MCE - Lesson 3

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Welcome!

Today

Just wondering. Did we check exercise 8 on page 9 in your book yet? If not, you can see the answers on the next page.

After that, we're going to look at unit 1.2
(page 10). We're going to do exercises:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and finally, 11 (hand out). 

1. lead

2. involves

3. charge

4. report

5. care

6. ersponsible

7. coordinate / work

8.  sure

1.2 Innovative organisations

After this lesson, you'll know what tall and flat organisations are..

Exercise 1: look at the tall and flat organisational structures on the left. 

Can you think of advantages or disadvantages of these structures ?

Write them down please.

So, what do the words mean? Choose the correct sentence!

If you think this is difficult, please work on the word list of unit 1 on Teams!

Key: exercise 2

1 promotion

2 innovative

3 hierarchy

4 bureaucracy

5 centralised

6 decentralised

Check out the two company profiles above (left and right). 

Write down if you think they have a flat or a tall organisation structure? 

Listen to Janet Wood, 

organisation consultant...

Key: exercise 5

1 F – Organisations with tall structures can be slow to change and innovate.

2 F – In the 1950s

3 T

4 T

5 T

6 F – The CEO of Zappos says the transition will take two to five years to complete.

Do exercise 6 by yourself.

(If you need to listen again, 

please do so online!)

Please hand in this writing exercise next week (homework)!

Finished?

Continue with exercise 11!

Please go online and work on the online exercises for unit 1!

You can find the exercises under 'assignments'.

You have until 20 September to finish them!

(It may seem like a lot but the exercises are pretty short...)

Remember to also do your 

online exercises on:

You can find your unit 1 exercises under 'assignments'.

You have until 20 September to finish these.