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Module 1 YE Jiaquan, FLD, NJUE Contents Contents 1.1 Business Topic: Ways of Working Words and Expressions regular hours flexible hours freelance teleworking job-share job-sharing shift work temping consultancy specialist advice Words and Expressions flexitime hotdesking office gossip credit managing director brainpower worst case scenario delegate Words and Expressions availability job-sharer parental-leave distractions contact case-load daily-log voice mail self-organization disruptive Discussion 1. How do you work most effectively? By working… Regular hours/flexible hours? In a team/on your own? From home/in an office? For a boss/as your own boss Compare your responses with a partner. Why flexible hours? Aims of the Flexible Working Hours Policy provide the best possible service to meet business objectives; enable employees to utilise their full potential at work by achieving a better relationship between their personal and professional lives; provide a focus on the achievement of key activities, personal and team objectives and targets rather than time sat at a desk; maximise use of resources and match working patterns with the needs of the company; help the company retain employee expertise; give the company access to a broader cross section of potential empoyees when recruiting. 2. Match these ways of working 1-8 to definition A-I. Do you work in any of these ways? 3. Here are some people describing the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of working. Match the nine ways of working in exercise 2 to their comments. Some comments might describe more than one way. 4. Work in pairs. Think of one more advantages or disadvantage for each way of working in exercise 2 5. Read about the job-sharing. Write these headings into each paragraph. 6. How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would your employer or boss think it was a good idea? Working from home What does she say is important when working from home? Have a timetable and stick to it What does s