文档介绍：Unit 15
Organizational petitive Advantage
企业文化—竞争优势
3 Learning objectives
z In this unit students will learn words and expressions related anizational
culture.
z Students will learn to talk the foundation and the characteristics anizational
culture.
Background reading
Notes:
1 .synonym 同义词 The anizational culture first appeared casually in
English-language literature in the 1960s as a synonym of “climate”.
2. socialization 社会化,社会主义化 Every time an employee joins a new
organization, he or she has to go through a socialization process.
3. implicit 暗示的, 含蓄的 He interpreted her condemnation of recent political
developments as an implicit criticism of the government.
4. visibility 可见性, 明显度 Fog is still causing problems, and visibility in some
areas is down to two meters.
5. resistance 反抗,抵抗力 Each level varies in terms of outward visibility and
resistance to change.
6. acronym 只取首字母的缩写词 AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome.
7. ritual 礼节 Football players have a ritual of touching and hugging each other
after a goal.
8. causality 因果关系 Causality is the principle that there us a cause for everything
that happens.
Answers to prehension questions:
1. What is the definition anizational culture given in the text?
Organizational culture is defined as “the set of shared, taken-for-granted impli