高级商务英语听说（第二版）Unit7ManagementGurus

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1、ManagementGurus管理大师JackWelchUnit7Learningobjectives1.Studentswilllearndifferentmanagementapproaches.Studentswillbeabletotalkaboutthekeyqualitiesandpersonalitiesofgreatleaders.Howmuchdoyouknowabouthim?Mr.Welch,anativeofSalem,Massachusetts,servedasChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficerofGeneralElectric

2、from1981-2001.Mr.WelchwasborninSalemin1936.HereceivedhisB.S.degreeinchemicalengineeringfromtheUniversityofMassachusettsin1957andhisM.S.andPh.D.degreesinchemicalengineeringfromtheUniversityofIllinoisin1960.1.WhoisJackWelch?ComprehensionQuestions:In1960,Mr.WelchjoinedGEasachemicalengineerforitspla

3、sticsdivisioninPittsfield,Massachusetts.Hewaselectedthecompany'syoungestVicePresidentin1972andwasnamedViceChairmanin1979.InDecember1980itwasannouncedthathewouldsucceedReginaldH.JonesandinApril1981hebecametheeighthChairmanandCEO.Mr.WelchretiredasChairmanandCEOofGeneralElectricinSeptember2001.InSe

4、ptember2001,Mr.Welchpublishedhisautobiography,"Jack,StraightFromTheGut."Thebookquicklyjumpedtothenumberonespotonbestsellerlistsfrom"TheNewYorkTimes,""TheWallStreetJournal,"Amazon.com,"USAToday"Non-FictionandtheAssociationofIndependentBooksellers.Inadditiontohisnewroleasauthor,Mr.Welchservesasaco

5、nsultanttoasmallgroupofFortune500businessCEOs.WhywouldthewriterrathercallhimProfessorWelch?Becausehealsolectures,coachesandteacheshismanagersandexecutives.AccordingtoWelch,whatismanagementallabout?Howdoyouunderstandhismanagementphilosophy?Managementisanart.Welchhasprovedhimselfamasterpainter,who

6、haspersonifiedcorporateleadershipdramatically.Firstlistening:listenforthegistWhatisthemainideaofthenewsreport?TheUSispreparingforafightagainstanavianfluoutbreak.Theadministrationmullstheprospectofapotentiallydisastrouspandemic.Epidemiologistsworryaboutthefundingdedicatedtothisavianflu.Anddrugfir

7、msarereluctanttoproducevaccinebecausethereisnomarket.PartASecondlistening:listenforspecificinformationNoticehowthefollowingexpressionsarerelatedtoavianflu.Infectiousdiseases,conventionalinfluenza,adisastrouspandemic,bio-terr