高级外语managerial_caricatures英国篇课文+补充资料.ppt

Managerial caricature;1.课文内容 ;■British managers became managers by studying English literature and Egyptology at Oxford and by going through the Old Boy Network. ■英国经理人在牛津大学攻读过英国文学和古埃及学，靠老同学的关系网升为经理。;■ They have a broad, but not always thorough knowledge of their companys operations. They are insular—and proud of it. ■在公司运作方面，他们的知识博而不精。他们保守偏狭，并以此为荣。;■ Class spite and social angst riddle British corporate cultures. Despite much lip service to the contrary, decision making remains the prerogative of top managers. ■英国的企业文化充满了阶层间的敌视和对时世的疑惧。无论口头承诺如何如何，决策依然是最高层经理人的特权。;■Ideas about decentralized management clash with a basic lack of faith in the abilities of the subordinates. ■权力下放式管理的理想与怀疑下属基本能力的现实往往发生冲突。;■ British managers are humorous, and they spice their conversations with humorous little anecdotes that executives of other nationalities usually fail to appreciate. ■英国经理人 幽默风趣，谈话常佐以别国同僚所欣赏不了的轶闻趣事。;■Meetings are not supposed to decide anything. The British use them to explore the terrain and to check out the broad perimeters, parameters and all that. If they promise you something to avoid offending you, it may take a long time before they deliver. In fact, they may not deliver at all. ■他们认为开会不应该作出任何决定，而只是用来定定范围，查查大致的周长，参数等等。要是他们为了不惹恼你而做出了某项承诺，那要他们践诺可就遥遥无期了，甚至会不了了之。 ;;;video：《为什么我想去英国？》;;;英格兰风光;BIG BEN;River Thames;威斯敏斯特大教堂 Westminster Abbey ;Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫;伦敦碗 Olympic Stadium;;英国早餐茶是由集中红茶以一定比例拼配而成，是一种口味醇厚，香味浓郁的饮品。适合搭配牛奶和糖。与多姿多彩的英式早餐相得益彰。是英国最常见的一种茶。;英国国菜?fish?and?chips;? 电子信息工程1101 李明轩2013年12月19日