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    This presentation summarizes employee underperformance trends among major companies. It shows that over a ten-year period, relative labor costs for a retail company increased 15% each year due to rising staff levels rather than wages. Similarly, a graph demonstrates that average staff costs as a percentage of total costs rose over 10% in the past 5 years for the UK's top 100 companies, while overall costs fell 15%. An example is given of a bankrupt company whose relative staff costs increased nearly 30% over 10 years above inflation. In conclusion, continually rising inefficient and expensive staff will make companies uncompetitive long-term.

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    This presentation summarizes employee underperformance trends among major companies. It shows that over a ten-year period, relative labor costs for a retail company increased 15% each year due to rising staff levels rather than wages. Similarly, a graph demonstrates that average staff costs as a percentage of total costs rose over 10% in the past 5 years for the UK's top 100 companies, while overall costs fell 15%. An example is given of a bankrupt company whose relative staff costs increased nearly 30% over 10 years above inflation. In conclusion, continually rising inefficient and expensive staff will make companies uncompetitive long-term.

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    This presentation summarizes employee underperformance trends among major companies. It shows that over a ten-year period, relative labor costs for a retail company increased 15% each year due to rising staff levels rather than wages. Similarly, a graph demonstrates that average staff costs as a percentage of total costs rose over 10% in the past 5 years for the UK's top 100 companies, while overall costs fell 15%. An example is given of a bankrupt company whose relative staff costs increased nearly 30% over 10 years above inflation. In conclusion, continually rising inefficient and expensive staff will make companies uncompetitive long-term.

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    DESCRIBING A CHART

    ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS


    PART 1

    Ditta Aditya
    Unit 5 (BP 2)

    Hello, everybody.
    I hope you’re all _1_enjoying________ your first week with 2_us__. I
    was 3___asked____ to give you a short presentation about the
    4__company_______.

    First I want to tell you something about our 5__sales_____


    _figures_________. Last year, we 6 exported______ products
    7__worth____ 50 million US dollars to _8 Asia___, compared with
    9__48_ million the year before last. That was really good, but the
    10_figures____ for this 11_year___ are even 12_better____. We’ve
    13_exported____ 14_goods____ worth 52 million US dollars to Asia
    so far, and we expect the 15_final____ figure for this year to be the
    16__highest__ in the 17_history____ of the company. That’s the
    good 18__news__.
    However, while ______ to Asia have _______, exports to Europe have
    ________. Last year exports to Europe ____ compared with the year
    before, and in fact we had the best ______ ever. _______, there’s been
    a ________ crisis in Europe and as a _______ our export there have
    ______ this year.
    Vocabulary used in presentation
    Greeting Your Audience
    1. Good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone.
    2. Welcome to [name of event].
    3. First, let me introduce myself. I am [name] from
    [company].
    Beginning Your Presentation
    • Let me start by giving you some background information
    • As you’re aware, …

    Transitioning to the Next Topic


    • Let’s move on to…
    • Turning our attention now to…

    Providing More Details


    • I’d like to expand on…
    • Let me elaborate further.
    Linking to Another Topic
    • As I said at the beginning, …
    • This relates to what I was saying earlier…
    • This ties in with…

    Emphasizing a Point
    • The significance of this is…
    • This is important because…
    • We have to remember that …

    Making Reference to Information


    • Based on our findings, …
    • According to our study, …
    • Our data shows …
    Speaker:
    'Let me start the first part of the presentation, with an
    overview of current employee under-performance. But
    what does employee under-performance mean?
    Basically, employees don't do what they are capable
    of, with the time and resources available.
    Allow me to demonstrate this by showing you a Bar
    Chart. This is a bar chart from a well-known
    multinational retail company. It shows that over a
    ten-year period, between 1998 and 2008, that their
    relative labour cost for each product they sold
    increased every year. Over the ten years, that
    meant a 15% increase. Now, lets ask ourselves why
    this happened? Did the number of staff increase?
    Yes, it did up to 2006! Did wages increase higher
    than inflation? No they didn't! Did other costs fall?
    Yes they did. So while there were efficiency savings
    in other areas of the business, like in Information
    Technology etc..., labour was becoming relatively
    more expensive.
    This isn't a one-off case. This next graph demonstrates that this is a
    trend affecting all companies. It shows the average staff costs as a
    percentage of total costs over the last 5 years for the top 100
    companies in the UK. The average staff costs is represented by the
    red line, while the dotted blue line shows overall costs. As you can
    see, whilst overall costs fell by roughly 15% over the last 5 years, the
    actual average staff costs as a percentage of overall costs increased
    by over 10% over the same period. And this is just an average, in
    some cases it increased by almost 15%.
     This isn't a one-off case. This next graph demonstrates that this is
    a trend affecting all companies. It shows the average staff costs as a
    percentage of total costs over the last 5 years for the top 100
    companies in the UK. The average staff costs is represented by the
    red line, while the dotted blue line shows overall costs. As you can
    see, whilst overall costs fell by roughly 15% over the last 5 years,
    the actual average staff costs as a percentage of overall costs
    increased by over 10% over the same period. And this is just an
    average, in some cases it increased by almost 15%.
    I think that you can agree that this is unsustainable. Companies cannot
    be competitive in the long-term whilst their staff are becoming
    increasing inefficient and relatively more expensive.

    Let me illustrate this with an example. You all remember the


    American company Samson & Heat? They went bankrupt this July.
    What do you think the fundamental reason was? Falling sales? Maybe
    it contributed, but other companies faced similar problems and are still
    here today! Their fundamental problem was that their overall relative
    staff costs had risen by just under 30% in the last 10 years, over
    inflation. To put it is simply, they were out-priced by their competitors.'
    Try these:
    1. A line on a chart that is made up of small circles, is dotted______
    2. A polite way to say 'this next example confirms what I've just said',
    is ‘let me illustrate this with’
    3. A different way to say 'shows' or 'confirms', is demonstrates
    4. Another way to say 'by nearly', is by almost
    5. A phrase that describes the quantity of time a graph or chart
    covers, is Shows that over a ten-year period

    1. A way to focus people's attention on a chart or graph etc..., is As


    you can see
    7. Another way to say 'by about', is __by roughly____
    8. A different way to say that something is not an exception, is
    Isn’t a one-off case

    9. A way to inform people what the different lines, bars etc... on a


    chart/graph are for, is Is represented by

    10. Another way to say 'by above', is by over


    Shows that over a ten-year period
    Isn’t a one-off case
    Demonstrates
    Is represented by
    Dotted
    As you can see
    By roughly
    By over
    Some other vocabulary to use:
     Verbs: rise, increase, grow, go up to, climb, boom, peak, fall, decline,
    decrease, drop, dip, go down, reduce, level up, remain stable, no
    change, remain steady, stay constant, stay, maintain the same level,
    crash, collapse, plunge, plummet (in high speed).

     Adjectives: sharp, rapid, huge, dramatic, substantial, considerable,


    significant, slight, small, minimal, massive.

     Adverbs: dramatically, rapidly, hugely, massive, sharply, steeply,


    considerably, substantially, significantly, slightly, minimally, markedly.

     There is also a list of adverbs to describe the speed of a change:


    rapidly, quickly, swiftly, suddenly, steadily, gradually, slowly.

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