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Management styles will almost certainly continue to change.
管理方式必將繼續發生變化。
Senior managers will require a lot more than the efficiency that they've always needed.
高層管理人員除了一直需要的高效還要具備很多其他能力。
Above all they'll need great skills in leadership,
他們將需要的最重要的能力就是杰出的領導力，
so that their organisation can initiate and respond to change in a fast-moving world, where they face lots of competing requirements and potential conflicts.
這樣他們的企業才能在這個快速運轉的世界里發起變革并做出反應，在這個世界里他們會面對很多的競爭要求和潛在沖突。
In most of the world, the senior managers of large businesses are mainly men in their fifties and sixties.
目前在全球大部分國家，大型企業的高層管理人員主要都是50到60歲的男性。
The predominant style of management will almost certainly become more consultative and collaborative, causedabove all, by more women moving into senior management positions.
越來越多的女性進入高層管理職位，必然會導致這種占主導地位的管理方式變得更偏向協商合作。
Many of the changes are influenced by developments in the wider economy.
這些變化中的很多都受到了更廣泛的經濟發展的影響。
The traditional emphasis of business was manufacturing, and of course the service sector is very important.
傳統商業的重心是制造業，當然了，服務行業也很重要。
But we shouldn't overlook the growing financial contribution of IP, that is, intellectual property.
但是我們不該忽視知識產權（IP，Intellectual Property）做出的越來越多的金融貢獻。
Some books and films generate enormous sums from the sale of related DVDs, music, games, clothes, and so on.
一些書籍和電影通過出售像DVD、音樂、游戲和服裝等周邊產品，獲得了大筆收入。
Another point I'd like to make is that although I've been talking about companies,
我要講的另一個觀點就是，雖然我一直在講公司的情況，
one trend that they have to face is the move away from people working for the same employer for years.
但是他們需要面對一個新的趨勢，與以往人們為同一個雇主連續工作好多年不同的一個趨勢。
Instead more and more people are becoming self-employed, to gain the freedom and control over their lives that they're unlikely to get from being employed.
越來越多的人開始自主創業，以獲得他們在受雇于他人時不太可能擁有的自由和對自己生活的掌控。
OK, well that's all I want to say, so let's open it up for discussion.
這就是我想講的所有內容，那我們現在開始討論吧。
That's the end of section 4, you now have half of a minute to check your answers.
以上是第四部分的全部內容，現在你有30秒的時間檢查答案。
That's the end of listening test. In the IELTS test, you will now have ten minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
以上是聽力部分的全部內容。在雅思考試中，你現在將有十分鐘的時間把答案謄寫到答題卡上。
