- •In fact, an organization is the unity, which operates successfully, if it is managed efficiently.
- •Text 2. Forms, types and styles of business organizations.
- •Types of Partnership:
- •Text 3. Organization structure
- •In business, the organization structure means the relationship between positions and people, who hold these positions; it shows who reports to whom.
- •Organization as the management object
- •Organization as the close system:
- •Organization as the open system
- •Text 4. Board of directors and ceo
- •3. Acquire sufficient resources for the organization’s operation
- •Major responsibilities of Board of Directors:
- •Typical Major functions of Chief Executive Officer of a Corporation
- •Answer the questions to the texts
- •Vocabulary to Unit 1
- •Unit 2. Corporate vision, mission, and image. Text 1. Company’s vision
- •Text 2. Company’s Mission
- •It is known that slogan represents words that sell.
- •Text 3. Objectives
- •Text 4. Strategic priorities
- •Strategy – mos - Tactics
- •Text 5. Spin of Success
- •Answer the questions to Unit 2
- •Vocabulary to Unit 2
- •1. Avoid V избегать, остерегаться, уклоняться. Syn: escape, evade.
- •2. Common purpose общая цель
- •3. Bridge n мост
- •Unit 3.Organization environment, resources and business activity Text 1. Types of environment
- •Text 2. Company resources and activities.
- •Production
- •Answer the questions to Unit 3
- •Text 1. Vital role of planning in company management
- •Text 2. Types of analyses used in planning activity.
- •Text 3. Typical Phases in Planning
- •1. Reference Overall Singular Purpose (“Mission”)
- •Text 5. Executives’ support in planning implementation
- •Answer the questions to Unit 4
- •Vocabulary to Unit 4
- •Unit 5. On Management and Managers. Text 1. What is management?
- •It is sufficient to say that the objectives represent what a company has to achieve and policy is how to go about achieving them.
- •Text 2 Strategic management versus operational management
- •Text 3. The managers’ job.
- •Text 4. Major functions of Managers.
- •Text 5. The role of a manager in company’s activity
- •Text 6. Delegating Authority
- •Answer the questions to Unit 5
- •Vocabulary to Unit 5
- •Unit 6. Leadership Text 1. General characteristic
- •Text 2. Leadership styles.
- •Text 3. Effective Leadership
- •Why are values important?
- •It all starts with leadership
- •Creating common understanding
- •Enabling and encouraging people to live by values
- •Most critical aspect – walking the talk
- •Answer the questions:
- •Unit 7. Business Culture and Business Ethic. Text 1. What is culture?
- •Building Trust across Cultural Boundaries.
- •Factors, which influence the organizational culture:
- •Text 3. Business ethics
- •Text 4. Business ethics and corporate culture nowadays.
- •Visible Manifestations of Culture
- •Invisible Manifestations of Culture
- •Questions to Unit 7
- •Vocabulary to Unit 7
- •Unit 8. Socio-psychological climate within and outside
- •Text 1. Ensuring socio-psychological climate in business.
- •Get a mentor or a coach
- •Learn to delegate
- •Recognize what’s important from what’s urgent
- •Recognize accomplishments
- •Text 3 .Dealing with Difficult Employees
- •How Can a Manager Deal with Difficult Employees
- •Text 4 . The 20 Bad Habits. Challenges in Interpersonal Behaviour.
- •Questions to Unit 8
- •Vocabulary to Unit 8
- •Unit 9. Managing Conflict Text 1. Why do conflicts arise in organization?
- •Text 2. Conflict Situations.
- •3. Differences in perceptions and values
- •Questions to Unit 9
- •Vocabulary to Unit 9
- •Unit 10. Cross-cultural Differences Text 1. Doing business across cultures. General ideas.
- •Text 2. Cross-cultural management.
- •Text 3. Culture clashes.
- •Text 4. Cross- Cultural Management that Makes a Difference
- •How should a company coming to a new culture cope with cultural issues?
- •Text 5. Cross-cultural management in Russia.
- •Text 6. Some Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness
- •Questions to Unit 10:
- •Vocabulary to Unit10
Unit 3.Organization environment, resources and business activity Text 1. Types of environment
No one existing organization can ignore the influence of the environment. A company is not an isolated economic unit which operates in the general economic system; the components of external and internal environment affect it. This influence one cannot overestimate. The firm lies at the heart of economics; there is a close interaction between the business system (a firm) and various factors (e.g., environmental components). These aspects are vital for the success and dynamic development; to create the efficient marketing offerings (in product and service) and efficient control a company should take them into account. In fact, any company’s activity is dependant on the external environmental factors; the most important of them are as follows:
Economics, Politics, Market, Technology, Social factor, International factor. Law and Nature.
There are two types of the external environment, which impact any company’s activity: direct-action environment and indirect-action environment
Direct-action environment: suppliers, consumers, unions, competitors. The direct-action environment represents the immediate firm’s environment and impacts its activities. The business environment and company’s activities interact and adapt one for another.
Indirect-action environment: law and government factors, economic conditions, political factors technology, socio-cultural factors, international factors.
The external environment is very complex, and it is the task of company management to take it into account and react to it. The external environment has its features: volatility; uncertainty; interrelatedness; complexity.
In fact, in today’s market, any company has to deal with the inflation, competitors, public values, government policy etc.
The internal environment of an organization bears a relation to the structure, objectives, business processes, technology and people.
Actually, a company produces goods and services, organizes sales and gets the profit. In other words, it realizes the aims of its activity by taking a responsible attitude towards the environmental changes. It is an important area for study and management because of problems all firms face in their activities.
The team of executives should take the both: the external and internal environment factors into consideration.
Moreover, the changes in the environment must lead to changes in a company
strategy, if a company wants to achieve its objectives and survive.
Text 2. Company resources and activities.
Generally, every company can be defined by variety of aspects:
- Name of a company.
- Type of proprietorship.
- Year of foundation.
- Years in business.
- Headquarters.
- Core product/service.
- Growth rate.
- Workforce.
- Turnover.
- Current and future projects.
Some firms include in a company description as well their pre-tax profits, market share, target market, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, image and business strategy, management style, recent and future developments.
However briefly, a company can present the information about its:
- Location
- MOS (mission, objectives, strategic priorities).
- Business strategy
- Business activity
- Markets
- Product range
- Turnover
- Workforce
Some managers consider an organization to be like a triangle.