What is the key issue of the modern management?

Vocabulary

I. Match the terms on the right to their definitions on the left:

II. Substitute the italicized parts of sentences using one of the words and word combinations from the lists in brackets:

1. Managers have to decide how best to allocate the human, physical and capital resources available to them (use, distribute, gain, achieve). 2. Managers - logically - have to make sure that the jobs and tasks given to their subordinates are manageable (appropriate, correspond to their abilities, acquire additional skills, profitable). 3. Managers have to check whether objectives and targets are being achieved (gained, obtained, reached, accomplished). 4. A top manager whose performance is unsatisfactory can be dismissed by a company's board of directors (refused, fired, unemployed, retired). 5. Top managers are responsible for the innovations that will allow a company to adapt to a changing world (fashion, inventions, discoveries, services). 6. Managers have to supervise their subordinates and to measure and try to improve their performance, (control, guide, superintend, inspect). 7. The new law empowers the police to search private houses (enables, entitles, provides, demands). 8. There is a remote control of their activities from the head-quarters in Lviv (effective, distant, strict, far from). 10. Can we reach consensus on this issue? (order, agreement, decision, satisfaction).

III. In the text find the words with the opposite meaning to the words given below:

firstly, adv employ, v

old, antique, adj artistic, adj

private, adj close, adj

minor, adj centralized, adj

IV. Suggest English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:

Communicative activities

I. Which modern or historical leaders do you admire most? Which do you admire least? Why?

II. What makes a good manager and a great leader? Which four of the following qualities are the most important?

a. being decisive: able to make quick decisions;

b. being efficient: doing things quickly, not leaving tasks unfinished;

c. being friendly and sociable;

d. being logical rational and analytical;

e. being able to motivate, inspire and lead people;

f. being authoritative: able to give orders;

g. being competent: knowing one's job perfectly, as well as the work of subordinates;

h. being persuasive: able to convince people to do things;

i. being highly educated and knowing a lot about the world;

j. wanting to make a lot of money.

Are there any qualities that you think should be added to this list?

Which of these qualities can be acquired? Which must be born with? Are there differences between men and women as leaders?

III. What makes a bad boss? Draw up a profile of factors. Compare your answer with the factors of your group-mate.

IV. Which adjectives below describe positive aspects of someone's character? Which describe negative aspects?

decisive open loyal balanced

charismatic confident impulsive careful

motivating sensible flexible thoughtful

adventurous uncaring self-centered aggressive

accessible moderate energetic ambitious

stubborn shy arrogant logical

dominant frank indecisive temperamental

passive insincere calm vindictive

Project

Find an employment Web page (an example is www. occ.com) and search for available jobs using "economist" as a keyword. List five jobs that economists have and write a one-sentence description of each. What factors will be important for you in your choice of the job?

Date: 2015-01-12; view: 2547