Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 606.
Look through the sentences and decide which of them are True(T), False (F).
a) The research is based on the studiesof day-to-day schedules of more than 500 CEOs from around the world.
b) In the first sample of 65 CEOs, executives spent nore than 28 hours of a 55-hour workweek in meetings, more than three hours on calls and five hours in business meals, on average.
c) Rather than removing their work to other managers, CEOs with more direct reports may be more involved in internal operations.
d) The effect of the CFO or COO may help reduce a CEO's time spent in internal meetings.
e) CEOs say they have enough solo time to think and strategize.
f) Mr. Cowan spends less time communicating with staff and clients, either in person or via text messages, instant messaging and video chat.
g) NV "Tiger" Tyagarajan wishes to have more time to bounce around ideas without strict limitation of time and planning.
h) Mr. Cowan says that he tries to “make a block” around his first work hour in the morning at 7 a.m. to clear his thoughts, to have some reading and manage email.
i) Jon Oringer is in the office from about 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., but says he works a lot more there, even during weekends.
j) In the Italian sample, the key to a company's performance was at what time of the day CEOs met with people.
a) In the first sample_______ was just six hours weekly.
1. working in the office alone
2. sitting alone
b) The more direct reports a CEO had correlated, _______.
1. the more and longer external meetings there were
2. the longer internal meetings occurred
c) In companies that included a finance chief or operating chief into the corporate hierarchy, the CEOs' time in meetings_______.
1. was reduced by about five-and-a-half hours a day
2. on average, decreased by about five-and-a-half hours a week
d) The researchers who followed Jon Oringer said they weren't surprised by the amount of time spent in meetings, _______.
1. because one of the functions of a Chief Executive Officer is to manage employees and meet with customers and consultants.
2. since one of the roles of a CEO is to hire employees and talk to customers and consultants.
e) Rory Cowan`s meetings rarely_______.
1. go on more than a quarter of an hour
2. last more that 20 minutes
f) While you he is sitting in a meeting, _______ thinks Lars Dalgaard.
1. his assistant is getting stuff done
2. his rivals are overdoing him
g) NV "Tiger" Tyagarajan is sure he needs _______.
1. more time to manage the meetings
2. more time to sit and think over
h) Jon Oringer doesn`t seem to _______.
1. have a lack of personal time
2. lack hours for sleeeping
i) Executives' assessment of how they spent their time _______.
1. was different from the actual records in their calendars
2. differed from the way their personal assistants thought it should be
j) Robert Steven Kaplan, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School recommends executives_______.
1. substitute the word 'money' for 'time' when deciding on their breaks
2. replace the word 'money' for 'time' when scheduling their week
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3) Circle the most appropriate synonym according to the contextual meaning of the underlined word.
| a) to average: 1. to asses 2. to divide 3. to purchase | b) to incorporate: 1. to absorb 2. to unite 3. to include |
| c) agenda: 1. item 2. plan 3. list | d) to strategize: 1. to think carefully 2. to carry out a plan 3. to shut down a strategy |
| e) concurrently: 1. simultaneously 2. everlastingly 3. inconveniently | f) to dedicate: 1. to address 2. to request 3. to devote |
| g) to crystallize: 1. to generate 2. to appear 3. to distinguish | h) mismatch: 1. mistake 2. failure 3. disagreement |
| i) performance: 1. execution 2. play 3. activity | j) record: 1. song 2. data 3. amount |
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