4. What do you know about sol company? Why is it unusual?
SOL is a Finland's Cleaning Service company which combines radical innovation with disciplined execution – a winning formula that mops up the competition. Located in a renovated film studio in the heart of Helsinki, the office explodes with color, creativity, and chaos. The walls are bright red, white, and yellow; the employees wander the halls talking on portable phones (also yellow). Few people dream about becoming a cleaner. But that doesn't mean cleaners can't find satisfaction in their work. The keys to
atisfaction, Joronen believes, are fun and individual freedom. SOL's culture is built relentlessly -- almost excessively -- around optimism and good cheer. Its cleaners wear red-and-yellow jumpsuits that reinforce the company's upbeat image. SOL's logo, a yellow happy face, is plastered on everything from her blazer to the company's stationery to its most important budget reports. Freedom means abolishing all the rules and regulations of conventional corporate life. There are no titles or secretaries at SOL, no individual offices or set working hours. The company has eliminated all perks and status symbols.
Unit 4. Change.
- 1. What are visible parts of marketing? What are brand managers and sales teams responsible for?
- 2. Who takes part in distribution channels?
- 4. Some people believe that luxury fashion products should always be made in Europe. What's
- 1. What types of airlines do you know?
- 2. How do you understand the term “code-sharing”?
- 3. What forms of cooperation between companies are there?
- 4. Why do people sometimes behave badly on planes? What causes such behaviour?
- 1. What types of companies do you know?
- 2. Speak about flexibility and its types.
- 3. What is meant by "teleworking"?
- 4. What do you know about sol company? Why is it unusual?
- 1. What changes have taken place in organizations recently?
- 2. Explain the meaning of bpr.
- 3. How do you understand the term 'company culture'? What issues should be included into it?
- 4. Speak about the changes the us and uk department stores have gone through.
- 1. How does money work?
- 2.What money institutions can you mention?
- 3. Describe different kinds of securities and different kinds of markets.
- 5. How have Wal-Mart and Target stores performed lately?
- 1. What forms of advertising do you know?
- 2. Explain the meaning of 'direct marketing'. Why is it considered targeted means of advertising?
- 3. What is the difference between 'product placement' and 'product endorsement'?
- 4. What makes Nike's advertising tick?
- 5. How should you plan an advertising campaign?
- 6. Give examples of good and bad advertisements.
- 1. Give examples of cross-cultural issues.
- 2. In what way should cultural stereotypes be handled?
- 3. Is there a difference between cultures and subcultures?
- 4. Explain the meaning of the term ‘cultural awareness’. Why is it important?
- 5. What advice would you give to a business visitor coming to Italy, the uae, to Russia?