Track 20

Unit 4b.

Business.

Managing international meetings.

Page 65.

Build your vocabulary.

1. Approach.

We can finish this project by working harder, but a better approach is to ask more workers to help us.

1. challenge.

I enjoy working on the project with my group because it is a challenge. I like things that are interesting and difficult.

1. concept.

At our company, we believe in the concept of weekly meetings. Because of this idea, our office communication has improved!

1. conclude.

We need to conclude this meeting in five minutes so that we can all go home.

1. customers.

When customers are not happy with the company they go to another company to get the things they want.

1. Manage.

We didn’t manage your time well so we were not able to finish our work in the meeting.

1. Maximize.

We can maximize our time, if we eat lunch and talk about our project at the same time.

1. resources.

people, skills, money, and modern buildings are some of the resources that make this company great.

1. responsibility.

Managers have many things to do, but their biggest responsibility is to be sure that their group does its work well.

1. variables.

The amount of work a group can do in a meeting is affected by many variables. These variables include people arriving late, people leaving early, and people not coming at all