商务英语综合教程学生用书第三册课件彭青龙 ISBN9787811346237第三册第4课.ppt

Learning Objective To distinguish voluntary turnover from involuntary turnover; To understand the pros and cons of employee turnover; To explore the various causes of high turnover rate in the organization; To acquire theme-related words and expressions and use them in real situations. Unit Four Employee Turnover Read the following conversation and guess who the speakers are and what the purpose is for the conversation. Steve: Did I do something wrong? I mean, is there something I could do differently here? Ryan: This is not an assessment of your productivity. You gotta try not to take this personally. Steve: Dont take it personally. … Ryan: Well, anybody who ever built an empire or changed the world sat where you are right now. And its because they sat there they were able to do it. Thats the truth. Im gonna need your keycard. Great. Okay. Now, I want you to take the day, go get together your personal things, and then tomorrow, you get yourself some exercise. You go out for a jog, you give yourself some routines, and pretty soon you find your legs. Movie: Up in the Air Ryan Bingham works for a company helping people lay off their employees during a recession. Watch the movie clip to know how tough a job Ryan has got. /video/201004/102710.shtml Turnover rate 员工离职率 Voluntary turnover 主动离职 Internal turnover 内部离职 Organizational life cycle 组织的发展周期 Workplace loyalty 职场忠诚 resignation chronic succumb inconsequential devastating retain facilitate permeate distinguish gloss over Structural Analysis 1. What are top influencers of employee loyalty? 2. During the current economic downturn, what effects will downsizing have on employees? Translation Exercise 1. Usually, a seemingly unprovoked mass exodus is a symptom of something having gone wrong in communication or the treatment of employees. 2. What employers must look at is how to keep engaged the people who make their organizations hum, while allowing the dead weight1 to roll off. 3. During