Quiz · Rescuing a Failing Company

Question 1What is the main idea of this listening passage?

How a chief executive turned a failing company into a success How a company cut its product range to avoid closing How investors made record profits in five years How business schools teach students about strategy

Question 2How did the new chief executive spend her first hundred days?

Sitting in boardroom meetings with senior managers Closing factories and cutting the product range Listening to factory workers, sales teams, and frustrated customers Travelling to business schools to study turnarounds

Question 3How did investors react to her plan at first?

They praised her patient leadership immediately They hated it, and the share price fell twenty percent in a week They invested more money in research and training They asked her to reward cooperation between departments