4. A) Explain the meaning of the following terms in English (using the glossary and the information from the text):

boundaries of organizational relationships, authority relationships, attitude, representative (adj.)

b) Think of and describe examples which can illustrate the meanings of these terms.

5. Match the words, making as many meaningful pairs as possible:

   to receive	decision
   to handle	law
   to carry out	rule
   to make	results
   to meet	order(s)
   to follow	boundaries
   to achieve	demand
   to demand	complaint(s)
   to prohibit	procedure
   to violate	position

6. Comment on (illustrate with your own examples; argue for / against) the following sentences:

1. Many corporate mergers can be understood in terms of trying to gain control of, or to change, the environment.

2. Some organizations are faced with simpler environments than others are.

3. Inspection may be possible for a machinist work, for example, but not for a teacher's.

7. Complete the following sentences:

to follow the procedure, in concert, to move along, to be illegitimate, to achieve smth. through smth., to convert smth. into smth., the need for, to be unsuited for, to follow definite principles, to meet the demand, to be facilitated by

1. All members of the operating room "team" need to react quickly and... .. .

2. Bureaucracies also... .. ... in the organization of their technical cores.

3. At each subassembly stage, there must be an inspection to make sure that the product is ready to .... ... to the next subassembly stage.

4. If we do not want the operations to be disrupted, we are in... .. additional personnel.

5. Several managers stated that the company can ... positive results only ... changing the company policy.

6. Johnson believes that they failed to get the same results because did not exactly... .. .

7. On ... this information ... the digital format, our company made it available for the great number of users.

8. The committee found the house to be absolutely... .. living.

9. The changes in the industry were ... by government support.

10. The court recognized the dismissal of the executive to be...

1. Answer the questions, using the material of the previous text sections:

1. What principles (and in what way) help the bureaucracies organize their technical cores?

2. Think of another illustration (apart from the one given in the text) to the principle of reciprocal dependence.

3. What are the main requirements for superiors, according to principles that determine unit size?

4. What are subordinates expected to do (to make a unit function effectively)?

5. What features of bureaucratic structure help achieve the coordination of work?

6. What factor legitimizes power into authority?

7. Explain the significance of the legitimacy of a bureaucratic authority.

8. What are main psychological characteristics of the relationships within a bureaucratic organization?

1. Make your own sentences a) with the words from the Words list, b) with the phrases from Exercise 1, c) with the phrases from Exercise

2. Give the main idea of the text.

Section VI.8. Office and action (p.111 – p.113)

Words:

stereotypes

group(s)

inheritance

attribute(s)

strikingly

senator

percentage

assignment

morale

to underestimate

to allocate

to attain

to reflect smth.

to increase smth.

Phrases:

segments of society

prevalent beliefs

to have the obligation to do smth.

appointment to office

on the basis of smth.

one-fourth/ three-fourths

law firm

to get a law degree from (a certain) university

charitable agencies

family background

stereotypes - common, racial, ethnic

groups - racial, ethnic

organizational personnel

adherence to smth.

to differ from smth.

to cooperate with smb.

social inheritance of positions

rational criteria

performance potential

to be in increasingly wide use

to the extent

personal characteristics

social characteristics

to be in office

to have (no) screening for membership

performance in office

to employ standards

to follow a policy

to enhance legitimacy

to hold for smth.

worker efficiency