Match the cartoons and the eight sub-sections of the text

Humour

Self-promotion

Meetings

Conversation

Language

Body language

Tackling problems

The male approach is to go to the heart of the problem, without taking into account secondary considerations. The female preference is to look at various options.

Male body language tends to be challenging. Female body language tends towards self-protection. A stereotypical female pose is sitting cross-legged; the male sits with legs apart to give an impression that he is in control.

Male behaviour can include forceful gestures for example banging a fist on the desk for effect. The female style does not usually include aggressive gestures.

The male way of speaking does not encourage discussion. Women tend to welcome others’ opinions and contributions more.

Men like to talk about their personal experiences and achievements or discuss ‘masculine’ topics such as cars or sport. Women tend to talk about staff problems and personal matters.

If a woman does not copy the male confrontational style, she is often ignored.

Men find it easy to tell others about their successes. Women tend to share or pass on the credit for a success.

Men's humour can be cruel – a man’s joke usually has a victim. Female makes jokes against herself as a CAVEAT.Many men have a female style of working. Equally many women have a male approach.As Ms Stuart says many of the current management theorems – flatter organizations, empowerment, managing by consensus – have a female style to them.

· the end justifies the means: it doesn’t matter what methods you use; success is the only important thing;

· lateral thinking: thinking in a creative way, making unusual connections;

· flatter organizations: organizations in which there are fewer managers and people have equal status;

· managing by consensus: managing by getting everyone to agree.

Mark Powell, Ron Martinez, Rosi Jillett, New Business Matters, Coursebook

II. Read the text once again and see if the writer’s ideas are the same as yours.

III. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and word combinations: по-разному, исключение, консультативная деятельность, вести курсы, подход, конкурентный, оправдывать, достижение, всесторонний подход к вопросу, решать проблемы, принимать во внимание, самозащита, убедительные жесты, вера в успех, побуждающий.

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