English for graduate students. Themes Book 3

Theme 1.THE FUTURE OF WORK ………………………………………………...........4

Text 1. Gen Y-ers bring their distinct style of communicating to the job….….4

Text 2. Working at home vs. the office: The face time faceoff…………….…......6

Theme 2. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING……………………………………….…...........11

Text 1. Computer software or just software…………………………………...........11

Text 2. Operating systems……………………………………………….….…..............14

Theme 3. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES……………………...…........20

Text 1. No silver bullet………………………………………………………..................20

Text 2. Why is software engineering so hard?..............................................22

Theme 4. MANAGEMENT…..…………………………………………….……...….........29

Text 1. Management…………………………………………………………...................29

Text 2. Time management………………………………………………….…...............32

Theme 5. E-COMMERCE…...…………………………………………………….............36

Text 1. E-commerce history………………………………………………….................36

Text 2. Different aspects of E-commerce…………………………………….............39

Theme 6. BANKS...…………………………………………………………….….…..........43

Text 1. American banks……………………………………………………….................43

Text 2. Bank business………………………………………………………….................46