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The labour content is relatively small compared to the capital investment, and most of it
labour required is employed to set up the machines for production, and is highly paid
This small, very skilled, work-force is a vital element in continuing production and disruption of their operations normally causes severe setbacks in manufacturing volume, and can
cause production to cease altogether
The small proportion of skilled
is unskilled or semi-skilled
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) In situations, therefore, where the work-force has strong union backing pay is as much open to free market forces as to the influence of the threat of union sanctions B) Where trade union influence is weak, or where there is no union influence at all, such coercion is much more evident
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
It is _______ to start this type of business, but it can be difficult to compete with large firms, and difficult to raise money for expansion
awesome
nice
easy
funny
A private limited company has limited _______ and this is indicated by the letters ltd after its name
mobility
ability
capability
liability
Choose the right preposition: He created a huge and liquid market _______ up to 300 billion dollars
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: After the recession of the early 1980s, there 9to be) many large companies on the US stock market with good earnings but low stock prices
Choose two possible answers: This clause simply _______ that the liability of the membership is limited
states
writes
makes
clames
If you do like your job at Apple, watch _______, because unless you are in some backwater that no one cares about and is severely understaffed, your job may be gone in a second, and you may be ‘on the street’ with one or two months to find a job at Apple
out
them
it
films
The difference between the old Apple, which was crazy, and the new Apple is anomie. People are _______
animated
alienated
agitated
aggrvated
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Lay-offs in Japan (to be) instead a cause for shame for which managers are expected to apologize
These are ‘one-man businesses’ but they can, of _______, employ others
way
proximity
direction
course
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Industrial relations is a very wide topic sometimes (to see) as separate from personnel management, but nevertheless within the broad compass of the personnel function
Choose two possible answers: The actual address is not _______ but, as we have seen, it is filed with the Registrar when applying for registration
provided
taken
given
gotten
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: German and Japanese managers and financiers, for example, seem to consider companies as places where people work, rather than as assets to be bought and (to sell)
Choose two possible answers: A company is _______ a legal person but, like a human being, it must have a name
just
only
alone
right
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The result is a high rate of absenteeism, general work stoppages and possibly defective work owing to a low
with his fellow workers
This is a method that falls between job and mass production, and may be said to be repeated production but not
continuous production
The use of a conveyer belt gives the worker no control over the pace of his work and diminishes opportunities to communicate
level of interest in the job
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) PEP is a common acronym for Personal Energy Plant B) Additional Voluntary Contributions means you have to pay extra to your boss
А- false, В- true
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
Choose the right preposition: _______ the car hire business, the challenger actually advertises this fact: for many years Avis used the slogan ‘We’re number two. We try harder.’
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) Within the Federal Wage System, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 will affect primarily non-appropriated fund Federal Wage Systems employees B) All wage schedules issued pursuant to a wage survey under the authority of section 5343 of title 5, United States Code, are subject to this minimum wage increase
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
The price of shares _______ go up if the plc is making good profits and will go down if it is not doing so well
could
might
will
would
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Holders of not less than one tenth
meeting must say that it is the annual general meeting
All general meetings other
an AGM to be held in that year
Any member may, by giving notice to the company not later than three months before the end of the year in which an AGM should have been held but for the opting out, require
than the annual general meeting are extraordinary general meetings. They may be called by the directors at any time
The notice of the
of the paid up share capital on which all calls due have been paid the right to requisition an extraordinary general meeting
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) It is not important to choose the legal form of business that will enable your business to develop, while taking into consideration the activities to be carried on B) Your notary, lawyer or accountant can help you make the right choice in that question
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
When people open small _______, or work for themselves as plumbers, decorators and so on, they are usually sole proprietors
accounts
shops
bottles
doors
The simplest _______ of business organization is the sole trader or sole proprietor – one person who provides the capital (the money needed to start), has complete control of the business, keeps all the profit (or bears the loss), and has unlimited liability
form
way
view
look
Secondly, separating functions _______ unlikely to encourage innovation
will
be
were
is
Choose two possible answers: Your notary, _______ or accountant can help you make the right choice
lawyer
legal assistant
lover
lower
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: In addition, because the trade union movement is historically directly linked in Britain with the Labour Party there has (to be) inevitably concern about the amount of influence and interference in Government that might occur
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The threat of raids (to force) companies to put capital to productive use
