Ενδεικτικές λύσεις των 20 φιλτραρισμένων ασκήσεων της ενότητας (σελ. 240-243): 15 ερωτήσεις κατανόησης (A. Questions) + 5 κλειστές ασκήσεις λεξιλογίου/γραμματικής (B. Exercises 1-5). Η Άσκηση Β.6 («Express your personal opinion in a paragraph of about 80 words») είναι ΑΝΟΙΧΤΗ παραγωγική εργασία και εξαιρείται (standing convention activity-to-indicative-exception) — το CH table του book_eoc_help.py εκτιμούσε 21 (A=15+B=6), το πραγματικό φιλτραρισμένο σύνολο εδώ είναι 20.
Ερώτηση: What is "reengineering"?
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Σύνοψη: It is the replanning and redesigning of businesses — the rejoining of them for a better future.
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Ερώτηση: Who was it devised by?
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Σύνοψη: It was devised by two famous American economists.
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Ερώτηση: What do the two American economists claim?
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Σύνοψη: They claim that most commercial industries still function according to old-fashioned laws of a past time, when the economy played a "local role" and the customer was taken for granted.
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Ερώτηση: Do customers, today, order products only from the local market?
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Σύνοψη: No, they do not — today customers can order products from every distant corner of the earth, not only from the local market.
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Ερώτηση: What are the new attitudes of businessmen and customers?
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Σύνοψη: Every new businessman automatically becomes a powerful competitor against all the others, and every new customer has individual needs and demands personal treatment.
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Ερώτηση: What characterizes commerce and industry today?
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Σύνοψη: Commerce and industry today are characterized by enormous insecurity and are full of imponderable factors.
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Ερώτηση: What will happen to shops and factories, unless "reengineering" is applied?
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Σύνοψη: Shops and factories will continue to close down, unless "reengineering" is applied.
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Ερώτηση: What have the two economists ensured?
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Σύνοψη: They have ensured an increase of income, of up to 100%, for the companies that asked for their help.
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Ερώτηση: Do the two economists believe that "division of labour" is useful?
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Σύνοψη: No, they do not — they believe the old golden rule of "division of labour" is not useful any more.
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Ερώτηση: What do we mean when we say "boxes" in business?
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Σύνοψη: "Boxes" means specialized sections and departments, or specifically trained personnel, working separately within a company.
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Ερώτηση: What does a company which works with "boxes" end in?
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Σύνοψη: It ends in the creation of bureaucratic mechanisms and groups of bureaucrats who control and arbitrate, while production stays the same, costs keep rising and customers gradually disappear.
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Ερώτηση: How should, according to the two American economists, a right company be organized?
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Σύνοψη: It should be run by the least number of managers and directors possible, and be organized into groups of work.
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Ερώτηση: Is such an organisation possible?
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Σύνοψη: Yes, such an organisation is possible nowadays thanks to computer science.
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Ερώτηση: What will happen to a company if the computers work properly?
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Σύνοψη: If the computers work properly, many directors, managers and supervisors will become redundant.
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Ερώτηση: Do the two economists believe that there will be unemployment in the future?
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Σύνοψη: (ενδεικτική) They accept that reengineering may cause unemployment, but they believe that refusing to change will make unemployment even worse, whereas if businesses flourish again there are still hopes of full occupation for all people.
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Ερώτηση: Match the following so as to form fifteen pairs of synonyms: a. planning b. devised c. function d. being aware of e. comes out f. powerful g. demands h. imponderable i. applied j. ends in k. going up I. span m. constituted n. intensify o. abolition — with: 1. appears 2. put into practice; used 3. rising 4. designing; framework 5. make stronger/greater 6. banning 7. distributed 8. strong 9. duration; period 10. invented 11. knowing well 12. results in 13. asks for 14. work; be in action 15. of which the importance cannot be calculated or measured exactly.
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Σύνοψη: a-4 (planning = designing/framework) · b-10 (devised = invented) · c-14 (function = work/be in action) · d-11 (being aware of = knowing well) · e-1 (comes out = appears) · f-8 (powerful = strong) · g-13 (demands = asks for) · h-15 (imponderable = cannot be measured exactly) · i-2 (applied = put into practice) · j-12 (ends in = results in) · k-3 (going up = rising) · l-9 (span = duration/period) · m-7 (constituted = distributed [οργανωμένο σε ομάδες]) · n-5 (intensify = make stronger/greater) · o-6 (abolition = banning).
