Speech practice

Ex.I. Read and translate the following words and word combinations:

rewarding professions, manage business firms, objective, regardless of his or her position, to reach company goals and objectives, to make long-range plans, responsibility, supervisory, occur, executive, specific, profitability, managerial, efficiently, set company policy.

Ex.II. Write the 3 forms of the verbs and translate.

perform, set, help, concentrate, involve, achieve, deliver, sell, locate, possess.

Ex.III. Answer the following questions:

1. What is management?

2. Do you agree that management is one of the most exciting and interesting professions? Why?

3. What factors do a number of company managers depend on?

4. What duties is each manager responsible for?

5. Identify the levels of management and the skills required at each level.

6. What is the main responsibility of executives?

REMEMBER! Phrasal verb: set

set about (doing) smth. – приняться за что-то, начать что-то

делать

They set about their work at 9.

I don’t know how to set about it.

set smb.to smth./to do smth. – заставить кого-либо приняться за

дело

Mother set John to work.

Who(m) did you set to do this?

set out/off – 1) помещать, выставлять

They set out vegetables for sale.

2)отправляться (в путешествие, экспедицию и т.д.)

They set out/off on their journey late in the afternoon.

He set out early the next morning.

Turn off the light.

set up – основывать, учреждать, открывать (магазин)

They have already set up a new shop.

Ex.IV. Make up your own sentences with the phrasal verb: set

Ex.IV. Match the following terms with their definitions:

(a) management, (b) planning, (c) strategic plan, (d) organizing, (e) directing,( f) a goal

1. An overall plan that a business formulates to reach its goals.

2. The process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the activities of an enterprise to achieve specific objectives.

3. A final state that the organization is expected to achieve over a certain period of time.

4. Setting objectives and developing strategies and tactics for reaching those objectives.

5. The function of dividing up the work to be done and developing a structure to see that it is completed.

6. The act of motivating and guiding subordinates to achieve organizational objectives.

Ex.V. Translate into English:

1. Управление заключается в координировании таких процессов как планирование, организация, руководство и контролирование деловой активности.

2. Каждый управляющий обязан распорядиться факторами производства таким образом, чтобы максимально достичь целей той организации, в которой он работает.

3. Управление человеческими ресурсами - одна из сложнейших задач.

4. Большинство организаций имеют 3 ступени управления.

5. Высшие управляющие включают распорядительного директора, совет директоров и управляющих подразделений или отделов организации.

6. Среднее звено управляющих состоит в основном из руководителей, которым высшее руководство делегирует повседневное управление делами организации.

Lesson 2.

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