USE OF THE ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 561.
INTRODUCTION
THE PROFESSION OF A MANAGER
Unit 7
Task 1. Discuss the following questions:
· Is the work of every manager similar? In what way is it different?
· What are different types of managers?
· What personal skills must a good manager possess?
· What professional skills must a good manager possess?
· Which skills are more important and why?
Task 2. Memorise the essential vocabulary to Text 1 and translate the sentences containing it:
| (1) to acquire (набувати) – to obtain, get smth. For manager's work it is essential to obtain conceptual, technical and human skills. |
| (2) chief executive officer (CEO) (головний адміністратор) – the person who runs a company. CEO is the person who takes an active part in day-to-day running of the company. |
| (3) concern (інтерес; турбота) – a feeling that smth. is important; interest in a particular task. A central concern of the CEO is creation of the smoothly functioning of top management team. |
| (4) creation (створення) – smth. that shows skill, imagination or artistic ability of the author. They are proud of their latest creations. to create – створювати, творити creative – творчий creativeness – творчість |
| (5) department (відділ) – a division in an organisation. Top management are responsible for performance of all departments. |
| (6) to develop (розвивати, розвиватися) – to become bigger and more advanced. The masjor part of a middle manager's job is to develop and fine-tune skills and know-how. development – розвиток |
| (7) to emphasise (наголошувати) – to stress the importance of smth. The director emphasised two current problems of the company. |
| (8) to establish (встановлювати) – to create or introduce smth. We have already established contact with our foreign suppliers. |
| (9) to exhibit (проявляти; показувати) – to show or demonstrate. The economy continued to exhibit the signs of decline in September. |
| (10) to fine-tune (точно регулювати) – to make very small and precise adjustments to smth. in order to make it successful and effective. Computers allow the plans to be fine-tuned and altered quickly. |
| (11) to improve (покращувати, вдосконалювати) – to become or make better, to ameliorate, to amend. Middle managers help first-line managers better utilise resources to improve customer service. improvement – вдосконалення |
| (12) knowledge (знання) – understanding of or information about a subject which has been obtained by experience or study and which is either in a person's mind or possessed by people generally. She has a particular interest in scientific knowledge. |
| (13) level (рівень) – all the people or jobs within an organisation, industry etc. that have similar amounts of importance and responsibility. The organisational level at which a manager operates often influences his functions and skills. |
| (14) manufacturing (виробництво) – the production of smth. Middle managers help non-managerial employees better utilise resources to reduce manufacturing costs. manufacturer – виробник |
| (15) personality (особистість) – character and nature of a person. One of the reasons for a manager to use a particular management style is his personality. |
| (16) to possess (володіти) – to own smth. In every department a group of people works together and possesses similar skills. |
| (17) to be responsible for (бути відповідальним за) – to have the duty to deal with the situation and report about it. The fist-line managers are responsible for the daily supervision of the non-managerial employees. responsibility – відповідальність |
| (18) smoothly (легко, плавно) – going well and being free of problems and trouble. CEO is responsible for creating a smoothly functioning top-management team. |
| (19) success (успіх) – achievement of smth. Actually managers of all levels contribute to the success of an organization. successful– успішний |
| (20) ultimately (зрештою; кінець кінцем) – in the end; finally. Top managers are ultimately responsible for the success or failure of an organisation. |
Task 3. Match each word in section A with its translation in section B:
A.Technique; to reduce; department; goods and services; to exhibit; goal; failure; to achieve; to pursue; responsible for; creation; knowledge; to possess; level; to emphasise; appropriate; success; to acquire; manufacturing; concern; to develop; to establish; to fine-tune; successful; accounting; to evaluate; to improve; ultimately; supervisor; creative.
B.Виробництво; інтерес; успішний; метод; досягати; рівень; набувати; успіх; встановлювати; відділ; володіти; товари та послуги; точно регулювати; керівник; бухгалтерія; покращувати; кінець кінцем; наголошувати; відповідальний; створення; зменшувати; ставити (за мету); знання; розвиватись; невдача; творчий; проявляти; оцінювати; мета; відповідний.
Task 4. Match each word in section A with the one of the similar meaning in section B:
A.To develop; to establish; to evaluate; to possess; to fine-tune; to reduce; to pursue; to exhibit; to emphasise; to acquire.
B.To obtain, get smth.; to make judgment, assess smth.; to become bigger and more advanced; to make smth. smaller; to make efforts to achieve smth.; to stress the importance of smth.; to create or introduce smth.; to show or demonstrate; to own smth.; to make precise adjustments.
Task 5. Match each word in section A with the one of the opposite meaning in section B:
A.Appropriate; creation; failure; to emphasise; to reduce; to exhibit; to develop; to acquire; to improve.
B.To worsen; to hide; to lose; to stagnate; unacceptable; to ignore; to increase; success; destruction.
Task 6. Match each word in section A with its definition in section B:
A.Appropriate; accounting; goal; concern; department; failure; knowledge; supervisor; success; manufacturing; technique; level; ultimately; responsible.
B.Having the duty to do smth.; possessing the information; particular method of doing smth.; keeping detailed records of money; in the end, finally; purpose, objective; suitable or acceptable; a division in an organisation; achievement of smth.; a point on a scale; interest in particular task; lack of success in doing smth.; production of smth.; person who supervises the work of others.
Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:
1. The job of management, make the best use, is to help an organisation, of its resources, to achieve its goals. 2. Different managers, and exhibit, emphasise different activities, different management styles. 3. There are, including the managers' training, many reasons for these differences, personalities and backgrounds. 4. The organisational level, his functions, often influences, at which manager operates, and skills. 5. There are, and top managers, middle managers, three main types of managers, namely first-line managers, organised in a hierarchy. 6. At the base, the first-line managers, there are, of the managerial hierarchy, often called supervisors. 7. The non-managerial employees, necessary to produce, perform many of the specific activities, goods and services. 8. Middle managers, finding the best way, are responsible for, to organise human and other resources to achieve organisational goals. 9. Middle managers, and non-managerial employees, to help first-line managers, find ways, better utilise resources. 10. Top managers, the performance, are responsible for, of all departments.
Task 8. Memorise the essential vocabulary to Text 2 and translate the sentences containing it:
| (1) to administer (керувати; управляти) – to take the responsibility to organise and supervise smth. This person administers the computer system of our department. |
| (2) to alter(змінювати) – to change smth. They have never altered their long-term goals. alteration – зміна |
| (3) array(сукупність, низка) – a large number of things. The array of technical skills managers need depends on their positions in organization. |
| (4) cause (причина) – a reason for doing smth. Conceptual skills are demonstrated in the ability to distinguish between cause and effect. to cause – спричиняти |
| (5) cohesive (пов'язаний, зв'язний) – consisting of parts that fit together well and form a united whole. The ability to mould individuals into a cohesive team characterises effective managers. cohesion – поєднання, з'єднання |
| (6) to distinguish (розрізняти) – to see or understand the difference between the things. The policies of these two companies can be easily distinguished. |
| (7) efficient (кваліфікований, вмілий) – being able to do tasks successfully without wasting time or energy. To be efficient is to achieve goals with minimum waste of resources. |
| (8) to increase (збільшувати (ся) – to make smth. larger in amount or size. The company has increased the price of its cars. |
| (9) interaction (взаємодія) – exchange of information, communication with others. To manage interpersonal interactions effectively each person in an organization needs to learn how to understand viewpoints of other people. |
| (10) to keep in mind (пам'ятати) – remember about smth. The manager should always keep in mind organisation's long-term goals. |