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) The actual address of a company can be changed by an ordinary resolution of the members B) This requires just one vote
А- false, В- true
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Millken was later arrested and charged with 98 different felonies, (to include) a lot of insider dealing, and Drexel Burnham Lambert went bankrupt in 1990
Choose the right preposition: At local level disputes and grievances are often dealt with by joint consultative committees (to compose) of representatives from management and workers
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) The only major document, governing the company is the articles of association B) If a joint-stock company goes bankrupt and can not pay out its debts, then either the shareholders or the creditors go to prison at once
А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- false
Each division had its _______ engineering, production and sales departments, made a different category of car (but with some overlap, to encourage internal competition), and was expected to make a profit
great
good
own
self
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) He is generally credited with inventing functional organization B) Today, most large manufacturing organizations have a functional structure, including (among others) production, finance, marketing, sales, and personnel or staff departments
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
Choose the right preposition: In many markets there is often also a distinct market challenger, _______ the second largest market share
Correspond the left and right parts
Mass-produced products, which
production are the terms normally used
In order to remain profitable
it is necessary for enterprises employing mass-production methods to utilise machinery to virtually full capacity
Where the nature of the product is the result of formulations such as petro-chemical products, adhesives and jams, process production or continuous-flow process
range from such items as breakfast cereals and paper products to motor-cars, are manufactured in advance of sales, and sales forecasting and marketing of a high order are essential for the success of the manufacturing enterprise
Put the verb in brackets in the right form:Nationally this was, in very many industries, (to deal) with through joint industrial councils (JICs), supported by the Government, consisting of equal numbers of members from employers’ associations and relevant trade unions
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) The union serves an essential function in industrial society B) Yet one of the chief objectives of right-wing governments in the 1980s (e.g. in Britain and the USA) was to diminish the power of trade unions, and to deregulate labour markets in accordance with the ideal of free markets
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
A company offering a large _______ of products or services might also be subdivided into autonomous divisions
digit
function
figure
number
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Theoretically, there was little risk of making a loss with a buyout, as the debts (to incure) were guaranteed by the companies’ assets
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: One way to do this is to try to find ways (to increase) the size of the entire market
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) Where redundancies are inevitable union co-operation can be particularly helpful in obtaining fair compensation for those affected B) Managerial decisions can not be delayed because of the lengthy discussions necessary at plant and local union level for these decisions to be implemented
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
Put the verb in brackets in the right form:The parties to collective bargaining are the trade unions on the employees’ side and the employers’ trade associations on the other, although there (can) be variations
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It uses more labour, proportionately, than mass
entailed, and machines are more versatile
A batch of one design will be made and then a batch of another, and then perhaps
the first will be run again
Labour is more skilled in this method of production than in mass production because of the variety of the work
production and less machinery. Whether goods are made in advance of orders or subsequent to them depends not so much on the type of production method as on the situation in the market
Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) Manual and service industry workers are often organized in labour unions, which attempt to ensure fair wages, reasonable working hours and safe working conditions for their members B) Congolese unions are known as trade unions because, as in Germany, they are largely organized according to trade or skill: there is an engineers’ union, an lectricians’ union, a train-drivers’ union, and so on
А-true, В-false
А- true, В- true
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
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Further, the labour employed has to be highly skilled for the most part, and supervision must be constant and
to cope with varying work
Job production can range from small units
very labour intensive since it does not easily lend itself to mechanisation
Job production is usually
such as the production of an individually designed piece of pottery to the building of a large cargo ship, from made-to-measure clothing to bridge-building
There is little opportunity for the use of highly specialised machinery, and the machinery that is used must be versatile and able
very technically competent
Today, the sense of anomie – alienation, disconnectedness – at Apple is _______
major
private
colonel
general
Chose three possible answers: The duties and responsibilities of the directors are most _______ in the running of the company
tipical
special
usual
onerous
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The labour content is relatively small compared to the capital investment, and most of it
must be included competitive tendering
The small proportion of skilled
labour required is employed to set up the machines for production, and is highly paid
Continuity of work for both labour and equipment depends, therefore, on effective marketing and under this heading
is unskilled or semi-skilled
Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Workers in these companies are (to consider) to be at least as important as shareholders