Unit 1 - Management

LISTENING 1: Listen to the following conversation and complete the minutes below, in note
form

LISTENING 2: Listen again and fill in the gaps in these sentences from the conversation
1. ..................... the .......... .., I'd say that morale's very low at the moment.
2. You ..................., the ..................... that we've just laid off two hundred or so workers?
3. What are you ................................... Jonathan?
4. Mm ... that's ...................... for ......................., I must admit.
5. I think I'm ...................... the ........................ now, and it's not a very pretty one.
6. And you know, I may have ........... ………………… …………….. the answer.
7. A survey could tell us what's .............. ...................... inthis firm.
8. Everybody must feel free to speak the truth, or else the data won't be .......... …………
………….. to us.

LISTENING 3: Listen to the following conversation and complete the memorandum below

To: George Holbrook

From: Vanessa McIntyre
Subject: ………………………………………………………………………………………..
Ralph Harris has just informed me that ……………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Apparently, this regrettable delay has been caused by ………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………… Ralph
says they still haven't managed to develop a biscuit which crackles when you bite into it.

Ralph now estimates that his department will not have solved this problem satisfactorily until
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………. Naturally, this will make it impossible for us to ……………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………….

In view of these unfortunate circumstances, I would suggest that our best course of action
would be to postpone the launch ………………………………………………………………
Could we meet to discuss this as soon as possible?
LISTENING 4: Listen again and fill in the gaps in these sentences from the conversation
1 We're ..................... ..................... ..................... some problems, I'm afraid.
2. And they've taken it home and ................... it ..................... on their children.
3. Good heavens! That means we'll never ..................... it ..................... the market by
June .................... .....................
4. Even so, I'm not going to ..................... ....................., Vanessa
5 OK. I'll ................................ a meeting ..................... George.

LISTENING 5: Listen to the following conversation and answer the questions below.
1. What is Marion unhappy about?
2. Why was last Friday such an important day?
3. What did Marion have to do last Sunday?
4. According to Polly, Gerald is extremely good at planning his time. Note down the things he
does to make the most effective use of his time.