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Unit 2 sorting out production issues

Learning goals

After studying this unit you will be able to:

  • identify factors of production

  • define production

  • find out about production and operations management

  • discuss the issues to be solved when organising a manufacturing process

  • discuss site selection as related to the production facility

  • explain modern business philosophies

READING I

Factors of production

Before you read

Vocabulary tasks

  1. Word building: complete the following table with appropriate derivatives.

Verb

Noun

Person

Adjective

produce

production

producer

producible

manufacture

-

entrepreneur

identify

-

analysis

classify

economic

manageable

work

transporter

categorize

-

employment

innovative

2. There are some collocations with the word ‘production’. Think of other word combinations with this word. Use dictionaries to help yourself.

industrial production

production of goods

to start production

planned production

production of machines

to launch production

organised production

….

Key terms

1. Choose the Russian equivalents for the English terms and word expressions in the left-hand column.

1) mass production

a) полная и неполная (частичная) занятость

2) factors of production

b) хорошо обученная рабочая сила

3) full- and part-time work

c) массовое (поточное, серийное) производство

4) private and public sectors

d) сырье

5) well-trained labour force

e) искусственные, созданные руками человека ресурсы

6) natural resources

f) факторы производства

7) raw materials

g) средства обслуживания, удобства, услуги; оборудование, средства, приспособления

8) man-made resources

h) коммунальные сооружения или предприятия, коммунальные услуги

9) facilities

i) частный и государственный секторы

10) utilities

j) естественные (природные) ресурсы (богатства)

2. Match up the words on the left with their definitions on the right.

1) production

a) the application of practical sciences to industry or commerce

2) mass production

b) the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise considered as a decisive factor influencing economic growth

3) resources

c) any resource used in the production of goods or services

4) entrepreneurship

d) the use of resources to make goods or services which have value

5) infrastructure

e) making large numbers of basically identical things

6) technology

f) assuming the risk of starting one’s own business

7) factor of production

g ) anything that can contribute to economic activity

Think ahead

  1. Is production vital for the life of modern societies? Why? Give your arguments.

  2. Which important elements of the infrastructure of a modern industrialised country can you name?

Text 2.1 Skim the text and name different categories of factors of production. Then read the text once more and do the tasks given in the comprehension section below the text.

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