首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
You will hear a radio interview with Donald White, the author of a book about running board meetings. For each question(23-3
You will hear a radio interview with Donald White, the author of a book about running board meetings. For each question(23-3
admin
2017-03-28
76
问题
You will hear a radio interview with Donald White, the author of a book about running board meetings.
For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.
How does White feel about how agendas are prepared?
You will hear a radio interview with Donald White, the author of a book about running board meetings.
For each question, 23-30, mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.
You have 45 seconds to read through the questions.
[pause]
Now listen, and mark A, B or C.
[pause]
Woman: Good afternoon, Donald. Your book, The Successful Board Meeting, will, I’m sure, soon be compulsory reading for directors. Please tell us first what you see as the chief role of the board meeting. Do people attending them really play the power games we see in TV dramas?
Man: That can happen, of course. Certainly, people who don’t attend them are often cynical about board meetings. The tendency is to see them as a place where fat cats congratulate each other on their success. But that public perception is false - they’re actually far more frequently used as the place where new strategic ideas are discussed.
Woman: So what advice would you give a company wanting to make board meetings more successful? Is it just a matter of making sure the right people are on the board?
Man: That’s certainly important. As well as having someone who is skilled at chairing meetings effectively. But, I’m with a chairman I heard about the other day - he cancelled a board meeting because the papers weren’t ready. It is no good inviting people to a meeting when they haven’t got time to consider the issues in advance.
Woman: Then the meeting will be more effective, won’t it?
Man: That’s right. It also saves time as the presenters at the meeting don’t have to formally present the conclusions of their report and can instead focus on fielding any questions that arise. This means there’ll be more time for the chair to lead a more productive discussion of any issues raised by the report in general.
Woman: You’ve mentioned the chair several times. Obviously the choice of chairperson is crucial to a board’s effectiveness. Who do you think makes the best chair?
Man: The role of the chair is to support the chief executive and help him do the best job possible but not to do it for him. Often an outgoing executive takes on the role of the chair, but they can find it a difficult part to play if they are not really ready yet to give up the reins - so I’d go for someone who’s heading for the top. An inexperienced business person, though, is a bit of a risk as the skills needed by a chair do have to be learnt.
Woman: What qualities and skills does the chair need then?
Man: It has to be someone who can resist the desire to impose his own will on the board. He must ensure all opinions are covered and must be able to keep people calm at stressful moments. He should be able to point out the strengths in any argument and help the board come to the best decision possible.
Woman: I suppose the agenda is another important factor in running a successful meeting?
Man: Yes, it’s extraordinary how little time is devoted to prioritising what goes on the agenda. It’s often drawn up by a secretary from a standard list because the people attending the meeting are supposedly spending their time focusing on more important matters. I think many senior executives think it’s an administrative matter that is beneath them.
Woman: So what’d you suggest?
Man: Well, for a start, it can be more sensible to think through agendas on an annual rather than an individual meeting basis so that routine issues are on the agenda for just a couple of the year’s meetings rather than for every one of them. A lot of routine points are there because they are always there and people then get bogged down discussing those with the result that there isn’t enough time to discuss what really needs to be talked through at this high level.
Woman: Any other key advice you’d give?
Man: Well, yes, I’d remind people that what happens after the meeting is of great importance too. A meeting is only as good as its follow-up. Ideally, minutes should be distributed within twenty-four hours of the meeting both to people who were at the meeting and those who were not able to attend. Otherwise people who were there won’t be able to check whether the minutes represent a true and accurate version of what was said. And they must be accurate so they can be signed off quickly at the next board meeting.
Woman: Thank you.
选项
A、irritated that so much time is spent discussing them
B、concerned that they are prepared by senior staff
C、surprised that so little thought is given to them
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/X2sO777K
本试题收录于:
BEC中级听力题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC中级听力
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
•Readthearticlebelowaboutmeetings.•Foreachquestion31-40writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerSheet.
•ReadthefollowingextractfromanarticleaboutaBritishbusinessmanandthequestionsontheoppositepage.•Foreachques
•Readthearticlebelowaboutoneaspectofselling•Foreachquestion31—40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerS
•Readthearticlebelowaboutoneaspectofselling•Foreachquestion31—40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerS
•Readthearticlebelowaboutoneaspectofselling•Foreachquestion31—40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerS
•Readthearticlebelowaboutrelationshipandproductivity.•Foreachquestion31-40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyour
•Readthearticlebelowaboutrelationshipandproductivity.•Foreachquestion31-40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyour
AGlobalisationisanumbrellatermforacomplexseriesofeconomic,social,technological,culturalandpoliticalchanges
Readthearticleontheoppositepageaboutinnovationinbusinessandthequestionsbelow.Foreachquestion15-20,markonele
随机试题
铜与钢焊接时,由于膨胀系数相差很大,故容易发生_____。
轮船以v1=18km/h的航速向正北航行时,测得风向是西北风,当轮船以v2=36km/h的航速改向正东航行时,测得风向是正北风,则在地面上测得的风速为______,方向为______。
男性,45岁,间断上腹不适、疼痛3年余,餐后加重伴嗳气。胃液分析BAO为0,MAO为9.5mmol/h,最大可能是
测定受标本溶血影响最大的成分是
不论是发包人提供的图纸,还是承包人负责设计的图纸,经过( )审核签认后才可以使用。
主动伸出援手永远比杀掉一个恶人更有意义。倘若我们能够建立比较完善的个人权益帮解机制,个人不良情绪能够得到倾诉,隐患能够及时发现,这样的惨剧可能就会减少,或者至少在案件发生前能够得到最快的反应。一旦个人权益在法律框架内得到了维护,应该能够最大化地把这种个人之
Mostpeoplemaydrinkonlytwolitersofwateraday,buttheyconsumeabout3000ifthewaterthatgoesintotheirfoodistak
DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage1?Inboxes11-13onyouranswersheetwriteTRU
Thoughexplainingtheentirehumangeneticblueprintisstillafewyearsaway,scientistshavebegunlayingclaimtothestretc
Everyculturehasitsownbodylanguage,andchildrenabsorbitsnuancesalongwiththespokenlanguage.AFrenchmantalksandm
最新回复
(
0
)