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a person who gives another person help and advice over a period of time and often also coaches them in their job
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MENTOR
a set of rules for what you can wear
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DRESS CODE
aims
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GOALS
demands total obedience from staff
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AUTOCRATIC
extra amounts of money given to you as a reward
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BONUSES
follow the rules exactly
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DO THINGS BY THE BOOK
view of how the company will be in the future
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VISION
involving risk-taking
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ENTREPRENEURIAL
fierce; not involving
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CUT-THROAD
support
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BACK-UP
informal meetings
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GET TOGETHERS
succeed or fail without help from anyone else
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SINK OR SWIM
paperwork = bureaucracy
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RED TAPE
responsible to the government
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PUBLICLY ACCOUNTABLE
making more efficient
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STREAMLINING
Internet company
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DOTCOM
standard by which you can
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YARDSTICK
judge the success of something
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judge the success of something
struggle of individuals in a
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RAT RACE
competitive environment
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competitive environment
beginning
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STARTING OUT
discuss thoroughly
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TALK THINGS THROUGH
produce ideas and solutions
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COME UP WITH IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS
follow, obey
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STICK TO
arrive
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TURN UP
making progress
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GETTING AHEAD
the essential thing is
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IT BOILS DOWN TO
group of people appointed to manage a company
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BOARD
whether the company makes a profit or a loss
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BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE
money earned from sales
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REVENUES
dismiss employees, so they no longer have a job
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MAKE WORKERS REDUNDANT
people who own shares in a company
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SHAREHOLDERS
the amount of profit on an investment
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RETURN
set periods of time when people work, e.g. 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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SHIFTS
someone who establishes an organisation
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FOUNDER
a new activity, usually in business which involves risk or uncertainty
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VENTURE
which are real but not immediately obvious
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UNDERLYING
very confident behaviour
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FLAMBOYANT
from the beginning
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FROM SCRATCH
say a lot of nice things about
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LAVISH PRAISE ON
made a mistake
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SLIPPED UP / MAKE A MESS OF STH
dismissing
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FIRING
completely involved
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IMMERSED
the detailed or complicated facts
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THE INS AND OUTS
share or financial involvement in a business
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STAKE
the skill of administering your time so as to work effectively
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TIME MANAGEMENT
managing systems in a company so that each department works effectively and producs products of the required standard
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QUALITY MANAGEMENT
direct management of staff
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LINE MANAGEMENT
level between senior management and junior management
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MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
how a company tries to control its brands and brand image
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BRAND MANAGEMENT
process of dealing with difficult situations
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CRISIS MANAGEMENT
process of assessing and measuring possible dangers and evolving strategies to deal with them
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RISK MANAGEMENT
an advert along the top of a page of a website
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BANNER ADS
an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
groups of people, often families, who live together
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HOUSEHOLDS
experience of
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EXPOSURE TO
unable to be heard
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INAUDIBLE
devices for relaying information into a computer system
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SCANNERS
patterns of black lines which can be read by and recorded on a computer
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BARCODES
devices which allow movement to be followed
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(ELECTRONIC) TRACERS/COOKIES
followed/monitored
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TRACKED
remove (perhaps using special equipment)
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FILTER OUT/BLOCK
forced to experience something unpleasant
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SUBJECTED TO
given so much information that its is so difficult to deal with
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BOMBARDED WITH
easy to understand, simple
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STRAIGHTFORWARD
argue, negotiate
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HAGGLE
a method of buying something new by giving something you own as part of the payment for it
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TRADE IN
to look at information on the internet
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BROWSE
useful
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HANDY
place where you can write your opinion of something
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APPRAISAL FORM
appear
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POP UP
filter out, remove
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SCREEN OUT
trends
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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OR CHANGES
pronounced
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VERY NOTICABLE
underwent
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EXPERIENCED
slight
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SMALL
an all-time low
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THE LOWEST IT HAS EVER BEEN
peaking
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REACHING ITS HIGHEST POINT
worker in factory
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SHOP FLOOR WORKER
worker who does physical work rather than office work
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BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
person who coordinates and supervises different elements of a job
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PROJECT MANANGER
worker who does particular pieces of work for different organisations, rather than working all the time for a single organisation
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FREELANCER
person whose work requires specialist knowledge
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KNOWLEDGE WORKER
worker who does not work for an employer but finds work for himself/herself or who has his/her own business
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SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON
worker who has or needs only a small amount of training
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SEMI-SKILLED WORKER
worker elected by other workers in a factory or business to represent them in discussions with the management
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UNION REP
person employed to work for a short period, while another person is absent or when there is extra work
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TEMP
person who works in an office, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort
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WHITE-COLLAR WORKER
fewer commitments
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LESS BAGGAGE
extremely active, excited or uncontrolled
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FRENETIC
not in use any more, having been replaced by something never and better or more fashionable
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OBSOLETE
present or noticeable everywhere
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PERVASIVE
especially values
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PLACES A PREMIUM ON
move with no particular aim
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ROAM
growing quickly
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BOOMING
starting doing something new, independently of other people
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STRIKING OUT ON (THEIR) OWN
working without strict times for starting and finishing
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FLEXIBLE WORKING
working for only some of the day or the week
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PART-TIME WORKING
working at home, while communicating with your office by telephone, fax or computer
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HOME WORKING/TELE WORKING
doing part of a job with someone else, so that each person works part-time
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JOB SHARING
doing particular pieces of work for different organisations, rather than working all the time for a single organisation
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FREELANCING
working for a short period, especially in an office, while another person is absent or when there is extra work
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TEMPING
sharing information, rewards and power with employees in order to contribute to their competence and satisfaction
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EMPOWERMENT
group members holding themselves accountable and participating in group activities, respecting each other
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TEAM RESPONSIBILITY
ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
employee training system where there is someone responsible for providing support
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MENTORING
brand - _____ activity
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BUILDING
increase _____ of the brand
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AWARENESS
_____ a new product onto t he market
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LAUNCH
_____ sales and increase _____ share
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BOOST, MARKET
maintain _____ loyalty
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CUSTOMER
- raise an awkward question
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- raise an awkward question
- feature a product
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- feature a product
- recall something
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- recall something
- for the most part
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- for the most part
- audiences are splintering
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- audiences are splintering
- make claims
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- make claims
- market place
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- market place
- pick and choose
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- pick and choose
- never
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- unprecedented
- implications for
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- implications for
- valuable
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- valuable
- credibility
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- credibility
- aim it
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- aim to
- confidence level
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- confidence level
- buying patterns
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- buying patterns
- be on the go
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- be on the go
- dire
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- dire
- get taken on by
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- get taken on by

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