Business Spotlight PLUS
Ready to decide
Kommunikation
In “Ready to decide?” (pp. 38–45), Bob Dignen looks at the decision-making
process. Here, you can practise the language involved.
AUDIO
Remember!
You need to
check the
reliability of the
data on which
you base your
decisions.- Key vocabulary
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.A. Decisions are the way we navigate / plot daily challenges.
B. Organizations are shaped / resisted by forces beyond their control.
C. We often face complex ethical misgivings / dilemmas in the workplace.
D. Our processes need to be robust / brittle enough to withstand pressure.
E. Decisions are often underlined / underpinned by wrong assumptions.
F. With the benefit of rear-view / hindsight, we would have made a different
decision.
G. We should evaluate the efficacy / effort of our decisions.
H. Staff need a safe mainframe / framework in which they can work and
collaborate.- Decisions
Choose the most appropriate adjective to complete the sentences below.active | indecisive | logical | orthodox | pointless | sufficient | unreliableA. John took a step-by-step and ......................................... approach to decision-
making.B. It’s a(n) ........................................ exercise to speculate about what might have been.C. She plays a more ......................................... role in the team these days.D. The slowness of his decision-making made him seem ..........................................E. Mark took a more conservative and ......................................... approach to the
problem.F. They made a bad decision because the data was ..........................................G. There were not ......................................... reasons to change the process.MA