EXCERCISES 7. PET Listen to this lesson on the pros and cons of using ICT in businesses and complete the notes. Increased ................... Improved ................... Quick and easy ................... Improved ................... ...................at your fingertips Advantages: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Jobs ................... Loss of ................... Data ................... Impact ................... System can ................... ................... Disadvantages: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 8. PET Read the text and complete the gaps with the sentences or parts of sentences given below. by introducing communication policies for example, by providing employees with mobile devices We were afraid of being paid less moving to the approach is another key point of smart working. 500 volunteers experimented smart working for three years. where employees can collaborate more easily, with a more relaxed . Timetables were re-designed, Workplaces must be rethought. a. b. c. d. hot-desking e. f. mood g. h. The Smart Working Revolution The keywords of smart working are flexibility and smart technology. ............ If companies want working places where communication and creative ideas are facilitated, then they have to design an open space for a working environment. ............ Also, companies have to offer healthy working places, where there is no fixed office desk; in fact, ............ smart working time, the use of ICT can make work more fluid, ............ in order to give more opportunities to work remotely, eliminating desktop phones and computers. Company strategies should also guarantee employees a degree of privacy and protection ............ to avoid intromission into personal life space at any moment. TIM was one of the first companies in Italy to embrace the smart working revolution. It established a rigid roadmap and ............ The new business model plan was fully accomplished in 2018. ............ and now employees work from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, with breaks varying from 30 to 60 minutes. “Everything we do is uploaded and can be processed automatically,” says Carlo, a TIM employee. ............ because of the new contract, but it wasn’t so.” Ultimately, smart working is about continuing to work hard to achieve your goals but reducing stress. 1. 2. 3. As regards 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. PET Listen to an article on Netflix and say if the statements are true or false. House of Cards is a science-fiction TV show. ▢ T ▢ F 1. House of Cards appeared on a pay television TV channel. ▢ T ▢ F 2. The success of online video services is a threat for traditional TV. ▢ T ▢ F 3. Netflix may cause a diminishing need for cable . ▢ T ▢ F 4. subscriptions Mobile devices and tablets have slowed down the development of Netflix. ▢ T ▢ F 5. Online video services are more expensive than cable subscriptions. ▢ T ▢ F 6. Netflix subscribers are only American. ▢ T ▢ F 7. Pay television still exists. ▢ T ▢ F 8. 10. GROUP WORK Split up into groups. Using the Internet and your own ideas, prepare a table on the advantages and disadvantages of smart working and present it to the class. GLOSSARY : : : : : as regards per quanto riguarda to broadcast trasmettere hot-desking uso di postazioni libere mood atteggiamento subscription abbonamento