Questions for review
What is management? Give some definitions and comment on them.
What approaches to management do you know?
What is the central belief of the classical school of management?
Who was the first to introduce the idea of applying rational analysis to management?
Describe the behavioral approach to management.
What does the quantitative approach to management focus on?
Describe the contingency approach to management.
Speak on the strong and weak points of the scientific approach to management.
In what way does management encompass both science and art?
Speak about the contributions of F. Taylor, H. Fayol, P. Drucker to the science of management.
How many principles of management do you know? Enumerate them.
Choose 5-7 principles of management and describe them.
Why is the stability of tenure of personnel so important?
What is MBO? Who is its founder?
What are the main principles of MBO?
What are its benefits and limitations?
What is outsourcing? Give some examples.
What is crowdsourcing? Give some examples.
‘Management is a question of proportion”. Comment on the statement.
Lexical minimum
Key terms
manage
manager
management
managerial
top (senior) management
middle management
managing director
(front-) line manager
Words and word-combinations
1. adherent, n
2. emerge, v
3. counselor, n
4. constraint, n
5. limitation, n
6. objective, n
7. appreciate, v
8. evaluate, v
9. assess, v
10. value n, v
11. interact, v
12. contribute to, v
13. scholar, n
14. rigid, adj
15. enforce, v
16. reward v, n
17. penalty, n
18. accountability, n
19 currently, adv
20. outsourcing, n
21. undertaking, n
22. state, v
23. imply, v
24. result from, v
25. result in, v
26. reconcile, v
27. (de)centralization, n
28. remuneration, n
29. range from … to, v
30. adhere to, v
31. equity, n
32. stability, n
33. pattern, n
34. de-skilling
35. skill, n
36. staff, n
37. subordinate, n, v
estimate, v
tend, v
40. the classical approach
41. the behavioral approach
42. the quantitative approach
43. the contingency approach
44. to result in higher profit
45. to place the emphasis
46. associated activities
47. to ignore the human element
48. related parts of a system
49. to take the best of the approaches
50. common sense
51. involved in management
52. to apply rational analysis to management
53. intuitive ability
54. to become more complex
55. to keep the company running
56. production oriented
57. to make a profit
58. to impose regulations on business
59. to adopt a wider perspective
60. to have a good understanding
61. appreciation of current issues
62. to be sensitive and responsive to
63. ever-more complex environment
64. to encompass both art and science
65. subjective judgment
66. a question of proportion
67. applicable guidelines for managers
68. division of work (labour)
69. unity of command
70. subordination of personal interests to general interests
71. to set an example
72. to supervise firmly and fairly
73. scalar chain
74. smooth-running organization
75. in-house employee
76. third-party provider
77. challenges become acute
78. dominant provider
79. handle all aspects of a project
80. speed up the time
81. non-core activity
82. tenure of personnel
83. to damage morale
84. esprit de corps
85. to perform a particular job
86. to arrange in a logical sequence
87. to determine by guesswork
88. rule-of- thumb practices
89. solutions to the problem
90. to do the job in the prescribed manner
91. to have a say
92. time consuming
93. management by objectives
94. to make contributions to
95. to evaluate the performance
96. to put into action
97. periodic reviews of the person’s performance
98. to receive the feedback from the subordinate on the performance