A Word search

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1012.

Vocabulary tasks

С How the text is organised

These phrases summarise the purpose of each paragraph. Match each phrase to the correct paragraph.

a. illustrate the decline of big companies paragraph I

b. give a prediction about the future

c. give examples of changes in the way big companies are organised

d. introduce the idea that big companies are starting to change and even decline

e. describe the new way of working

f. explain why these changes are taking place

g. describe the old way of working

1 Find a word or phrase from the text that has a similar meaning.

a. movement of money into and out of a company's bank accounts (summary)

…cash…flow…

b. passing tasks to an external company (summary)

o…………………

c. individuals who are self-employed and work independently (summary)

f…………………

d. describes a large company that produces everything it needs internally (para 1)

v………………… i…………………

e. external companies that provide products or services to an organisation

(para 1)

o………………… s…………………

f. parts of a company that operate independently as separate profit centres (para 2)

i………………… u…………………

g. where price and quality are the main factors for doing business (para 3)
o………………… m…………………

h. something large companies can achieve by doing things in big volumes

(para 4)

e………………… of s…………………

2. There are many words that can be used instead of “company”. Four other words are used in the text. What are they? Is there any difference in meaning between them?