CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW

ENGLISH BUSINESS

NAME : RIZKI NURHIDAYAH (7202442003)

COURSE : ENGLISH BUSINES
SUPPORTING LECTURER : -Choms Gary G.T Sibarani, SE., M.Si., Ak. CA
: -Andri Zainal, SE., M.Si., Ak. CA

ACCOUNTING EDUCATION PROGRAM STUDY

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

MEDAN STATES UNIVERSITY

2021
 FOREWORD

In the name of Allah SWT, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful, I pray and give thanks
for His presence, who has bestowed His grace, guidance and inayah on me, so that I can
complete my business English critical book review (CBR). .
This critical book review (CBR) task was prepared with the hope of increasing our
knowledge and insight, especially in general business English overview. I realize that this
critical book review task is still far from perfect, If in this task there are many deficiencies
and errors, I beg you sorry because in fact my knowledge and understanding is still limited,
because my limited knowledge and understanding are not yet much. I therefore look forward
to readers' constructive suggestions and criticism in order to complete this assignment.
I hope that this critical book review assignment can be useful for readers and for me
in particular, I thank you for your attention.

MEDAN, APR 28𝑡ℎ 2021

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

FOREWORD ............................................................................................... i
TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................... ii
CHAPTER I . PRELIMINARY ............................................................................ 3
1.1 RATIONALIZATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CBR ......................................................... 3
1.2 IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES OF THE WRITING OF CBR...................................................... 3
1.3 BENEFITS OF CBR ................................................................................................................. 3
1.4 BOOK IDENTITY ..................................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER II . SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK ...................................... 5
CHAPTER III CLOSING .................................................................................. 7
3.1 conclusions and recommendations ...................................................................................... 7
3.2 Suggestions ............................................................................................................................ 7
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................... 8
ATTACHMENT .......................................................................................... 19

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 CHAPTER I . PRELIMINARY

1.1 RATIONALIZATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CBR

Critical book review is important (CBR), which is able to describe and take from a book,
namely explaining the contents of the book in total and evaluating whether the book has
succeeded in achieving its goals. In addition, there are also those who say that a critical book
review (CBR) is an understanding. , reference references, comparisons and references to
scientific references from that opinion which will result in personal opinions about the book
he is reviewing. The skills of making CBR in the author can test the ability to summarize and
analyze a book and compare the analyzed book with other books, recognize and provide value
and criticize a written work that is analyzed. Often we are confused about choosing a
reference book for us to read and understand, sometimes we only choose one book to read
but the results are still not satisfactory in terms of language analysis and discussion,
therefore the author makes this CBR business English for the convenience of readers in
choosing reference books especially on the subject of business English

1.2 IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES OF THE WRITING OF CBR

We need to know that the objectives of CBR include the following:

 Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the book

 Provide readers with an overview and general assessment of a work in a concise
manner.
 Provide input to the author in the form of criticism and suggestions on the content,
substance, and method of writing the book.
 Knowing the background and reasons for the book being published.
 Test the quality of books and compare against other works.

1.3 BENEFITS OF CBR

 For publishers, book reviews are useful in presenting information regarding the level
of acceptance and public response related to books being launched. this information
can be used to define various policies such as reprinting or otherwise.
 For writers, book reviews are useful in terms of presenting information regarding the
level of acceptance and community responses related to books written, such as
language style, quality of writing, selected topics, suitability with community
interests, and so on.
 For readers, book reviews are useful in presenting complete insights about a book,
both advantages and disadvantages, so that it can be a basis for making decisions to
read the book or not.
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1.4 BOOK IDENTITY

MAIN BOOK

Title : English for Business Studies

Student's book: A Course for
Business Studies and Economics
Students 2nd Edition
Author : Ian MacKenzie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Edition :2
Publication Year : 2002
City of rising : UK,England
ISBN : ISBN-10 : 052175285X
ISBN-13 : 978-0521752855
Pages : 208 pages