| (11) to keep track of (стежити за (розвитком подій) – to have accurate and up-to-date information. The manager of a restaurant may need bookkeeping skills to keep track of receipts and costs. |
| (12) lack(нестача) – scarcity of smth. One of the biggest problems that people who start small business confront is the lack of appropriate conceptual and human skills. |
| (13) to mould (формувати) – to form smth. Great life experience moulded her strong personality. |
| (14) principal (основний) – main; the first in order of importance. Their principal concern was signing the contract. principally – головним чином |
| (15) to recognise (визнавати) – to accept or approve smth. Education and experience enables managers to recognise and develop the skills they need to put organisational resources to their best use. |
| (16) research (дослідження) – work that involves studying smth. and trying to discover facts. Research has shown that managers acquire three principal types of skills. . |
| (17) thorough (ґрунтовний) – careful and well-thought. Thorough and direct feedback allows managers to develop their human skills. thoroughly – ґрунтовно |
| (18) venture(комерційне підприємство) – a commercial enterprise. Someone who has technical skills to start a new business does not necessarily know how to manage the venture successfully. to venture – ризикувати |
| (19) waste (трата) – careless use of smth. To achieve goals with minimum waste of resources means to be effective. to waste – витрачати, марнувати |
Task 9. Match each word in section A with its translation in section B:
A.Array; to depend on; interaction; to keep in mind; to confront; to consider; principal; to alter; experienced; effective; experience; cohesive; efficient; to enable; to distinguish; subordinate; to keep track of; skills; to waste; to mould; to require; lack; consideration; superior; to recognise; cause; to increase; thorough; to administer; research.
B.Витрачати; зв'язний; підлеглий; ґрунтовний; вимагати; розгляд; основний; начальник; впізнавати; навички; дослідження; розглядати; формувати; причина; нестача; ряд; пам'ятати; кваліфікований; змінювати; залежати від; збільшувати; досвід; зіткнутись; досвідчений; розрізняти; результативний; взаємодія; керувати; давати змогу; стежити за.
Task 10. Match each word in section A with the one of the similar meaning in section B:
A.Alteration; interaction; venture; research; principal; lack; efficient; cohesion; cause.
B.Main; qualified; reason; scarcity; change; investigation; enterprise; exchange; unity.
Task 11. Match each word in section A with the one of the opposite meaning in section B:
A.Subordinate; principal; thorough; to waste; to keep track of; to alter; to keep in mind; to increase.
B.To be ignorant of; to decrease; to remain the same; to forget; superior; to gain; careless; not important.
Task 12. Match each word in section A with its definition in section B:
A.To administer; to depend on; to distinguish; to confront; to increase; to require; to keep track of; to mould; to enable; to recognise; to cause; to consider; to keep in mind; to alter; to perform.
B.To accept or approve smth.; to need smth.; to form smth.; to have accurate and up-to-date information; to change smth.; to be the reason for smth. to happen; to organise and supervise smth.; to be faced with the fact; to be affected or determined by smth.; to become bigger; to see or understand the difference; to give an opportunity to do smth.; to carry out a duty or task; to remember about smth.; to think about smth. carefully.
Task 13. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:
1. Management, to accomplish, of working with people and resources, is the process, organisational goals. 2. To be effective, to achieve, means, organisation's goals. 3. To be efficient, with minimum waste, is to achieve goals, of resources. 4. The best managers are those, a clear focus, who maintain, on effectiveness and efficiency. 5. Education and experience, to recognise and develop, to put organisational resources, enable managers, the skills they need, to their best use. 6. Planning and organising, require more human, require higher levels of conceptual skills, while leading and controlling, and technical skills. 7. Conceptual skills, are demonstrated, and diagnose a situation, in the ability to analyze, and to distinguish between cause and effect. 8. Top managers, because their primary responsibilities are, require the best conceptual skills, planning and organising. 9. The study of management, the big picture, allows to understand, confronting an organisation. 10. Very often, to attend specialised programs, to develop, organisation pays for managers, their conceptual skills.
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