Match the words or phrases on the left with the words from the text on the

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 435.

Language focus

With arguments from the text.

Comprehension / interpretation

1. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Support yourself

1. Alfred Sloan's book was mainly about the organizational problems of General Motors.

2. In a decentralized company most key functions are the responsibility of the head

office.

3. The majority of companies have either a totally centralized or decentralized structure.

4. William Durant and Alfred Sloan had a completely different approach to running

General Motors.

5. Alfred Sloan believed in what could be called ‘coordinated decentralization'.

6. When Alfred Sloan joined General Motors he established a new system which gave

Head Office more control of the corporations finances.

7. Note down the benefits which a company can gain by decentralizing.

8. Explain what is meant under the phrase: “ It is one thing to prescribe diversity,

decentralization and differentiation. It is another to manage it”

right.

1) the right to make decisions or give a) to authorize

instructions

2) the employment of new staff b) to demotivate

3) to be responsible for c) recruitment

4) to start or establish d) to show initiative

5) to pass authority down e) to balance

6) complete in itself f) to delay doing something

7) to raise or introduce a subject g) authority

(for discussion)

8) to move or act slowly h) core values

(often on purpose)

9) to transfer or give i) to delegate responsibility

10) to give official permission j) flexible

11) freedom to act independently k) to stress

12) something everybody is talking about l) to have authority

13) to remove somebody's incentive or m) to hand something over

desire to do well

14) to fix objectives n) the ‘buzz' word

15) adaptable o) to set up

16) to adopt a middle position between p) self-contained

17) to emphasize q) autonomy

18) things the company believes in and r) to set goals

considers very important

19) ability to assess a situation and s) to bring up the subject of

decide on what action to take

independently