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Chapitre 6 - Les thèmes de l'examen
Extraits d'annales sur ce thème
Annales SIEC 2016
Instead of romanticising entrepreneurs people should understand how hard their lives can be.
Seven years ago, Joe Jones (not his real name) left his job with a big NASDAQ-listed company to strike out on his own. He
was sick of corporate life, and he wanted to test his inner mettle (1). But being an entrepreneur proved far harder than
he had imagined: a succession of potholes (2), speed bumps (3) and dead ends rather than a high road to prosperity. He
found he had lost all the things his former employer had provided for him, from administrative support to a social network.
He had to learn how to do all sorts of things he had not thought about before. The responsibility of meeting his payroll
was " overwhelming " . The worry about every detail of his life - could he afford to keep his car or pay the mortgage on
his house? - was all-consuming. He took to drinking. Mr Jones eventually joined Alcoholics Anonymous and turned his
business into a success. But many other would-be entrepreneurs have not been so lucky. 10
It is fashionable to romanticise entrepreneurs. Business professors celebrate the geniuses who break the rules and change
the world. Politicians praise them as wealth creators. Glossy magazines drool (4) over Richard Branson's villa on Lake
Como. But first-time founders have the job security of zero-hour contract workers, the money worries of chronic gamblers
and the social life of hermits (5).
(1) Mettle : courage, force de caractère
(2) A pothole : un nid de poule
(3) A speed bump : un ralentisseur
(4) Drool : baver, saliver
(5) A hermit : un ermite
Entrepreneurs anonymous. Economist.com. September 20th
Devoir INTEC-CNED 2024
Under-the-radar burnout is crushing America's managers.
1. Your boss might be more burned out than you are.
2. A Gallup survey of Fortune 500 chief human resources officers found " middle managers " are at the greatest risk of
getting laid off in 2023, among companies performing layoffs this year. [...] This comes at a time when, overall, managers
are experiencing higher levels of burnout and disengagement than their staff, the Gallup post said. These factors could
be pushing a majority to seek work at different companies.
3. Around half of managers said their teams went through restructuring in 2023, and around 42% noted budget cuts as a
change at their organization this year, suggesting managers have more work to do with new workflows, team structures,
and tighter budgets. Managers have also had to figure out remote work, including how to oversee a virtual team, and
other duties they may not have had pre-pandemic, Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, told Insider.
, 2014.
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