Ex.4.Orally translate the text into Russian.

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Ex.3. Translate the highlighted sentences into Russian in writing.

Ex.1. Dwell on the meaning of the following word combinations. Reproduce the contexts they were used in. Translate the corresponding sentences into Russian.

1. The productive use of knowledge;

2. Typical key line activities;

3. Potential bilateral relationships;

4. Knowledge markets;

5. Social cohesion;

6. “secondary” management axes;

7. Burden professionals;

8. To reconcile divergent agendas;

9. Internal joint ventures;

10. Co-heads of units;

11. To hatch ideas;

12. Growth initiatives;

13. Measurement of performance.

Ex.2.Translate the words and word combinations:

the heightened value of people, create value, off-line teams, overlaid networks, discarding failed matrix, self-directed professionals, to perform up to potential, offset, clarify the reporting relationships, muddle decision-making authority, comptroller, engaged in hand-to-hand combat, ongoing multiyear tasks, deductive tinkering, down-the-line managers, forgo discipline, the portfolio-of-initiatives approach, to be scaled up, the search and coordination costs, facilitate staffing transactions, far-flung units, to compel people to work together, relinquishing, consequence-management systems

Ex.5. Answer the questions:

1. Who and when coined the term “knowledge worker”? What does it mean? How can big corporations get the best from their professionals?

2. What industries now employ growing percentage of knowledge workers? What is their contribution? What do knowledge workers regularly squander a lot of time on?

3. Why does each upsurge in the number of professionals lead to an unproductive interaction increase?

4. Why can't modern corporations enhance the productivity of their professionals?

5. What constitutes effective collaboration?

6. What four interrelated organizational design principals can serve to reduce the complexity of corporate interactions? Dwell on each of them.

Ex.6. Support or challenge the following statements: