Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2010

"...top and bottom companies in collaboration-intensive sectors..." (lines 34-35) – companies that collaborate more or less for the economy.

"...prized and growing corps of workers." (lines 39-40)– a burgeoning group of invaluable employees.

"...less–than-perfectly-understood interactions..." (lines 47-48) –interrelationships that are totally incomprehensible to the public at large.

"...largely unchartered territory." (lines 55-56) – an area that has been misrepresented.

"...improved partner and customer intimacy..." (line 102)– enhanced the familiarity of competitors with our customers' needs.

is never seen positively by managers since they fear being responsible for discharging their employees.

can be instrumental in expanding mechanisms of interaction and collaborative work that will lead to more effective task results.

has not been considered responsible for layoffs and boosting expenditures – especially when it was introduced in production processes.

expands the companies' capabilities of rivaling with their competitors by controlling production failures and by exerting pressure on suppliers.

is a recent phenomenon since companies have only lately realized that they need to increase the speed of product innovation and the quality of their products.

likewise;for instance.

moreover;especially.

in addition;accordingly

nonetheless;in sum.

in view of that;justifyingly.

will make very little impact on collaborative activity that results from business trips and email exchanges.

would be the only alternative to unsuccessful business meetings and fruitless trips as they help track who does the 'talking' and the 'doing'.

can never be used to improve the social networking in the factory floor, among top and middle management, and between enterprises and consumers.

will certainly avoid all ineffective email messages and old-fashioned managerial meetings that are considered unproductive communication channels.

should be adopted by companies to raise the effectiveness of interaction among co-workers and between company employees and their clients or service providers.

production line technicians.

buyers for a retail chain.

university professors.

fashion designers.

scientists.