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Образование, нужное всем и всегда
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В наше время не так-то просто устроиться на хорошую работу. Но и у компаний-заказчиков существуют свои трудности: крайне мало профессионалов, особенно в областях продаж, переговоров и ситуаций, где необходимо разрешать конфликты.
Сегодня люди, только начинающие свое профессиональное обучение, и те, кто получает второе образование или меняет профессию, сталкиваются с одной и той же проблемой.
Предлагаемое образование дает очень хорошую теоретическую базу знаний, но в то же время почти полное отсутствие практических умений. Как известно, невозможно стать боксером, изучая бокс в теории, или же научиться танцевать, прочитав описание позиций. И то, и другое требует личного непосредственного участия, приобретения конкретных навыков, отработки до автоматизма технических приемов. Любая организация, приглашающая специалиста на работу, требует от него практического владения профессией, а не просто знаний.
Бизнес-консультант. Человек, получивший эту профессию, в совершенстве владеет знаниями и практическими умениями и способен решать задачи в таких областях, как менеджмент, психология рекламы, презентации и экспозициониро-вание, переговоры, продажи, самоменеджмент, организация бизнеса, деловой этикет, public relations и создание имиджа.
Где и кем могут работать те, кто получил профессию бизнес-консультанта?
Используя эту подготовку, люди могут достичь в своей карьере стремительного роста, занять пост руководителя любого уровня.
Легко организовать свой бизнес.
Работать в качестве менеджера по персоналу, имиджмейкера-психолога, менеджера по организации и проведению продаж, тренинг-менеджера, специалиста по разрешению конфликтов, пресс-секретаря и специалиста по производству и проведению рекламных кампаний.
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Что дает приобретение этой профессии на личном уровне?
Способность негласно влиять на вышестоящее начальство и незаметно управлять окружающими, изменять их убеждения, ценности и морально-этические нормы.
Возможность самосовершенствования и сознательного развития интуиции, интеллекта и эрудиции.
Разрешать внутренние и внешние разногласия и проблемы.
Быстро перенимать способности, навыки, таланты, мастерство любых удачливых людей, которые достигли успеха в самых разных сферах жизни и видах деятельности.
Специфика этой профессии такова, что не каждый человек способен успешно работать в этих областях, поэтому желающие пройти обучение сначала участвуют в конкурсном отборе по результатам собеседования с психологом.
Обучение ведетсяна основе современных высокоэффективных методов, занятия проходят как в традиционной лекционной форме, так и в форме специализированных профессиональных тренингов.
Salesmanship; to settle conflicts; participation; to master professional skills; to succeed in one's career; to influence smb indirectly; to manage smb self-improvement; to solve internal and external problems; to adopt smb's skills; to meet competitions.
Assignment:
Render the texts in English. Use the words and phrases given below each text.
THINGS TO DO
A. Individual Work
1. Use the following proverbs in situations of your own. (Give Russian equivalents if possible.)
1) Knowledge is power.
2) Live and learn.
3)It's never late to learn.
4) There is no royal road to learning.
5) Learn to walk before you run.
6) Never do things by halves.
7) Experience is the teacher of fools.
8) Well begun is halfdone.
9) Where there's a will there's a way.
10) Zeal without knowledge is a runaway rose.
11) Jack of all trades is master of none.
12) To know everything is to know nothing.
13) A tree is known by its fruit.
14) Too many cooks spoil the broth.
15) Every oak must be an acorn.
16) Children should be seen and not heard.
17) Spare the rod and spoil the child.
18) Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
2. Comment on the following quotations. (Say whether you agree or not and why.)
I)" It is only the ignorant who despise education." (Syrus)
2)"0nly the educated are free." (Epictetus)
3) "The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil." (Emerson)
4) "Self-conquest is the greatest of victories." (Plato)
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5) "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." (W. Rogers)
6) "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing." (Socrates)
7) "Knowledge is like money, the more he gets, the mote he craves." (J. Billings)
8) "A little learning is dangerous thing." (A. Pope)
9) "When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischiefs." ( H. Fielding)
10) "Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt (you will)." (B. Franklin)
11) "People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves."
(0. Goldsmith)
12) "Men learn while they teach."
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body." (Seneca)
3. Speak on the "typical" kind of school in your country.
4. If you could be any age, what age would you be? Why?
5. Compare two of your teachers.
6. Compare education in your country with education in Great Britain/the USA.
7. Talk about your last year in school.
8. Do you (dis)agree that private schools are better than public schools?
9. Explain how to study for a test.
10. Here are some decisions that British students have to make:
at 16 – stay on at school? look for a job? apply for a place on a Youth Training Scheme? go to the Sixth Form College?
at 18 – go to university? get a job? start a training course? do voluntary work? travel and work abroad? move away from home?
Make a list of decisions that students have to make in your education system.
11. Number these reasons in their order of importance from I (most important reason) to 12 (least important reason).
to acquire general knowledge
to prepare for a job to meet other young people
to train one's memory
to learn something about subjects one will not deal with again
later
to find out what one is really interested in
to give one's parents some peace and quiet
to test one's intelligence
to learn how to study and work with books
to have a good time
to be kept dependent
to learn discipline and order
B. Pair Work
1. You want to quit school and start work, but your parents feel it is important to finish high school. Talk to them.
2. Your child has very good grades and wants to go to college. You feel that you cannot afford to send him/her. Tell your child this.
3. You want to stay in the US/Great Britain and study but your family wants you to return. Call them and ask them to permit you to stay.
4. Describe some of the teachers at this school to a student who is just beginning the programme.
5. Ask your partner what qualities he/she (dis)likes in a teacher.
6. Discuss with your partner how important you think a college education is nowadays.
7. You are at interview. You want to get into a very prestigious school. Explain to the Dean of Admissions why you think you should be accepted.
8. Ask your friend which he thinks is more practical – dropping out of school and getting a job or continuing at school and having very little money.
9. Ask the school receptionist for some information and a school entrance application.
10. Tell your teacher that you want to apply to a university in Great Britain/the USA and ask if he/she would write you a recommendation.
11. Even though your grades are not very good, you think you want to go to university. Talk to your school counsellor about the possibilities open to you.
12. You just took a very difficult exam. You feel the exam was unfair because there were several things on it that your class had not studied. Complain to the teacher.
13. Exchange opinions with your partners on the problems:
there should be no tests in school; children get a better education outside the classroom; parents should be stricter with their children.
14. Your student is constantly late and has been absentforseveral tests. Ask him/her to come into your office. Tell him/her to "shape up."
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15. Imagine, your partner is a student at a London school. Interview him/her about a typical school day.
C. Group Work
1. Work in groups of 3–4. Imagine that you have to choose a place to study at 16. Make a list of possible educational establishments you'd like to enter. Now discuss your list with the other members of your group.
2. Read the text and do the assignments given below.
a) Imagine that you are one of the people chosen for the survey. What did you actually say?
Make your criticisms like this:
I wish I had had a better Maths teacher or I wish I hadn't wasted so much time at school.
Work through all the criticism and regrets in the same way.
b) Now link possible causes to these consequences. Complete the sentences in any way you like:
I would have got into university if...
I might have passed my exams if...
I could have gone to medical school if...
I would have got a much better paid job if...
c) Work in pairs. Ask your partner if he/she has any criticism or regrets about his past life, anything that he would or might have done differently in different circumstances.
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