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2. Work in two groups. Group a completes the information file on Liisa Joronen. Group b completes the information file on her company, sol. When you have finished, check each other’s files.

SOL cleaning company

Liisa Joronen

Location:

Age:

Number of staff:

Position:

Number of branches:

Physical appearance:

Logo:

Personality:

Working conditions/practices:

Leadership ideas/style:

Public image:

3. Which of these statements are true? Correct the false ones.

1. Everyone has their own office.

2. Liisa Joronen believes cleaners can feel good about their job.

3. At the end of the training course there is an exam.

4. The training course takes 28 month to complete.

5. At SOL giving responsibility to employees is important.

6. SOL thinks measuring performance restricts freedom.

7. Every month Liisa Joronen measures each team’s performance.

8. All the information is stored in filing cabinets.

4. Read these extracts from the article. Which word is similar in meaning to the underlined word in each extract?

1 Smart in yellow uniforms, staff rush about in Finland’s $60 million-a-year

SOL cleaning company.

a) intelligent b) colourful c) well-dressed

2 SOL’s owner, Liisa Joronen, a slim, charismatic brunette of 50…

a) powerful b) charming c) inspiring

3 This most extrovert of Scandinavian business leaders sometimes dresses as

a sunflower…

a) lively b) quiet c) creative

4 People’s creativeness is restricted by routine and traditional office hours.

a) developed b) destroyed c) limited

5 Liisa has abolished territorial space, such as individual offices and desks.

a) increased b)stopped c) reduced

6 One headquarters worker, keen to go to midweek tango classes, was

switching tasks with a colleague.

a) changing b) planning c) sharing

5. Discuss these questions.

1. Would you like to work in a company like SOL?

2. Which of Liisa Joronen’s ideas would you like to introduce into your own company or organization? Which would you not like to introduce? Why?

Project work: Choose any company you are interested in. Collect information about their motivation scheme and present it to the class.

WRITING

Use information from your project work and imagine that you and other managers feel that your company’s system of perks needs improving, or employee retention might become a critical issue. One of the directors has asked you to put forward your ideas in writing. Write an informal proposal (in 200-250 words) for the director.

Your proposal should:

  • describe what are, in your views, the shortcomings of the present system of perks

  • suggest a number of alternatives

  • explain what kind of perks you think would work best, and why.