VIP Class Notes (Phil)

Today we focused on:

business practices in UK and china

Vocabulary

annual review 

staff appraisal

to log something – record something

to distract, distractions

fire/sack – lose your job because of poor performance

made redundant / laid off – lose your job because of financial situation of the company

severance/ redundancy – the money paid after being laid off

Resign – persons own choice to leave a job

bureaucratic – a lot of rules, procedures, or levels to go through

bar code – 

cashless payment systems 

to integrate – become part of something

monopoly , to monopolize  – to dominate or control an area of business

critical infrastructure – key parts of a country energy, transport, communications

Speaking exercise

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