Key Vocabulary List. technology, technological, technical, technique, technician

technology, technological, technical, technique, technician

computer, to computerize, to be computer literate/illiterate

to write and programme software, word-processing, word-processor

telecommunications systems, teleconference, teleconferencing, video conference

to hold meetings using telephone conference lines

to work from home/ in one’s own home, to make a good teleworker

production line, assembly line

technical expertise

obsolete, to be rendered obsolete

to automate factories, automation

to qualify, to be (highly) qualified, qualification, formal qualifications, to have the necessary qualifications for a job

low-skilled/ semiskilled/ unskilled workers

job sharing, shortening of the working week

an opening for a position

to save, savings, to make savings

to save a few hours a day travelling to work

to cut costs, to increase the efficiency of production

productivity, losses in productivity, increases in productivity

to compete (for the job), competition, competitive, competent, incompetent

to benefit (from smth), to be of benefit to smb

to maintain good working relationships

to keep an eye on the staff

to have a dramatic effect on smth

to replace, to be replaced by smb

to estimate, estimates, to estimate worker’s efficiency and productivity

efficient, efficiency, effective, effectiveness

to accelerate, to slow down

to hide heads in the sand

to fight a losing battle

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