1、Module 77.1 Strengths and weaknesses (page 67)1 I admire my boss a lot. Hes very capable;he knows exactly what hes doing ands not afraid to get his hands dirty,not like some managers who think they re aboveit all. The one problem is that he takes on too much. I dont think its because hedoesnt trust

2、us to do a good job-it s because he likes to be involved in everything.He s a bit of control freak. The result is that he spreads himself very thin, when hecould hand more work out to others, and hes often overloaded and stressed.2 Cheryls not particularly brilliant, but she knows that. She knows he

3、r ownlimitations, which is certainly one of her strengths. In fact, I don t think you have tobe particularly bright to be a manager- that s more a quality you need in a leader. Amanagers job is to bring order to the workplace and the team, so that people are clearabout what they should be doing and

4、when they should be doing it. Cheryl is verygood at getting everyone working in the most efficient way and that makes ourworking environment much less stressful.3 Hes not an easy guy to work for. He has very high expectations of his staff and hecan be rude and too direct. Sensitivity is not his stro

5、ng point. He often puts you on thespot: What makes you think this will work? Have you thought about the cost ofthis?and so on . You have to be prepared to justify your actions a lot. Some peoplet stand being challenged like this all the time, but you can t deny that he gets themost out of his staff.

6、 People do perform.4 There are people who listen to what you are saying, and people who hear what youare saying. Paul is one of the former. He does try to listen to other people s ideas, buthis mind has often moved onto the next thing, and he doesnt take on board whatre saying. Its the same thing wh

7、en hes expressing his own ideas and wishes. Hekind of takes it for granted that everyone has reached the same point in their thinkingthat he has, when often they re still two or three steps behind. Don t get me wrong,s very nice guy-kind and clever, and he has lots of great ideas and vision for thec

8、ompany-but because of these communication difficulties, he can be very frustratingto work for.5 The financial rewards in our company are not so huge, but in spite of that, in myteam we all stay very motivated because our boss really appreciates our work. She sactually very protective of her own peop

9、le. She gives us a lot of praise. Other peoplein the company say shes a maverick, a kind of a loner. They say she s difficult to geton with and doesnt really have the companys interests at heart. But I wouldntknown about that really, because it s not the side of her that we see. What we get is100% l

10、oyalty and encouragement.Module 88.1 Corporate social responsibility (page 80)the results of their performance in the three key areas, thus tying companies to theirpromises. However, this means that companies have to be honest and open about theiractions and so expose themselves to public criticism. s easy to advertise yoursucc