Actions taken by Siemens and other firms show demanding for consultancy is ______.
A.at a premium
B.to no avail
C.of their own accord
D.on the alert
Based on the organization's general policy and strategy ,surveys should be carried out to assess whether or not staff are satisfied with their jobs. Actions then should be taken to make sure that staff do have job satisfaction.
First, it is essential to recruit the right person for the job. People' s skills should be classified and matched to the organization' s requirements. Second, it' s also important to develop people's skills by training, not just at the start of their job, but throughout their career. Training plans should be established and training should be reviewed constantly. Third, developing people through teamwork is very important. Staff should feel that they are working together and not by themselves. Last but not least, people should not necessarily stay in the same jobs throughout their career. They should be employed in the job where they are most effective. Developing their careers is important.
1.What is the article mainly talking about?()
A.Personnel training
B.Management of personnel
C.Importance of human resource
2.Surveys should be carried out in accordance with().
A.people' s skills
B.staff's job satisfaction
C.the organization' s general policy and strategy
3.How many kinds of actions should be taken to meet staff's job satisfaction?()
A.Three
B.Four
C.Five
4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?()
A.An effective work team is very important
B.An employee should be assigned to the position that can fully exert his skills
C.Personnel training at the start of the job is more important than that in the later period
5. People()stay in the same jobs throughout their career.
A.shouldn't
B.ought to
C.mustn't
【C1】
A.slow
B.swift
C.mild
D.emotional
&8226;Read this text taken from an article on theories of management,
&8226;Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.
&8226;For each gap 9-14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.
&8226;Do not use any letter more than once.
&8226;There is an example at the beginning (O).
Don't follow that theory - think for yourself!
In the 1990s, according to US author Eileen Shapiro, managers have abandoned the right to manage. She argues that managers in the USA have lost confidence. (0) H
She describes a corporate culture which is extremely defensive and which has as its motto 'Managers should always follow the latest short-lived management theory, no matter how irrelevant it may be'. (9) In turn, these have been followed blindly by managers who have given up their central responsibility - taking decisions about their own business in their own particular circumstances.
"I really believe a manager's job is to manage", she says. But increasingly, she feels, they do everything but that. (10) That's because this, the identification of problems and opportunities, is the scariest part of management. Managers try to avoid the anxiety it brings by simply applying the latest theory to any problem. (11) Managers should, she believes, confront these head-on.
It is not that Ms Shapiro does not believe in cutting out unnecessary management layers and opening up organisations. Her criticism is that theories are often presented unthinkingly as solutions and are applied by managers who do not really understand what they are saying.
"Theories are often regarded as if they are some sort of miraculous cure for any type of problem", she says. "However, many projects have failed because theories have been applied which were not appropriate to the situation." (12) The blame for this inappropriate application of theories lies, she claims, mainly at the door of consultancy firms. It is difficult for big firms of consultants to specialise sufficiently. They cannot hope to offer exactly the service that a company requires at a price which the client is able to afford. (13) This is worse than having no help at all.
One of the most serious potential consequences of following theories without considering whether they are appropriate or not is a loss of staff morale and motivation. Obviously, this is something to be avoided. (14) However, Ms Shapiro believes that, unfortunately, unless managers begin again to take responsibility for their own actions that is exactly what will happen.
A. They therefore end up developing generalised solutions which are offered to clients regardless of an organisation's specific problems.
B. There are many firms of consultants offering help to companies.
C. No manager in their right mind would want to work with an angry, cynical or alienated workforce.
D. Just because a course of action has succeeded in one context, it does not mean it will be right in other circumstances.
E. From 'mission statements' to 're-engineering' she shows how one theory has replaced another in quick succession.
F. But in doing so, they often fail to address the real issues.
G. They fail to tackle the central management task, which is diagnosis.
H. They therefore no longer have the courage or the ability to take responsibility for their decisions.
(9)
In the normal walk of life, we come across people who are more popular than others. Popularity is a subjective phenomenon and many a sociologist is still trying to figure out what makes for popularity. A person with a bright personality is usually more popular than a person with a dull personality, right? Beautiful people are usually more popular than ugly people, right? Actually, it's hard to pinpoint (确定) what kind of personality is popular and what is unpopular.
Behavior. can be described as the manifestation of personality in response to a situation. No two persons will react to the same situation in the same manner. This is because of the person's personality. Let's take the example of an introvert and an extrovert. We shall create a situation to study how they behave in the same environment. The introvert and the extrovert are placed into two identical rooms at the same time. Every effort is taken to ensure that the environment is the same. They are told to read a book in 2 hours. Then, we ask a group of hooligans (小流氓) to go into the rooms and beat the rooms. How do you think the introvert and the extrovert will behave in such an environment? We don't know but we know they will behave differently.
Are you satisfied with how your career is turning out? You may not consciously know it but your personality has a great bearing of your job performance. If you are extremely shy and hate to socialize, you are not cut for a sales job or a PR(公共关系)position. You may try to change your ways and take on a more outgoing style. but you may not be happy. There are some personality characters which are inherent. If you know yourself well, you will find a career that suits your personality and excel in it.
We may infer from the first paragraph that______.
A.we have to face the world with masks
B.personality can be shown through one's actions
C.people's personalities are all fixed through their life
D.people's personalities are totally different from each other