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Ερώτηση: Replace the wrongly used words with proper ones so as to form meaningful sentences: a. Most commercial industies still function according to the old-fashioned lows of the passed time. b. In the past, the customer was given for granted. c. Today, the market is universal and show is the consumer. d. The businessman is being attached by competition from all over the world. e. Customers are able to order products from every instant corner of the earth. f. Commerce and industry have become fields of enormous insurance. g. Businesses usually work with "foxes", that is specialized actions and apartments. h. The right company is the one which is driven by the list number of managers and detectors and which is contributed into groups of work.
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Σύνοψη: a. industies→industries, lows→laws, passed→past. b. given→taken. c. show→so. d. attached→attacked. e. instant→distant. f. insurance→insecurity. g. foxes→boxes, actions→sections, apartments→departments. h. driven→run, list→least, detectors→directors, contributed→constituted.
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Ερώτηση: Rewrite the following sentences using the new prompts. a. Two famous American economists devised "reengineering". "Reengineering"... b. Businessmen and traders are being attacked by competition. Competition... c. Customers can order products from every distant corner of the earth. Products... d. Shops and factories will close down unless "reengineering" is applied. Shops and factories will close down unless businessmen... e. The two economists have ensured a great increase of the income of the businesses. A great increase... f. A right company should be run by only few managers and directors. Only few... g. Each group of employees are to perform or carry out any one of the tasks which comprise the target of the company. Any one of the tasks... h. "Reengineering" means that the roles are being determined by the skill and efficiency of each member of the staff. "Reengineering" means that the skill...
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Σύνοψη: a. "Reengineering" was devised by two famous American economists. b. Competition from all over the world is attacking businessmen and traders. c. Products can be ordered by customers from every distant corner of the earth. d. Shops and factories will close down unless businessmen apply "reengineering". e. A great increase of the income of the businesses has been ensured by the two economists. f. Only few managers and directors should run a right company. g. Any one of the tasks which comprise the target of the company is to be performed or carried out by each group of employees. h. "Reengineering" means that the skill and efficiency of each member of the staff determine the roles.
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Ερώτηση: Based on the text, say whether the following statements are True or False. a. "Reengineering" is an old financial "logic". b. It has been devised by two famous American economists. c. These economists claim that the ways in which most commercial industries function are old-fashioned and must change. d. Today, every new customer has his personal needs and demands special treatment. e. Commerce and industry are not controlled by any imponderable factors. f. The two economists have increased the income of some companies up to 20%. g. They believe that the famous "division of labour" has proved to be useful. h. The business which works with "boxes", according to the two economists, is the most profitable one. i. Only few managers and directors should run a company. j. The two economists don't believe that unemployment will increase, when "reengineering" is put into practice.
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Σύνοψη: a. False (είναι ΝΕΑ λογική). b. True. c. True. d. True. e. False (είναι γεμάτα αστάθμητους παράγοντες). f. False (έως 100%, όχι 20%). g. False (πιστεύουν ότι ΔΕΝ είναι πια χρήσιμος). h. False (η εταιρεία με «κουτιά» έχει σταθερή/χωρίς αύξηση παραγωγή, αυξανόμενο κόστος και φθίνουσα πελατεία — δεν είναι η πιο κερδοφόρα). i. True. j. False (αποδέχονται ότι μπορεί να προκληθεί ανεργία, αν και πιστεύουν πως η άρνηση αλλαγής θα την επιδεινώσει περισσότερο).
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Ερώτηση: Choose the odd-man-out. a. replanning, redesigning, redrawing, revealing b. declare, imply, denote, apply c. business, competitor, create, product d. for, over, and, from e. control, come, cost, significant f. run, trained, will disappear, constituted.
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Σύνοψη: (ενδεικτική) a. revealing (οι άλλες τρεις σημαίνουν «επανασχεδιασμός/επαναδιαμόρφωση»· το «revealing» = αποκάλυψη, άσχετη σημασία). b. apply (οι άλλες τρεις σημαίνουν περίπου «δηλώνω/υποδηλώνω»· το «apply» = εφαρμόζω, διαφορετική σημασία). c. create (μοναδικό ρήμα· οι άλλες τρεις είναι ουσιαστικά). d. and (μοναδικός σύνδεσμος· οι άλλες τρεις είναι προθέσεις). e. come (μοναδικό ρήμα· οι άλλες τρεις είναι ουσιαστικά/επίθετο [cost=ουσιαστικό, significant=επίθετο, control=ουσιαστικό/ρήμα - come ξεχωρίζει ως το μόνο καθαρό ρήμα κίνησης]). f. trained (μοναδικό επίθετο/μετοχή παθητικής χωρίς ρηματικό χρόνο ενεργητικής φωνής· run, will disappear, constituted λειτουργούν ως ρηματικοί τύποι στο κείμενο).
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