- •Module I companies
- •1. Organization structures and change
- •Organization Structures:
- •Organizational Hierarchy and Centralization
- •Pros and Cons of Different Organizational Structures
- •Vocabulary build-up
- •Emerging Trends in Organizational Structure
- •2. Types of business organization
- •Vocabulary build-up
- •Life cycle of an organization
- •Fill in the gaps with the phrases below the text: Changes to the organizational structure
- •Major changes
- •Expanding
- •Check your answers to the exercise above with the authentic text below. Translate the phrases in italics into Ukrainian:
- •7. Decide in which phase of the organisational life cycle the following happens:
- •3. Describing a company
- •Business communication skills
- •Talking about your company
- •Giving the history of your company
- •Talking about your products and services
- •Company performance
- •Company structure
- •Responsibilities
- •Mission statement
- •Read the example of a dessert bakery mission statement and find out whether it covers what the goals of their business are for the owners, employee and customers.
- •The story of a company
- •4. Strategic planning
- •Stages of Alliance Formation
- •The advantages of strategic alliances
- •Risks of Strategic Alliances
- •5. Mergers and acquisitions
- •Improved market reach and industry visibility
- •Friendly and hostile takeovers
- •Varieties of Mergers
- •6. Global companies
- •Case study: Ford and Honda
- •7. Business communication skills presentations Structuring your presentation
- •Signposting
- •Useful language
- •Giving a presentation
- •Survival Tactics
- •Evaluation
- •Companies and society
- •A matter of choice
Vocabulary build-up
hierarchy chain of command top-down management structure
discretion span of control to supervise organizational chart a job applicant entirety of the organization accountable to pinpoint accountability
alterations to the organizational structure an external stakeholder an interested party a prospective employee maturity decline to gain a foothold to lose ground to become obsolete to take over the market to shed levels of management to outsource work
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ієрархія підпорядкованість вертикальна структура управління розсуд сфера відповідальності контролювати організаційна структура претендент на робоче місце цілість організації підзвітний загострити увагу на відповідальності зміни в організаційній структурі зовнішній акціонер зацікавлена сторона перспективний співробітник зрілість занепад закріпитися втрачати позиції застаріти захопити ринок поширити рівні управління залучити зовнішні робочі ресурси |
Match the English and Ukrainian equivalents:
1 tall organization 2 flat organization 3 span-of-control 4 chain of command 5 delegation of authority (powers) 6 empowerment 7 authorization |
A сфера контролю B порядок|лад| підлеглості | в організації/ ланцюг|цеп| інстанцій C передача повноважень, прав і відповідальності підлеглому D багаторівнева організація E організаційна структура з меншою кількістю рівнів управління F надання працівнику права ухвалювати управлінські рішення у області його компетенції G довіреність, розширення повноважень працівника |
Organizational Chart
Discussion:
Who may have an interest in a company's organizational chart?
In what ways do companies make their organizational chart available to their employees?
What information can employees find out from the organizational chart of the company?
Complete the text with the words in the box and find out whether you mentioned the ideas when answering the questions above:
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(a) diagnosing, (b) fits, (c) public, (d) applicants, (e) entirety, (f) chain, (g) through
Many companies make their organizational chart available to their employees and to the public. The members of the _______ (1) who may have an interest in a company's organizational chart include company shareholders, investors, distributors and suppliers, customers, potential job ________ (2), and even community members.
Employees typically have access to the organizational chart ______ (3) materials provided by the organization (e.g., the employee handbook) or through a company Website. Providing the organizational chart to employees allows them to see the structure of the organization and to better understand the ________ (4) of the organization and how their position or work unit _______ (5) into it. Additionally, the observable _______ (6) of command can help an employee to understand to whom they are accountable. This may aid the company in _______ (7) organizational problems by being able to pinpoint accountability.
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Keys: (1) public, (2) applicants, (3) through, (4)entirety, (5) fits, (6) chain, (7) diagnosing
Read the text about important developments in design of modern business organizations and make a summary in fifteen (ten, five) sentences: