The company's Human Resources department will then select the most suitable people to () .
A.attend an interview
B.join the army
C.go to school
A.attend an interview
B.join the army
C.go to school
第1题
A. attend
B. join
C. go
第2题
1.According to the passage, where can we find job advertisements more often nowadays ().
A.In a magazine.
B.In a newspaper.
C.On a website.
2.How do people apply for a job ().
A.By phone.
B.By email.
C.Go to visit the company.
3. Besides the application letter, what else is also important()
A.A resume.
B.A picture.
C.A certificate.
4.What do companies provide to job applicants nowadays before they apply for jobs()
A.A standard form.
B.An invitation letter.
C.An email address.
5.Who is in charge of selecting the applicants for the coming interview().
A.The manager of the company.
B.The Human Resources Department.
C.The secretary of the manager.
第3题
Attention Employees:
This notice is to inform. you of a change to payment procedures under the Employee Scholarship Benefit Program, effective August 1.
Due to new tax laws, all scholarships paid must be paid directly to the recipient with tax withheld on the payment. While the application procedure will remain the same, the payment will now be made from Human Resources and will accompany your regular paycheck. Please note that the scholarship will not be automatically applied to the tuition bill, recipients must physically do so.
For more information about this matter, please contact the Human Resources Department at 837-2389. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
What caused the change?
A.New tax laws
B.A new federal law
C.A company policy change
D.University policy changes
第4题
A.whose
B.those
C.these
D.that
第5题
A.The Marketing Department
B.The Accounting Department
C.The Human Resources Department
第6题
As to who is to be hired, it is the Human Resources Department has the final say
A.whose
B.those
C.these
D.that
第7题
A.Nowadays it is easier to get educated than in the past. A 2012-report conducted by Beijing Human Resources Department: the female percentage in the occupations such as professors, doctors, layers. Engineers grew by 80.3% compared to the days 50 years ago.
B.Business success can be ascribed to innovation. Take Steve Jobs as an exampl
E.If he had not invented innovative devices such as Iphone,he could not have achieved great success in the global market.
C.I feel like living in the city since the life in city can provide entertainment and convenienc
E.
D.Sports help to promote the development of a student’s personality. Such traits of character as competitiveness, teamwork and endurance are cultivated in sports.
第8题
As a business grows, the managers become more involved in the day-to-day running of the business and sometimes the longer-term perspective is ignored. The directors are responsible for considering the long-term objectives of the business and for ensuring that resources are organized carefully so that long-term objectives are achieved. Directors are also responsible for reporting to shareholders in company reports, and it is the directors, not the managers, who bear the brunt of shareholders' scorn when profits are down, as well as receiving shareholders' praise when profits are up. Ironically, although directors are not known as managers, their whole job is about management!
26. The Human Resource Management Department is set to train employees ().
A. according to customers' requirements
B. according to the needs of each department
C. according to the instructions from the CEO
27.() if the employees are not good enough.
A. The business won't be successful
B. The workforce is not better chosen
C. The managers failed to gain profit
28. The long-term perspective 1s considered by ().
A. employees
B. managers
C. directors
29. Managers and directors have the same () in companies.
A. Management responsibilities
B. salaries
C. working hours
30. Directors report to ().
A. managers
B. shareholders
C. departments
第9题
Task 1 Staff Appraisal Scheme
The newly appointed Human Resources Director of the company you work for is proposing to introduce an appraisal scheme to assess the performance of staff. You have been asked for your opinion about the proposal.
Discuss, and decide together:
What the likely reactions from staff might be to the introduction of the scheme?
How feedback should be given to staff on their performance?
第10题
Land, water, mineral deposits, and trees are good examples of natural resources. For example, Exxon Corporation, the world's largest oil company, makes use of a wide variety of natural resources. It must obviously have vast quantities of crude oil to process each year. But Exxon also needs the land where the oil is located, as well as land for its refineries and pipelines.
The people who work for a company represent the second factor of production, labor. Sometimes called human resources, labor is the mental and physical capabilities of people. Exxon employs over 150,000 people worldwide. Carrying out the business of such a huge company requires labor force with a wide variety of skills ranging from managers to geologists to truck drivers.
Obtaining and using material resources and labor requires capital, the funds needed to operate an enterprise. Capital is needed to start any business. Capital is also needed to keep the business operating and growing. Exxon's annual drilling costs alone run into the billions of dollars.
Finally, many economic systems need entrepreneurs to function. Entrepreneurs are those people who accept the opportunities and risks involved in creating and operating businesses. They are the people who start new businesses and who make the decisions that allow small businesses to grow into larger ones. Exxon Corporation started as an
entrepreneurial venture. Although it did not acquire its current name until 1973, its roots can be traced to 1862 when John D. Rockefeller and Murice B. Clark decided to establish a petroleum-refining firm.
