Exercise 1

Below is a list of terms that you will find in the text. As you read «Management and Human Resources Development», see if you understand each term. Use this as a working list and add other terms with which you are unfamiliar:

NOUNS	VERBS	ADJECTIVES	OTHERS
utilization motivation stimulus morale dissatisfaction maintenance self-realiza­tion authority ________________ ________________	reveal relate to adopt assume rotate assemble ________________ ________________	aware fundamental material innovative ________________ ________________	thus toward likely ________________ ________________

Exercise 2

Discuss the following questions with a partner. In giving your answers, try to use the italicized terms.

• During which management phase are overall organizational objectives established!

• What personal qualities do you think good managers should have?

• Which of the four management functions do you think is the most important? Why?

• Why are interpersonal skills essential for effective manage­ment!

• Why is staffing considered an ongoing managerial duty?

Exercise 3

Substitute appropriate terms for the underlined words or phrases in the sentences below:

established functions guide team positions

phases allocate attained move on overall

1. Often a group of managers rather than an individual works on a particular project. ________________

2. Plans set up in the first stage are subject to revision throughout the duration of the project. ________________

3. Managers should periodically check to see how well compre­hensive company goals detailed in the planning phase are being met. ________________

4. Organizational goals generally are achieved by successfully combining the functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. ________________

5. It is possible to divide the organizing function into two stages: determining positions and their associated duties and then staffing those positions. ________________

• In order to apportion human resources properly, managers compare company objectives with the available resourc­es. ________________

• Classified advertisements in newspapers and professional journals provide a list of jobs that are available, a brief description of each job, and a telephone number or an ad­dress. ________________

• One of the roles of a supervisor is to direct workers in order to maximize their talents and increase their effi­ciency. ________________

Managing director (types of jobs advertisements)

U.S. parent group having just formed the U.K. Company is now seeking an outstanding younger man as its Managing Di­rector.

The Company will be heavily involved in providing a complete range of services to industry, commerce and government; based on sophisticated problem-solving techniques and computer/soft­ware and systems programming.

While the existing experience of this successful and well financed group will be of great initial assistance it is a requisite that the U.K. Company will innovate and will soon contribute to the knowledge and resources of the whole group.

The position requires an outstanding managerial and executive record, presupposing ability to deal personally at highest man­agerial levels. In this field an above average comprehension and successful experience in the field of the new scientifically based managerial techniques, many of which are computer oriented, is almost essential. Experience with the problems of work manage­ment of software teams will be highly regarded.

The required qualifications almost dictate an age limit of under 40. A substantial salary of up to five figures can be negotiated. However, the real attraction is the opportunity to build a rapid growth organization and to share in its success through a generous stock option scheme.

Correspondence, giving enough detailed information to enable us to assess whether an interview would be mutually advantageous, should be posted under Private and Confidential cover.