Employee voices – Businesslink UK – answers

A business speaks – answers

Check your answers and then try the vocabulary exercise

Put the following statements into the order in which they happened.

  1. The union took an important position in the company (they had this role from the beginning)
  2. Everyone worked as an individual
  3. The company had a high reliance on overtime (2 & 3 are more or less at the same time)
  4. Ian Whalley joined the business
  5. They conducted a staff survey
  6. A new business plan was drawn up
  7. They introduced Team Enterprise
  8. Everyone participated in the business
  9. Productivity improved

Now try the matching exercise with some if the vocabulary from the video.


1. [Match]

Match the words and phrases from the video with their meanings.

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. unable to turn a profit in the business (correct)
  • 2. can only get the work done by having people work more than their contractual hours (correct)
  • 3. the things the business has to pay for (correct)
  • 4. having lots of arguments and fights in order to get things done (correct)
  • 5. change the way things are done (correct)
  • 6. the area dedicated to a particular activity (correct)
  • 7. very important (correct)
  • 8. the attitudes and beliefs shared by a group of people (correct)
  • 9. open to discussion about things (correct)
  • 10. a group of people (correct)
  • 11. a level of confidence or positive feelings (correct)
  • 12. producing more than can be sold (correct)