26. Factors of production refer to ().
A. natural resources and capital
B. labor and entrepreneurs
C. both A and B
27. The labor force needed in Exxon Corporation are ().
A. people who have a variety of skills
B. only geologists and truck drivers
C. managers to run the company
28. Exxon's annual drilling costs alone run into the billions of dollars. 'run into' here means ().
A. divide
B. reach
C. meet
29. The funds needed to operate an enterprise are referred to as ().
A. capital
B. resources
C. labor
30. They are the people () start new business and make the decisions.
A. which
B. whom
C. who
第11题
1 The board of Worldwide Minerals (WM) was meeting for the last monthly meeting before the publication of the yearend
results. There were two points of discussion on the agenda. First was the discussion of the year-end results;
second was the crucial latest minerals reserves report.
WM is a large listed multinational company that deals with natural minerals that are extracted from the ground,
processed and sold to a wide range of industrial and construction companies. In order to maintain a consistent supply
of minerals into its principal markets, an essential part of WM’s business strategy is the seeking out of new sources
and the measurement of known reserves. Investment analysts have often pointed out that WM’s value rests principally
upon the accuracy of its reserve reports as these are the best indicators of future cash flows and earnings. In order to
support this key part of its strategy, WM has a large and well-funded geological survey department which, according
to the company website, contains ‘some of the world’s best geologists and minerals scientists’. In its investor relations
literature, the company claims that:
‘our experts search the earth for mineral reserves and once located, they are carefully measured so that the company
can always report on known reserves. This knowledge underpins market confidence and keeps our customers
supplied with the inventory they need. You can trust our reserve reports – our reputation depends on it!’
At the board meeting, the head of the geological survey department, Ranjana Tyler, reported that there was a problem
with the latest report because one of the major reserve figures had recently been found to be wrong. The mineral in
question, mallerite, was WM’s largest mineral in volume terms and Ranjana explained that the mallerite reserves in
a deep mine in a certain part of the world had been significantly overestimated. She explained that, based on the
interim minerals report, the stock market analysts were expecting WM to announce known mallerite reserves of
4·8 billion tonnes. The actual figure was closer to 2·4 billion tonnes. It was agreed that this difference was sufficient
to affect WM’s market value, despite the otherwise good results for the past year. Vanda Monroe, the finance director,
said that the share price reflects market confidence in future earnings. She said that an announcement of an incorrect
estimation like that for mallerite would cause a reduction in share value. More importantly for WM itself, however, it
could undermine confidence in the geological survey department. All agreed that as this was strategically important
for the company, it was a top priority to deal with this problem.
Ranjana explained how the situation had arisen. The major mallerite mine was in a country new to WM’s operations.
The WM engineer at the mine said it was difficult to deal with some local people because, according to the engineer,
‘they didn’t like to give us bad news’. The engineer explained that when the mine was found to be smaller than
originally thought, he was not told until it was too late to reduce the price paid for the mine. This was embarrassing
and it was agreed that it would affect market confidence in WM if it was made public.
The board discussed the options open to it. The chairman, who was also a qualified accountant, was Tim Blake. He
began by expressing serious concern about the overestimation and then invited the board to express views freely. Gary
Howells, the operations director, said that because disclosing the error to the market would be so damaging, it might
be best to keep it a secret and hope that new reserves can be found in the near future that will make up for the
shortfall. He said that it was unlikely that this concealment would be found out as shareholders trusted WM and they
had many years of good investor relations to draw on. Vanda Monroe, the finance director, reminded the board that
the company was bound to certain standards of truthfulness and transparency by its stock market listing. She pointed
out that they were constrained by codes of governance and ethics by the stock market and that colleagues should be
aware that WM would be in technical breach of these if the incorrect estimation was concealed from investors. Finally,
Martin Chan, the human resources director, said that the error should be disclosed to the investors because he would
not want to be deceived if he were an outside investor in the company. He argued that whatever the governance codes
said and whatever the cost in terms of reputation and market value, WM should admit its error and cope with
whatever consequences arose. The WM board contains three non-executive directors and their views were also
invited.
At the preliminary results presentation some time later, one analyst, Christina Gonzales, who had become aware of
the mallerite problem, asked about internal audit and control systems, and whether they were adequate in such a
reserve-sensitive industry. WM’s chairman, Tim Blake, said that he intended to write a letter to all investors and
analysts in the light of the mallerite problem which he hoped would address some of the issues that Miss Gonzales
had raised.
Required:
(a) Define ‘transparency’ and evaluate its importance as an underlying principle in corporate governance and in
relevant and reliable financial reporting. Your answer should refer to the case as appropriate. (10 marks)