivation in the workshop?
A.Nancy
B.Matthew
C.Linda and Mike
D.Cindy
Who most likely will attend the workshop?
A.Staff members who regularly deal with the public
B.Managers with poor communication skills
C.Workers who need help with writing skills
D.Employees with poor presentation skills
Who is Oswald Garrison?
A.An instructor for the workshop
B.A client of McKinsey Consulting
C.A company manager
D.A program developer
A.attendance
B.attend
C.were attending
D.attendee
[Workshop]
How to Start a Business
02-14-2007
Elliot Center (in the IT Business Center)
at noon to 2 p.m.
Price: Free
This introductory workshop offers an overview of the information you need to start a business. Learn how to conduct feasibility studies and develop business plans; and how to obtain the necessary licenses and permits to be a legal business in Pinellas County.
Who is most likely to be interested in the workshop?
A.A person interested in retail business.
B.A person interested in learning business law.
C.A person interested in IT business center.
D.A person interested in starting a business.
Meridian Finance Group
1247 7th Street, Suite 200,
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: 310-260-2130
Fax:310-260-2140
Web: http://www.meridianfinance.com
To: James Crawford (crawford@source.com)
From: Peter Gardner (gardner@meridian.com)
Date: July 25
Subject: Update on the workshop on Friday, August 10
Dear Mr. James Crawford,
Thank you for agreeing to conduct the Office Management workshop at Santa Monica Conference Center on August 10. We are excited to hear about your new computer software, which may be a beneficial tool for our business.
In my previous e-mail, I said the workshop would be held in the Ocean Hall, but it has been changed to the Pacific Hall. Please stop at the security desk when you get here and give the security guard your name. The guard will issue you a guest pass and escort you to the proper place.
If you have handouts that you want us to copy before the workshop, my assistant Mr. Patrick Gallaway can make them. If you send him your material by Tuesday, July 30, he will have them ready for you. His e-mail address is gallaway@meridian.com. If you have any questions, please let me know.
We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.
Peter Gardner
SourceTec Software Co., LTD.
2707 Woodrow Court, Suite 100
Billings, KS 67601
Telephone: 406-238-7444
Fax: 406-238-7414
Web: http://www.sourcetec.com
To: Peter Gardner (gardner@meridian.com)
From: James Crawford (crawford@source.com)
Date: July 26
Subject: Update on the workshop on Friday, August 10
Dear Mr. Peter Gardner,
Thank you for your e-mail.
I would like to show you that our computer software can help improve productivity and increase the number of services you can supply your clients with. I'm confident that you'll find our software quite useful.
On the day of the workshop, I'll bring our colleague, Mr. Gary Mendell, who will take care of technical issues. Mr. Gary Mendell is one of the computer programmers who developed this software, so he will be able to answer technical questions your employees may have about it.
As for handouts, I'll contact your assistant on Monday, the 29th of July. There will only be a few pages as most of the demonstration will be given on a computer at the workshop.
Thanks.
James Crawford
What is the purpose of Mr. Peter Gardner' s e-mail?
A.To confirm the detail of a presentation
B.To place an order for the computer software
C.To postpone the workshop until August
D.To change the date of the workshop
According to the e-mail, what does Mr. Collins want to do?
A.Change the location of an event
B.Reschedule a meeting with Ms. Park
C.Purchase plane tickets to Seoul
D.Visit a plant in Osaka
His instruments could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. During his career he made over eleven hundred violins by hand. Those still in existence have become treasured possessions.
Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely hidden. Even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin's construction.
Through the years, many experts have offered possible explanations for the unique tone of a "Strad". Some say it is the instrument's shape and the harmony of its parts. Others suggest that the secret lies in the special properties of the wood that no longer exist. The most widely accepted supposition is the paint that the old master used to coat his instruments. Still, no violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of Stradivarius's violins.
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A.How to Make Violins.
B.Stradivarius's Secret.
C.Expensive Violins.
D.Italian Violin Makers.
For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A.,B.,C )and D.. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
How Do You See Diversity
As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company. During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise.
He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice. “It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was Opt the candidate’s “different” behavior. was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American raised in a household where respect for those in authority was shown by averting (避开) your eyes.
“I was just thrown off by the lack of eye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out, but will not miss that opportunity again.”
Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming essential to expand our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions.
Hire Advantage
At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult, employers who can eliminate invalid biases (偏见) from the process have a distinct advantage. My company, Mindsets LLC, helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots. A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make.
“During my Mindsets coaching session, I was taught how to recruit a diversified workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill sets. The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the company. When the real estate teethes began to change, it was because we had a diverse agent pool that we were able to say in the real estate market much longer than others in the same profession.”
Blinded by Gender
Dale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse workforce. “Through one of the sessions, I discovered my personal bias,” he recalls. “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person, and being open to differences.” In his case, the blindness was not about culture but rather gender.
“I had a management position open in toy department; and the two finalists were a man and a woman. lied I not attended this workshop, I would have automatically assumed the man was the best candidate because the position required quite a bit of extensive travel. My reasoning would have been that even though both candidates were great and could have been successful in the position, I assumed the woman would have wanted to he home with her children and not travel.” Dale’s assumptions are another example of the well-Intentioned but incorrect thinking that limits an organization’s ability to tap into the full potential of a diverse workforce.
“I learned from the class that instead of imposing my gender biases into the situation. I needed to present the full range of duties, responsibilities and expectations to all candidates and allots them to make an informed decision.” Dale credits the workshop, “because it helped me make decisions based on fairness.”
Year of the Know-It-All
Doug is another supervisor who attended one of my workshops. Fie recalls a major lesson learned f
A.He just wouldn’t look her in the eye.
B.He was slow in answering her questions.
C.His resume didn’t provide the necessary information.
D.His answers to some of her questions were irrelevant.