CONVERSATION: Business English Topics

BUSINESS ENGLISH TOPICS: - for one-to-one or group conversations.

Participants are asked to agree or disagree with the statements below, and explain why:

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Explain your reasons.

1. It doesn't matter whether you enjoy your job or not as long as it's a well-paid job.
2. Young graduates today don’t gain much from work experience.
3. Self-employment is more stimulating than working for a large organisation.
4. Working from home makes life easier for employees.
5. Social networks have rapidly become communication tools for many companies.
   They will provide even further development for business in the future.
6. Business is a combination of war and sport.
7. In today's business world, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
8. Innovation is different from invention.
9. In the future most companies will be online companies.
   There will be fewer offices and more call centres.
10. Anyone who has contact with a customer is a salesperson - and that includes the person who answers the phone!
    
11. Small companies can adapt more quickly to changes in the market place than large corporations.
12. Companies become more efficient as they grow in size.
13. More time is wasted during meetings than during any other business activity.
14. It is impossible to have a successful career and a happy family life.
    You have to choose one or the other.
15. It is impossible for young people to find a (good) job today without help from someone.
16. Qualifications are more important today than ever before.
17. A successful salesperson knows the strengths and weaknesses of competing products
18. Small companies cannot offer employees opportunities for promotion.
19. There is more creativity in multinational companies than in small firms.
20. Some companies do not adhere to proper rules of conduct.
21. In the business world today, people are more stressed out than they were 30 years ago.
22. It is dishonest for companies to avoid paying income tax in the countries where they are established.
23. Men and women are not always treated equally in the workplace.
    Women often face discrimination.
24. Whenever possible, employees should be allowed to choose their own working hours.
25. Technology has changed business methods to the detriment of human relations.