5. Complete the following table:

   Verb	Adjective	Noun
   to produce
   to define
   to inform
   to compete
   to operate
   to act/ to interact
   to relate
   to systematize
   to emphasize

6. Match the words (making as many meaningful combinations as possible):

Mass	value
productive	effect
Stable	concern
State	activities
organizational	religion
business	government
strong	organization
profound	system
social
political
positive

7. Complete the following sentences, using the following propositions (see also lexical patterns in Sections 1-4):

on, of, with, to, upon, beyond

1. It is obvious that situation in the region is ... governmental control.

2. The work of this scientist has greatly contributed ... the development of physics in the XXth century.

3. Protestantism placed a positive value ... work.

4. Individual producers could not compete ... combines of merchants, bankers, and so forth.

5. In his article he made a special emphasis ... the political consequences of World War II.

6. In those years the country was faced ... economic crisis.

7. We were told to focus ... that task, because the supervisor thought it to be the most important.

8. ... the one hand, this could have been the truth. ... the other hand, I still found it hard to believe.

9. He continued to read, evidently unaware ... what was going on in the street.

10. She never referred ... that fact during our conversations.

1. Make your own sentences using the phrases from Exercise 1 and word combinations from Exercise

2. Answer the following questions using the material of the previous text section where necessary:

1. What are the conditions under which a society population can reach substantial numbers?

2. What factors (and when) stimulated the development of bureaucracy?

3. Why did the early organizations not have the clear-cut boundaries between each other and their environment?

4. Why can the author say that the era which started with Industrial revolution is not over yet?

5. What social factors helped strong central governments develop?

6. What are the cultural roots of the significance of career in the Western civilization?

7. What problems did the invention of double-entry bookkeeping help solve?

8. What are the inventions which had the most profound effect on the quality of the human life? Do you agree? Would you like to expand the list?

1. Give the main idea of the text.

Section VI.5. Bureaucracy and environment (p.105 – p.107)

Words:

technology (ch. 6, # 7)

environment (ch. 6, # 8)

census

survey

group maintenance

output

storage

technique

eligible

alternative

similarly

merging

adjusting

conceptually

to enroll

to utilize smth.

to smooth smth.

to predict smth.

to anticipate smth.

to ensure smth.

Phrases:

core technology

productive activities

to be fundamental to smth.

to make smth. available to smb.

to practice upon smth.

to offer (no) solution

to seek to do smth.

to illustrate the point

to work three shifts

to regulate production according to demand

production - small, steady, year-round

the seasonally uneven demand

seasonal products

a full production schedule

in advance

rational planning

to meet the demand

to employ a strategy

constraints from environment

to gain control of smth.

corporate merger(s)

to take over smb.

source of supply

in general terms

to make a point

to be housed in smth.

to deal with the environment