Vocabulary Development

Complete the following sentences with one of the words or phrases below.
board lobbied	consensus unbearable	lessen loses face	major refinements

1		In the Western management style, decisions are made by the officers of a company.
2		If no one is personally responsible for a bad decision, no one .
3		For Westerners without much patience, working for a Japanese company could be .
4		When many people are involved in shaping policies, that can be called decision by .
5		The Japanese system of ringi serves to or eliminate bad feelings.
6		I suggested several to the new procedure which made it much more efficient.
7		Mr. Keene is on the of directors.
8		The union for changes to the contract, and eventually they were accepted.