Vocabulary

1. Выберите определение из колонки справа, соответствующее термину, приведенному в колонке слева. Запишите ответы следующим образом: например, 9) – а.

1) organizing	a) a process through which managers formulate and implement strategies geared to optimizing strategic goal achievement, given available environmental and internal conditions;
2) strategic management	b) skills related to the ability to visualize the organization as a whole, discern interrelationships among organizational parts, and understand how the organization fits into the wider context of the industry, community, and world;
3) controlling	c) an efficiency concept that gauges the ratio of outputs relative to input into a productive process;
4) nonverbal com-munication	d) the management function that focuses on allocating and arranging human and nonhuman resources so that plans can be carried out successfully;
5) ethnocentric orient-tation	e) communication by means of elements and behaviors that are not coded into words;
6) productivity	f) the process of regulating organizational activities so that actual performance conforms to expected organizational standards and goals;
7) conceptual skills	g) an approach to international management whereby executives assume that practices which work in the headquarters or home country must necessarily work elsewhere.

2. В приведенных ниже предложениях заполните пропуски следующими словами или словосочетаниями, опираясь на текст. Запишите ответы следующим образом: например, 9) – а.

1) tool; 2) human resources; 3) directions; 4) signal; 5) disadvantages; 6) multinational corporations; 7) sense of direction.

1. When we accept a job with an organization, we usually are aware that we will be receiving … related to our work from our immediate boss and others in the hierarchy.

2. … are not always easy to identify, since it may by difficult to determine from the outside how much control management maintains over the policies of affiliates or whether management actually uses a global perspective.

3. Written communication also has several …, including the expense of preparation, the relatively impersonal nature of written communications, possible misunderstanding by the receiver, and the delay of feedback regarding the effectiveness of the message.

4. Line managers ultimately are responsible for the effective utilization of … within their units and, thus, carry out many aspects of the HRM process, particularly as they relate to implementing strategic plans.

5. Another reason for the importance of strategic management is that it provides a … so that organization members know where to expend their efforts.

6. Feedback from the control process might … the need to reorganize, provide more training to workers, clarify communications, increase leadership influence, or take other actions associated with the respective organizing and leading functions.

7. Productivity can be a useful … for managers because it helps them track progress toward the more efficient use of resources in producing goods and services.

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