10 successful Colombian executives working abroad : a business English book / Robert Brandwayn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandwayn, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

English language--Business English--Study and teaching.

English language.

Executives--Colombia--Case studies--Interviews.

Executives.

Success in business--Colombia--Case studies--Interviews.

Success in business.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ten successful Colombian executives working abroad

Place of Publication:

Bogotá, D.C. : CESA, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración, [2014]

Language Note:

Text in English; summary in Spanish.

Summary:

10 successful Colombian executives working abroad has been written for people interested in furthering their knowledge of both Business English and business in general. It contains candid conversations with bright executives and entrepreneurs from which we can all learn about their professional and personal experiences. It also contains enough grammar and vocabulary information to be a document used as a standalone text for a Business English course. The book is divided into ten chapters, with an interview in each one. The process of selecting the people to be interviewed was a challenging one. The interviewees had to meet a certain set of criteria: They all had to be Colombian, have a career of more than five years in the United States, and use English as their main language at work. Of course, I was very interested in how they learned and developed their use of the language and how it was adapted to meet their needs as executives. An exception to the criteria was made with Manuel Arango from Shell, since he lives and works in Europe. However, his experience in the oil and gas business was too good to be left out. Also, since the title of the book mentions interviews with "successful" executives I feel the need to explain that my definition of successful does not relate to the number of times an executive has appeared in business magazines or newspapers (although some of them have many mentions in this regard). What I was looking for were professionals who had been able to sustain a career in a different country and culture for a number of years.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE PAGE

CREDITS

PREFACE

TO THE STUDENT

CHAPTER 1 COMMUNICATION SKILLS

1.1 The Interview: Luis Silberwasser - Discovery Channel

1.2. Nuts & Bolts of English

1.2.1. Grammar: The Past Simple

1.2.2. Idioms

1.2.3. Word Tool Kit

1.3 Exercises

1.4. Bibliography & Webliography

CHAPTER 2 RECRUITING

2.1. The Interview: Clemencia Macías - Language Line Solutions

2.2. Nuts & Bolts of English

2.2.1. Grammar: The Present Perfect

2.2.2. Phrasal Verbs

2.2.3. Word Tool Kit

2.3. Exercises

2.4. Bibliography & Webliography

CHAPTER 3 MARKETING

3.1. The Interview: José Puerto - CVRx

3.2. Nuts & Bolts of English

3.2.1. Grammar: The future tenses

3.2.2. Idioms

3.2.3. Word Tool Kit

3.3. Exercises

3.4. Bibliography & Webliography

CHAPTER 4 CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING Generated by AI.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from ePub title page (Digitalia, viewed September 26, 2017)

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ISBN:

9789588722535

9588722535

OCLC:

993586959