- •English on Management
- •Module I Management Science
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. In each column find the word with the more general meaning
- •8. Revise the terminology of the text:
- •9. Answer the following questions.
- •10. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •11. Translate the sentences about three levels of Management Science Research into English.
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. Translate the following collocations:
- •6. Revise the lexical units of the text:
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •9. Translate these sentences into English.
- •Speaking
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. Translate the following collocations:
- •7. Answer the following questions.
- •8. Complete the sentences.
- •9. Translate these sentences into English.
- •Speaking
- •2. Match the columns.
- •3. Translate the following expressions:
- •7. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. Translate the following expressions:
- •7. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the columns:
- •3. Form derivatives according to the models:
- •6. Answer the following questions.
- •7. Work in pairs. Correct wrong statements.
- •8.Translate into English.
- •Module VII The Human Factor
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations
- •Reading
- •3. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. The Human Factor
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •Module VIII Conversation as Communication
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations:
- •Reading Conversation as Communication
- •3. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions.
- •4. Give the answers to the questions below.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations:
- •Reading
- •3. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Planning a Project
- •4. Give the answers to the questions below.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •Module X What Makes a Great Manager
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Group the words into subject groups:
- •Reading
- •3. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. What makes a great manager
- •4. Give the answers to the questions below.
- •5. Complete the following sentences using the contents of the text.
- •Библиографический список
2. Match the columns
1. progress |
a. маловероятно |
2. objective |
b. переоценить |
3. communication |
c. развитие, движение вперёд |
4. attention span |
d. пробраться |
5.to reach through |
e. неясный, путаный, расплывчатый, смутный, нечёткий |
6. to overestimate |
f. объём внимания |
7.to be unlikely |
g. процесс передачи информации |
8. to be flattered at one`s attention |
h. быть польщенным чьим-л. вниманием |
9. woolly |
i. цель |
10. meaty sandwich |
j. напоминание |
11. format |
k.суть, сущность |
12. reminder |
l. мясной бутерброд |
13. exposition |
m. подлежащий обязательному выполнению |
14. proceed |
n. описание, изложение; толкование |
15. meat |
o. продолжать |
16. imperative |
p. структура |
3. Translate the following collocations:
get smth. done, to bring people together, an average human being, to be a woolly mess, deliberate delineation, beginning-middle-end format, to create a rapport.
4. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations:
attention span, to hold the attention, careful preparation, main meat, imperative, final impression, main points of the talk.
Reading
5. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions.
Presentation Skills for Emergent Managers
Management is the art of getting things done. A presentation is a fast and potentially effective method of getting things done through other people. In managing any project, presentations are used as a method for bringing people together to plan, monitor and review its progress in the process of communication. The single most important observation here is that the objective of communication is not the transmission but the reception. The average human being has a very short attention span and a million other things to think about. Your job in the presentation is to reach through this mental fog and to hold the attention long enough to make your point.
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of careful preparation. Five minutes on the floor require not less than 1 hour for preparation.
The starting point in planning any speech is to formulate a precise objective. If you do not focus upon your objective, it is unlikely that the audience will.
The next task is to consider the audience to determine how best to achieve your objectives in the context of these people. If your opening remarks imply that you understand their problem and that you have a solution, then they will be flattered at your attention.
All speeches should have a definite structure or format. A talk without a structure is a woolly mess. If you do not order your thoughts into a structured manner, the audience will not be able to follow them. One of the simplest structures is that of sequential argument which consists of a series of linked statements ultimately leading to a conclusion. However, this simplicity can only be achieved by careful and deliberate delineation between each section. But here try not to forget one technique, which is the use of frequent reminders to the audience of the main point. Another simple and the most direct format remains the meaty sandwich. This is the simple beginning-middle-end format in which the main meat of the exposition is contained in the middle and is proceeded by an introduction and followed by a summary and conclusion.
It is imperative to plan your beginning carefully and there are five main elements: to get the audience attention, to establish a theme, i.e. to start the audience thinking about the subject matter of your presentation, to present a structure, to create a rapport.
The ending of the presentation is as important as the beginning. The final impression you make on the audience is the one they will remember. Thus it is worth planning your last few sentences with extreme care. As with the beginning, it is necessary first to get audience attention, which will have wandered. This requires a change of pace, a new visual aid or perhaps the introduction of one final culminating idea. In some formats the ending will be a summary of the main points of the talk. One of the greatest mistakes is to tell the audience that this is going to be a summary because at that moment they simply switch off. Indeed it is best that the ending comes unexpectedly with that final vital phrase left hanging in the air and ringing round their memories.
Revise the lexical units of the text:
начинающий менеджер,вступительное замечание, с крайней осторожностью, весьма важная фраза, отдаваться эхом в чьей-либо памяти, объём внимания, процесс передачи информации, спутанность сознания, неясная путаница, представить структуру, быть польщенным ч.-л. вниманием, преднамеренное установление границ, важное наблюдение, точная цель, построить хорошие взаимоотношения.