- •What is an organization?
- •What is an Organization?
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Match the following words with their definitions.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •7. Complete the sentences:
- •Organizational structure
- •1. Every company has its organizational or company structure. Match the titles of the jobs and departments with their Russian equivalents.
- •2. Read the information to learn about organizational structure of Forever Young Ltd.
- •Vocabulary
- •3. This is the list of new appointments at Forever Young Ltd.
- •Is responsible for
- •8. Someone is giving a visitor a tour of a company. Read the text about the nine departments and underline the names of all the departments. Parts of a Company
- •Vocabulary
- •9. Match the names of the departments (1-9) with the phrases (a-I) to make a short description of each department.
- •Organizational culture
- •1. Match the expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •3. Read the text and compare your answers from Exercise 1 with the information and the definition given in the text. Organizational Culture
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •5. Determine if the following sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
- •Meetings
- •1. Match the expressions from the text with their Russian equivalents:
- •2. Read the text to learn about the role of meetings in the job of a manager. Meetings
- •3. Answer these questions:
- •4. Translate the following sentences into English to summarise the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Match the expressions from the text with their Russian equivalents:
- •5. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
- •3. Translate the questions into English and discuss them with your partner using information from the text.
- •Negotiations
- •1.Read this introduction to negotiating . Negotiating
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Underline the words in the text that mean:
- •5. Look at these stages in a negotiation. Number them in the order that seems most logical to you.
4. Answer the questions:
When does culture in social systems develop? Why?
Why do organizations develop cultures?
What common elements do most definitions of organizational culture contain?
What indicators of organizational culture can be referred to as symbols?
What unobservable characteristics does organizational culture include?
What is the purpose of adopting organizational culture?
Can you give any examples of elements of organizational culture?
5. Determine if the following sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.
Organizations develop distinctive cultures to help them cope with and perform in predictable situations.
The concept of organizational culture is as complex as the concept of culture in general.
Many definitions of organizational culture have nothing in common.
Organizational culture is vitally important to maintain stability within the organization.
It is the patterns of observable charachteristics that make up the culture.
Vocabulary
6. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
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ambiguity, environment, value, belief, circumstance, internal, external, to direct, observable, trace |
_____ are your ideas about what is right and wrong, or what is important in life.
There was an element of _____in the president's reply.
The rules can only be broken in exceptional____.
Our first task was to improve the physical _____ (buildings, furniture etc) in the school.
The plane vanished without a____.
There's to be an ____ inquiry into the whole affair (within the company).
His _____ in God is strong.
Information is to be taken from_____ sources.
There`s an ____ change in his behavior.
I want ____ my efforts more towards my own projects.
UNIT I
Meetings
Before you read
1. Match the expressions from the text with their Russian equivalents:
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