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Вопросы для оценки качества освоения дисциплины

1. 
   In which sports are there most cases of cheating? How do people cheat in these sports?
   
2. 
   What do you think the typical family of the future is going to be like?
   
3. 
   Do you agree that the world has become obsessed with money?
   
4. 
   What is trade swaps?
   
5. 
   What do you think are the advantages of studying or working abroad? Are there any disadvantages?
   
6. 
   What makes a holiday destination popular?
   
7. 
   What are the manners and laws connected with the use of the mobile phone?
   
8. 
   Compare the Russians and the English from the point of view of manners.
   
9. 
   How important is appearance in your country? Do people in your country judge by appearances?
   
10. 
    Have you ever tried to learn something but failed?
    
11. 
    What tips can you give to someone who wants to succeed?
    
12. 
    How different was your school from the British school you’ve read about?
    
13. 
    How different is today’s school from the school of the past?
    
14. 
    What is a close friend?
    
15. 
    Do you sometimes need to “edit your friends”?
    
16. 
    Are you happy with your work-life balance?
    
17. 
    What are the typical gender stereotypes? Do you agree with them?
    
18. 
    What is the right job for you?
    
19. 
    Why do people change jobs?
    
20. 
    Do you believe that people can make their own luck or change their luck?
    
21. 
    What are your TV habits? Why do some people give up watching TV?
    

1. 
   What do you think globalization means?
   
2. 
   Do you think globalization is a recent trend?
   
3. 
   What global companies can you think of?
   
4. 
   Do global companies do more harm than good?
   
5. 
   What is branding?
   
6. 
   What are the advantages of branded goods for the manufacturer and for the consumer?
   
7. 
   Why do we need brands?
   
8. 
   How can manufacturers protect their brands from piracy (illegal copying)?
   
9. 
   What do you enjoy about traveling? What don't you enjoy?
   
10. 
    Which is the best/worst airline you have flown? Why?
    
11. 
    What problems must Customer Service Managers solve for business travelers?
    
12. 
    Is advertising the greatest art form of the twenty-first century?
    
13. 
    What kind of advertisements do you like?
    
14. 
    What do you understand by outdoor advertising?
    
15. 
    What products do you think are suitable for outdoor advertising?
    
16. 
    Which factors to your mind are important for getting a job?
    
17. 
    How do managers select the best candidates and avoid the worst?
    

1. 
   Trade (Market Leader, Unit 6)
   
2. 
   Innovation (Market Leader, Unit 7)
   
3. 
   Organisation (Market Leader, Unit 8)
   
4. 
   Money (Market Leader, Unit 9)
   
5. 
   Ethics (Market Leader, Unit 10)
   
6. 
   Change (Market Leader, Unit 11)
   
7. 
   Strategy (Market Leader, Unit 12)
   
8. 
   Cultures (Market Leader, Unit 13)
   
9. 
   Leadership (Market Leader, Unit 14)
   
10. 
    Competition (Market Leader, Unit 15)
    
11. 
    Quality (Market Leader, Unit 16)
    

1. 
   Market
   
2. 
   Markets and monopolies
   
3. 
   Money
   
4. 
   Pricing
   
5. 
   The Problem of Inflation
   
6. 
   Banking
   
7. 
   Central Banking: an Overview
   
8. 
   Loans in the United Kingdom
   
9. 
   Market Research
   
10. 
    Marketing
    
11. 
    Consumer Choice
    
12. 
    Multinationals
    
13. 
    Production and development
    

1. 
   What are strengths and weaknesses of the one-person business? Where does it prevail?
   
2. 
   What does the survival of a partnership depend on? Can you say that a partnership is a flexible organization?
   
3. 
   Why is cash flow important to a business?
   
4. 
   What are the main reasons why so many small companies fail?
   
5. 
   What are the main advantages of a company over a large partnership as a way of doing business?
   
6. 
   Companies are often sold for prices far above the value shown on their balance sheet. What factors may explain the difference?
   
7. 
   If you were the company’s bankers, what would you look for when reading the Profit and Loss Account?
   
8. 
   What is the principal objective of monetary policy? What happens if money is tight?
   
9. 
   What banking services are offered by Russian banks?
   
10. 
    Which Russian insurance companies do you trust?
    
11. 
    What are advantages and disadvantages of credit card system?
    
12. 
    What is a good form of investment for a short - term saver?
    
13. 
    When is the policy of protectionism useful?
    
14. 
    Should psychological factors be taken into account while making pricing decisions? Comment on “odd pricing”?
    
15. 
    What are your country’s major imports and exports? Do you think products made in your country are better than products made in other countries?
    
16. 
    What can a company do if it wishes to raise money for expansion?
    
17. 
    Why do shops have sales?
    
18. 
    Why might penetration be a good pricing strategy to use when launching a new brand of yoghurts?
    
19. 
    What problems are posed to exporters by language barriers and cultural differences?
    
20. 
    Who benefits when a business makes a profit?
    
21. 
    Do the assets of a commercial bank tend to be liquid or frozen?
    
22. 
    What is meant by an adverse balance of payments?
    
23. 
    What do you think will happen to our balance of payments when the oil dries up?
    
24. 
    What is a takeover bid? Why do some bids succeed and others not?
    
25. 
    Companies sometimes obtain a stock exchange quotation. Why do they do it?
    

1. 
   What services would you expect a retail or commercial bank to offer?
   
2. 
   What is the difference between retail banking and investment banking?
   
3. 
   How do commercial banks make money?
   
4. 
   Which area would you prefer to work in – commercial or retail banking? Why?
   
5. 
   How has commercial banking changed since 1980s?
   
6. 
   How do you think it will develop in the next years?
   
7. 
   Think about a bank’s different delivery channels, or the different ways of banking. What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of these for the customers?
   
8. 
   Which types of customers are likely to prefer which delivery channel?
   
9. 
   What are the relative benefits and disadvantages of the different channels for the bank?
   
10. 
    How do banks decide who to lend to?
    
11. 
    What are the functions of the Central Bank?
    
12. 
    How can the actions of the Central Bank affect individuals as well as companies?
    
13. 
    What are the main types of derivatives?
    
14. 
    What are the two main uses of derivatives?
    
15. 
    Why is it possible to describe derivatives as ‘weapons of mass destruction’?
    
16. 
    Do you know any examples of bankruptcies resulting from derivatives trading? What happened and why?
    
17. 
    If you had a large amount of money to invest, would you invest it yourself, or get a professional investment consultant to do it?
    
18. 
    Would you like to invest and manage other people’s money?
    
19. 
    What are the different strategies of asset management?
    
20. 
    Do you agree with the people who say that it is impossible to beat the stock market, on average?
    
21. 
    Is it possible to control and manage cash flow? How can it be done?
    
22. 
    What provokes a typical liquidity crisis/
    
23. 
    What should \ must a failing business do?
    
24. 
    What is the bankruptcy procedure?
    
25. 
    What does the phrase “There are limits to limited liability” mean?