The Quality of Working Life
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 411.
Writing
A group of journalists is planning to launch a new consumer magazine. It is aimed at women aged 20-40 who wish to have a professional career as well as a family. It will give readers vital business information and practice advice on how to reach the top of the corporate ladder. You have been asked to produce a leaflet introducing the magazine and inviting readers to send a coupon entitling them to a substantial discount on the first two issues. Think of the sections and topics you are going to cover in the leaflet. It also has to include some advertisements concerning the main policy of the magazine “Women as wonderful housewives ”
Look at the necessary information below:
“Promotional leaflet is a single sheet of printed-paper sometimes folded to form several pages. It either advertises a product/ service or gives information on how to use it. No particular layout is required but the leaflet must be eye-catching, easy to read, and have a contact address and date. Key information, e.g. the offer of a special discount or bargain rates, should be highlighted”.[5]
1. What do you think?
There are some famous factors, which can increase job satisfaction. They are: achievements, recognition, challenging work, responsibility, growth and development.
1. How do you understand them? Explain each of them. Highlight one of them. Prove your choice.
2. What benefits would make you work harder: bigger salary, working for a successful company, a better working environment, threat of redundancy or some other perks (fringe benefits)? Explain you point of view.
4. How do working conditions influence the quality of work?
2. Agree or disagree with the statements
1. People are the most important resource in a company.
2. Length of service not ability / responsibility should determine an employee's salary.
3. Management should always make organizational changes.
4. Give employees the information they need for their work.
5. Recognise and congratulate employees for good work.
6. Pay people as they earn.
3. “Mission”
Read the extracts from the statements. Try “to translate” them into English.
“Our mission is to enhance effective methods of empowerment which will leverage personnel coordination”.
“We exist to provide access to high-impact intellectual capital so that organizations can implement solutions in response to the challenges of the 21st century”.
a) write your own mission statement in your own words. It should be short, logic and sharp. This statement may really work.
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