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Building Relationships

This document discusses building relationships and provides examples of important relationships, vocabulary with multi-word verbs, and reading comprehension questions about guanxi (relationships and connections). Key points include: - Important relationships are those at work and outside of work and why they are important. - Multi-word verbs to choose the correct one in sentences like disrupt/damage reputation, promote/establish branches, and strengthen/maintain sales force. - Guanxi refers to relationships and connections that can help achieve things in China. It is changing but Western companies can be involved in informal groups.

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Building Relationships

This document discusses building relationships and provides examples of important relationships, vocabulary with multi-word verbs, and reading comprehension questions about guanxi (relationships and connections). Key points include: - Important relationships are those at work and outside of work and why they are important. - Multi-word verbs to choose the correct one in sentences like disrupt/damage reputation, promote/establish branches, and strengthen/maintain sales force. - Guanxi refers to relationships and connections that can help achieve things in China. It is changing but Western companies can be involved in informal groups.

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BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

I. SPEAKING
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim. (African proverb).

A. Answer the questions to see how good you are at building relationships:

B. What are the most important relationships for you a) at your place of work/study, b) outside your
place of work/ study? Why?

II. VOCABULARY

Choose the correct verb in each sentence.

1 Sales staff who are impolite to customers disrupt / damage the reputation of a company.
2 We are planning to promote / establish branch offices in Spain next year.
3 By merging with a US company, we greatly strengthened /maintained our sales force.
4 Relations with customers have been fostered /undermined recently by poor after-sales service.
5 Thanks to a new communications system, we are souring /improving relations with suppliers.
6 A strike at our factory last year resumed /disrupted production for several weeks.
7 We could not agree on several points, so we broke off /cut off talks regarding a joint venture.
8 The success of our new product launch was cemented /jeopardised by an unimaginative advertising
campaign.
9 In order to gain market share in China, we are building up / cutting off relationships with local agents.
10 Business relations between the two countries have been severed /fostered by official visits and trade
delegations.
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III. READING
Answer these questions.
1 What is guanxi?
2 What examples are given of things you can achieve if you have good guanxi?
3 What can Western companies do if they are involved in informal groups?
4 How is guanxi changing?
5 Why does Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide hold annual parties for previous employees?

Find words or phrases in the article which mean the following.


1 using or taking what you need from a supply of something (paragraph 2)..
2 when someone always supports someone o r something (paragraph 3)..
3 being responsible for what you do and willing to explain it or accept criticism (paragraph 3)
4 a moral or legal duty to do something (paragraph 3)
5 people you know who can help you, especially because they are i n positions of power (paragraph 4)..
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6 talking to other people who do similar work in order to help each other (paragraph 6)
7 determination to keep trying to do something difficult (paragraph 7)

IV. GRAMMAR : MULTI-WORD VERBS


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