1 Following the merger, the office layout was to accommodate the new staff.
  2 The most successful change in our company was the decision to the company. Now there is more opportunity for promotion.
  3 It is now so expensive to rent offices in the city centre that many companies are their operations to purpose-built business parks at the city limits.
  4 The company has recently its workforce. Reducing the number of employees is the best way to stay profitable in the current economic climate.
  5 To improve efficiency, the company has introduced new working practices. The HR department will all sales staff.
  6 One of our products hasn’t been selling well recently. The marketing team has decided to take it off the market and it next year with new packaging.
  7 The IT department report recommended that the company the computer system as soon as possible.
  8 The CEO thinks that too many decisions are made at Head Office. She wants to the decision-making process so that branch managers are more involved at an earlier stage.
  9 The company has finalised the plans to the disused car-park site. It is going to become a fitness centre for employees.
10 The logo and slogan are very old-fashioned. We need to the whole image of the product and bring it into the 21st century.
11 There is a lot of pressure on the government from consumer groups to the industry and remove controls, so customers can benefit from increased competition.
12 Following the report by the legal department and changes in the tax laws, the management decided to the situation and delay making a decision on the takeover.

1 sudden and surprising
2 a period of 10 years
3 failing
4 the first company to develop new methods of doing something
5 someone that you compete with
6 jealously
7 a complete change from a bad situation to a good one
8 the financial result of a company’s business (i.e. profit or loss)

1 What are they , how are they going to , and how will they know they’ve ?
2 Make sure people are in the change, that they feel this is something they are doing for and not something which is being done .

Vietnam (go) through many changes in its history and (experience) many economic changes recently. It is currently experiencing an economic boom. In 1986, the government (introduce) economic reforms or doi moi (doi meaning change and moi new). The reforms (permit) the setting up of free market enterprises and (abolish) the practice of collective farming. However, agriculture remains the most important part of the economy. Vietnam (recently/become) the second largest producer of rice in the world after Thailand. The industrial sector (show) dramatic improvement and expansion as well. In 1993, the World Bank (declare) 58% of the population to be living in poverty. By 2005, this figure was less than 20%. Vietnam (also/make) great strides on the international stage in the last decade or so. It (become) a full member of ASEAN in 1995, and of the WTO in 2006. The effects of this new-found prosperity can be seen everywhere. Large, glitzy malls (appear) in major cities, while streets once filled with bicycles are now overflowing with locally produced Japanese, Korean and Chinese motorbikes and cars. Business visitors wishing to relax in a more traditional Vietnamese town should visit Hoi An. Hoi An (be) a major Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries, and its picturesque architecture and relaxed lifestyle (change) little over the years.