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1、Unit1ManaginginthePresentPresentTensesFocus:timemanagementandcurrentproblemsfacingaservicecompany1.ManagementthemesReadthefollowingtextandthendiscussthequestionsbelow.Timemanagementhasbecomeoneofthekeyissuesofthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury.Managers,grapp
2、lingwithworkpressuresanddeadlines,havecometorecognisethattimeisapreciouscommoditytobe‘saved’,‘gained’,andnot‘wasted’or‘lost’.Butiftimeisacommodity,howthencanwebestdescribe,measureandmanageit?Todescribeandmanageit,imaginealinethatgoesbacktothebeginningsofcrea
3、tionandcontinuesintothemistsofthefuture.Andonthatlineareanumberofsignificantmarks-theseseparatethepastfromthepresentfromthefuture.Andwithineachtimezone-past,presentandfuture-wecandifferentiateperiodsoftimefrompointsoftime.Forexample,the1980sgaveusaperiodofra
4、pideconomicgrowth;blackMondaywasapointofsuddenfinancialcatastrophe.Howcanthisbriefanalysishelptheinternationalmanager?Firstly,thereisthelinkbetweenpast,presentandfuture.Inotherwords,historicalperformanceshouldbeaguidetothefuture,andthepresentoughttorepresent
5、lastyear’sforecast.Sochange-thatwhichnormallydifferentiatesanytwoperiodsonourcontinuum-canbeseenasagradualevolutionratherthanadramaticrevolution.Secondly,theuseofatime-planningsystem,onwhichkeypointsandperiodsareplotted,enablesmanagerstoorganisetheiractiviti
6、essothatbottleneckscanbeavoidedanddeadlinescanbemet.Sostress,wherethejobstobedoneexceedtheavailabletime,canbereducedtoanacceptableandproductivelevel.1.1DiscussionDoesyourorganisationliveinthepresent?Doesitchangewiththetimes?Doyouworkinastressfulenvironment?D
7、oyouthinkthattimemanagementcanreducestress?2.ListeningYouaregoingtohearanextractfromameetingbetweenAnna.BrianandPete,thethreepartnersofSoftsys,asmallcompanysupplyingbusinesssoftware.Thecompanywasestablishedtwoyearsagoandafteraperiodofrapidgrowthistryingtocon
8、solidateitsmarketposition.Asyoulisten,makenotesofthetasksthatareagreedandnotethepartnerwhoisgoingtodothetask.请见附图1-199Listeningtask(A=Anna;P=Pete;B=Brian)P:Ithinkweallfeelthatthingsaregettingali
