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Unit 1 Corporate culture

1.1 Workplace cul

ture

1

Students’ own ans

wers

2A

Possible answ

ers

(exam

ples of benefits com

pa

nies m

ay give work

ers)

redundanc

y pay (if someone is let go or

made

redundant)

car allowance (

money for u

sing your own car)

profit-sharing

(receiving part of the prof

it of

a compan

y

)

stock

options (receiving shares

in the company)

retirem

ent plan

paid m

aternity and paternity lea

ve for all

(including adopt

ions)

comprehensi

ve health care and m

edical

insurance

paid annual lea

ve

life insurance

em

ploye

e discou

nts for shops

, concerts,

gyms, etc.

fitness centr

e in the compan

y

day care in the c

ompany (com

pany crèche)

vouchers f

or public transpo

rt

compan

y

-run buses

to bring pe

ople back

and

forth to work

free park

ing (reserved park

ing space)

subsidised cant

een

2B

The

y

made the p

ay equal for ever

yone in the

compan

y

. This m

eant that some got p

ay rises and

some had thei

r salaries cut.

3

1 They gave e

veryone a minimum

salary of $70,000

a year. This m

eant that som

e got pay

rises

and

some had thei

r salaries cut.

2 Korinne could af

ford to live closer to

work.

3 Alyssa was ab

le to pay off

her car loan, credit

card debt and m

ove into a better

home.

4 They left the com

pany because the

y felt their

skills and experienc

e were not rec

ognised in the

new structure.

5 The employe

es felt respected and th

is increased

their productivit

y.

6 The com

pany pulled in (rec

eived) a lot of new

business.

7 Staff felt better ab

out being part of

the compan

y

and work

ed harder with custom

ers.

8 They bought h

im a Tes

la car (worth $90,000).

4

Students’ own ans

wers

5A

1 c

2 a

3 d

4 b

5B

2 minim

um salary – the lowes

t amount of pay

that someone can r

eceive

3 pay rate – a pa

y

m

ent fixed according t

o

a standard scale

4 pay structure – a s

ystem that determ

ines the pay

an emplo

ye

e wi

ll receive based on fac

tors such as

years in the com

pany, position, m

anagerial

responsibilit

y, etc.

6

1 Incorrect – Com

pany hierarch

y refers to staff

organised on

vari

ous levels. (In s

uch structures,

staff are organised

into levels and peop

le at one

level have author

ity over those be

low them and

report to those

above them).

2 Incorrect – T

he values of a com

pany are

the

principles and pr

actices a bus

iness or organisation

feels are import

ant and tries to follo

w

.

3 Correct

4 Incorrect – A g

ood atmosphere

in a compan

y

m

eans

a plea

sant or

positive feeling t

hat a place

gives you

.

5 Correct

6 Incorrect – Com

pany structure m

eans

the way

an organisation

is structured

. (It d

oes not refer to

a specific or strict h

ierarchy.)

7 Incorrect – T

he image of a com

pany refers to

the general opini

on that most people

have of an

organisation or pr

oduct

. (This is not lim

ited only

to their advertisem

ents or TV comm

ercials.)

8 Correct

9 Correct

7

1 values

2 structure

3 pay

4 code

5 flexibility

6 strategy

7 atmosphere

8 image

8

Students’ own ans

wers