体验商务英语综教程4Unit 8 - ALL Answers.doc

# Unit 8 Team building Lesson notes Examples: Sports teams project development team sales teams medical teams doing operations management teams teams of ministers with their political advisers and civil servants Quotation: See business brief on page 69. Starting up: A Possible issues advantages: Things can be achieved by a team that can’t be achieved by individuals working separately-some things can only be achieved by teams. Some people prefer working with others rather than on their own. Team-working allows everyone to feel they have something to contribute. Disadvantages: Explaining and organizing the task can take so much time that it’s easier and quicker to do it yourself. Communication breakdowns can lead to severe problems in achieving the task. Conflict between team members can be very destructive. B-C Anita is a creative type, who values ideas over detailed planning. Bertil, on the other hand, is more interested in clear thinking. Catherine found that the quiz told her that she is more intertsted in details and clear planning, and she was a bit surprised by this. The quiz told me I’m more of a creative person, which I tend to agree with. Vocabulary A 1b 2b 3c 4a 5c 6b 7b 8a 9c 10a 11b 12b B 1 ex-President 2 bilateral 3 predicted 4 pro-European 5 underdeveloped 6 mismanagement 7 dishonest C Uncommunicative indecisive inefficient unenthusiastic inflexible unfocussed unimaginative disloyal disorganized unpopular impractical unsocialble unstable intolerant Reading: Successful teamworking A 1 Common goals with challenging targets 2 Open communication 3 Involvement of all team members 4 Conflict resolution 5 Leadership 6 Measuring progress against goals B 1 to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts 2 synergies (line 8) 3 meetings that overrun frequent arguments between team members unhealthy lev