BOOK OF COMPARISON

Title :English for Business

Communication Teacher's Book
Cambridge professional English
Author : Simon Sweeney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Edition :2
Publication Year : 2003
City of rising : UK,England
ISBN : 052175450X, 9780521754507
Pages : 128 pages

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 CHAPTER II . SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

Main book
summary (English Unit 5 Management and cultural Diversity
for Business
Studies Student's Multinational companies can try to use management methods to
book: A Course adapt their methods to the local culture in each country or
for Business continent.our country's culture is not necessarily similar to
Studies and neighboring countries so that it has different management
Economics techniques.A Dutch researcher, Fons Trompenaars, and his
Students 2nd colleagues, have posed a number of questions to nearly 15,000
Edition) business people in more than 50 countries who express different
cultural beliefs and attitudes to work. Here are five of them, adapted
from Riding the Wave of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in
Business. It concerns the way of working, individuals and groups, rules
and personal friendships, and so on.
management of a multinational company is simpler if it only requires
a set of company goals, objectives, policies, practices, products and
services. But local differences often make this impossible. The conflict
between globalization and localization has led to the discovery of the
word 'glocalization'. Companies that want to be successful in overseas
markets must be aware of the local cultural characteristics that
influence the way they do business.
Comparison book
summary(English for Module 1 Cultural diversity and socialising
Business
Communication Teacher's The unit opens with a short reading text designed to emphasise the
Book significance of cultural diversity. Implicit in the text is the warning that
Cambridge professional working with people from other countries requires an awareness and
English) understanding of differences and that effective partnerships are
rarely born out of treating everyone the same. The rest of the unit
covers socialising in a business or professional context. In this book, it
focuses more on communication skills according to the subject
matter, on the introduction of concepts the cultural diversity of this
book. Make sure it is understood, the application of the activities in
this chapter is an example Ask students what makes people cultured
various, bringing up various features, such as conventions and
customs, languages, history, religion, historical experience, social
system, geography, regional influences and other features.
the advantages of both  both books have attractive covers
books  The writer also invites readers to think and have logic in
understanding every word and sentence written
 In the main book the concept of culture of diversity is
studied more deeply

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  In the comparison book, the concept of culture of diversity
is more applied to communication for the application of that
concept
 In the main book, there are many practice questions
 The main book is equipped with an example in the form of a
picture
 in the comparison book we can discuss more
 both books are accredited
 both books are suitable as teaching materials
lack of both books  In the main book, many chapters are not presented with
material, mostly practice questions
 in the comparison book, there are very few practice
questions
 on the comparison book is not clear between chapters and
subsections
 no summary is provided at the end of the chapter

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 CHAPTER III CLOSING

3.1 conclusions and recommendations

Conclussions

Cultural diversity is defined as cultural wealth that is seen as a way that exists in the culture
of a group or society to express its expression. Culture is considered to be the underlying
values that direct how people behave. Cultural diversity in the workplace is a result of
practices, values, traditions, or beliefs of employees based on race, age, ethnicity, religion,
or gender. Economic globalization is one of the driving forces of cultural diversity in the
workplace. The modern workforce is made up of people of different genders, ages, ethnicity,
religions, and nationalities. in order for employers to reap the benefits of cultural diversity
in the workplace, they must communicate their commitment to addressing the challenges of
a diverse workforce. Employers must be seen to be celebrating their employees’ diversity to
avoid workplace issues, like awkwardness and hostility. in these two books cultural diversity
is discussed with different proportions but the same purpose, on the main topic it is more on
the test material, in the comparison book it is more on the application of activities.

Recommendations

From the description reviewed above, this book is very clear and helps a lot to understand
what is learned in business English, especially in material cultural diversity, therefore this
book is very suitable to be used as teaching material.

3.2 Suggestions

My suggestion is that both books should be more equipped with material, they should be
discussed in their entirety so that the reader understands them better

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

mackanzie, i. (2002). English for Business Studies Student's book: A Course for Business Studies and
Economics Students 2nd Edition. great britain: cambridge university press.

sweeney, s. (2002). English for Business Communication Teacher's Book. great britain: cambridge
university press.

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 ATTACHMENT

Main book

Comparison book

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