Look through the texts of Unit II, examine articles on economics in Internet and prepare a presentation on one of the problems, given below. Use the following words and word combinations

ü In this presentation I review / debate the problems (advantages) of … and argue that …

ü This presentation is devoted to a new (complex/ structural) approach to the study of ..

ü The … chief /general… aim is…

ü One of the main / principal objectives

ü … central / key / ultimate … goal

ü … main / particular … purpose

ü The following tasks are to be solved in my presentation:

1. To discuss the problem of …;

2. To discuss the main ways of …;

3. To characterize …;

4. To analyze ….

ü Our analysis / investigation … is based on evidence / calculations / estimates of …

ü … proceeds on the idea / findings of…

ü … rests on / focuses on / involves observations of…

ü The structure of my presentation is as follows. The first part reviews / describes / clarifies / outlines … . Part 2 (section 2) dwells on / enlarges upon / shows that / argues that … . The final part proposes / summarizes / spells out in detail.

ü In the course of my investigation … will be discussed / will be shown that.

ü In the rest of the presentation … I reflect on / speculate about.

ü Before I go into this problem, … I want to raise the issue of … .

ü The present … study/ account … examines / assumes the view that … .

ü … description … rests on the assumption / claim / observation that …

ü It is important to emphasize / reasonable to assume / safe (natural) to predict that … .

ü In my present study … I set out to analyze … / I advance the hypothesis of … .

ü Therefore the problem of … is of current importance.

ü To conclude, …this paper has explored / investigated / shown / established … .

ü Our conclusion focus on aspects such as the fact that … .

ü The major points covered by this paper may be summarized as follows … .

Themes of Presentation: 1. The Art and Science of Management 2. Service Management 3. Asian Styles of Management 4. Making Management across Countries 5. West European Styles of Management