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Teams within organizations also have b..., attitudes and b... that c.... unique cultures.

beliefs, attitudes and behaviors

constitute

That is true, but much else that is said about them is c.... . They are said to be natural c.....

conjecture

natural collaborators

The authors examine the l... cycle of companies to demonstrate that cultures have a variety of comparative advantages at different s..... of development.

 

life cycle

stages of development

The benefits for companies using these sites are obvious: instant access to a p... of  cheap willing t... without having to go through lengthy r... processes.

pool of cheap

willing talent

recruitment processes

The collectivist Japanese are good at r...... mature c........ when they have h... on a successful formula but bad at dealing with disruptive innovation.

running mature companies

hit on

The company lost $150m a year and soon decided to s... out to a German rival, Metro.

sell out to

The company’s key goal in managing change was to identify and e... s... and l... capabilities for c... advantage.

identify and enable synergies

leverage capabilities

competitive advantage.

 

The danger of this a..., not only in a team environment, is that it supports the prevailing//d... c.... and a rigidity that is c.... to creativity and growth.

adage

prevailing/dominant culture

counterproductive

The development of team n.... does not take p... in a v...., but is e... in the w... social, political and economic context of the day.

team norms

take place in a vacuum

is embedded in the wider

The East India Company was able to dominate an entire continent with a few hundred company men because it adapted to local c..., even to the point of co-opting local words such as “nabob” and “loot”.

local customs,

The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work”, says millennials “think in terms of how to make t.. m.... out o... today and make sure that what they are doing is meaningful, interesting and challenging.”

make the most out of

The have-a-nice-day stuff w... down l... a lead Z....... with employees and shoppers alike.

went down like a lead Zeppelin

The human cold:

Websites that match employers with f.... are growing fast – and so is the potential for lower w... and i....

freelancers

lower wages

inequality

The importance of talking about conflict prevention and r......... issues up front cannot be over s..... .

conflict prevention and resolution issues

cannot be overstressed

The majority of a group culture will c.... to a dominant set of beliefs, attitudes and behaviors,

confirm

The most striking thing about the research data compiled by the l...  of CEB and the Centre for Creative Leadership is how

much workers of different generations have in common.

the likes of

the o... are often s... against older people applying for jobs

odds are

stacked against

The only way to a.. and retain these highly strung creatures is to turn your offices into o...-plan playpens and b.... the c... s.... r... (CSR) budget.

attract and retain

open-plan

boost

corporate social responsibility (CSR)

The people in the other, more career-d....g.... didn’t mind living and working abroad but wondered, as they f... change in any event, whether staying or searching for another employer would best f... their c....

career-driven group, faced change, further their careers.

The program was one part of a carefully designed communication and engagement plan that made it possible to s.... the energy

sustain

The risk matrix r.... that another 104 people were likely to leave.

revealed

The same 'arrogant' team member may conclude that the restrained team member is u.... because eye contact is not maintained.

untrustworthy

The theory is that through the i.... of the parts greater productivity is achieved by t...  w... .

interdependency

by the whole

The w... organization has benefited from the use of shared vocabulary and reference points conveyed by the training components.

worldwide organization

Their approaches vary, but all are designed to test a person’s mindset and m.... .

mindset

mentality

There are a number of factors that contribute to communication style. One factor is the extent to which it is expressive or r... .

expressive

restrained

there are c... development o.... for cloud w... with many startups using the site as a way of t... out  freelancers to see if they’re a good cultural fit before offering them a p... job –and vice versa.

career development opportunities

cloud workers

testing out

permanent job

There are other cultural factors that have a b... on the way a team will approach conflict prevention and resolution. These include:

have a bearing on

There are signs that Western firms are taking cultural s.... more seriously.

cultural sensitivity

there is also an onus on the government and employers to provide work p....and appr... to maintain a s.... older w....

work programmes

apprenticeships

skilled

workforce

there is urgent need for an i... code of e...

industry code of ethics

These are the s... q... that job c... face during interviews

standard questions

job candidates

These people are now the largest group in America’s workforce, making up 37% of the total, compared with 34% for the b...-b...—those born up to the mid-1960s, now r... in droves.

baby-boomers

retiring in droves

These trends have led to speculation that we are approaching the end of retirement or at least entering a period in which older workers will s... working g.... rather than abruptly upon reaching r... age.

stop working gradually

retirement age

These “hidden gems” might be found anywhere in the company: for example, the product-development manager in an acquired company’s R&D function who is n..... r.... age and no longer on the company’s list of “high potentials” —yet who is c... to ensuring a healthy product pipeline; or the k... financial a.... responsible for consolidating the acquired company’s next f.... report

is nearing retirement age, is crucial to, key financial accountant, financial report.

They also need to know how to t... into knowledge centres halfway across the world.

tap into

They are purely f.... .

facilitative

They c... for approximately 3m tasks or projects each year,

compete for

They like to 'c... t... the chase' and get frustrated with someone who 'beats a... the b....'.

'cut to the chase'

'beats around the bush'

They might send their managers to spend time abroad. They might a... a few foreigners to the b... .

appoint

to the board