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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE Examinations in English as a Foreign Language BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE 0352/1 Vantage Test of Reading Test 022 Saturday 1 JUNE 2002 Morning 1 hour Additional materials: Answer Sheet
TIME 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE Do not open this paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, Center number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Write these details in pencil on your Answer Sheet if these are not already printed. Write all your answers in pencil on your Answer Sheet—no extra time is allowed for this. Read carefully the instructions for each part and the instructions for completing your Answer Sheet. Try to answer all the questions. At the end of the examination hand in both this question paper and your Answer Sheet.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDTES
There are forty-five questions on this question paper.
This question paper consists of 10 printed pages and 2 blank pages. SP(SLC) S22086/3 UCLES 2002 Turn Over PART ONE Questions 1-7
. Look at the statements below and the book reviews on the opposite page. . Which book (A, B, C or D) does each statement 1 – 7 refer to? . For each statement 1 – 7, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet. . You will need to use some of these letters more than once.
Example: 0 It includes studies of a number of companies around the world. 1 It looks at how business organizations can affect the environment. 2 It contains practical advice for people involved in data collection. 3 It claims that earlier analyses of this aspect of organizations were too simplistic. 4 It examines contrasting approaches to staff 0selection. 5 It gives a better explanation of the issues than other books on the subject. 6 It draws on the personal experience of the writers. 7 It looks at how external influences can impact on the effectiveness of managers.
A MANAGERS IN THE MAKING As examples of ‘organizational’ and ‘market’ approaches to society, Japan and Britain provide a useful contrast, showing the national and cultural factors which affect the performance of executives. There is extensive research data behind this book, and key areas of comparison between the two countries include their different systems of recruitment and their diverse attitudes both to management control and the work environment.
B Analyzing Organizations This book provides support for managers who need to plan organizational research with a step-by-step, ‘how-to’ guide. The authors describe each part of the process, the advantages and disadvantages that result from many of the choices that must be made, and the lessons they have learnt from years spent designing and conducting surveys. The sections on research into recruitment and employment relationships are particularly informative.
C The Culture Of Organizations This book looks at the culture of business organizations and the writers suggest that this is more complex and diverse than had previously been recognized. A variety of different and non-traditional research settings across industries are represented, including a car plant in Slovenia, a US software developer and a Korean electronics company. D Images Of Organizations This book shows how organizations can be managed and designed in new ways. There are chapters on the complexity of corporate culture, and on how managers can deal with the negative impact organizations may have on society and the natural world. No other publication covers the arguments so clearly while developing the implications for management with such force.