Unit one what is a manager

BEFORE READING

1. What are you?

2. Would you like to be a manager? (why/why not?)

Vocabulary

3. Try to guess the meaning of the following words. Use the dictionary if you need:

apply v be responsible carry out v include (involve) v lawyer n lose (lost, lost) v preference n profit n reason n refer to v supervise v task n term n win (won, won) v

4. Match the Russian expressions with the English ones:

profit-making а) продолжаться

more frequently в) принимать решения

make decisions с) выполнять решения

uncertainty d ) более часто

carry out decisions е) прибыльный

keep going f) неопределенно

GRAMMAR FOCUS WORD BUILDING

Remember! Наиболее употребительные суффиксы:

существительных: - ance, - er(or), - ist, - ity, - ship, -tion (-sion), - ment, -ness.

прилагательных: -able (-ible), -ant, -ful, -ous, - ic

наречий: -ly

5. Translate the following words paying attention to the suffixes:

Profitability – profitable; responsibility – responsible; supervise-supervisor; apply-application; activity – active - actively; relation - relationship; certainly; law - lawyer.

READING

6. Read the following text and answer the questions:

1. How do you understand the meaning of the word “management”?

2. What features are common to all managers?

What is a Manager

A number of different terms are used for “managers”, including “director”, ”administrator” and ”president”. The term “managers” is used more often in profit-making organizations, while the others are used more frequently in government and non-profit organizations such as universities, hospitals, and social work agencies.

So, what is a manager?

When used collectively, the term “management” refers to those people who are responsible for making and carrying out decisions within the system.

An individual manager is a person who directly supervises people in the organization.

Some basic characteristics are applied to managers in all types of organization: they include hard work on a variety of activities, preference for active tasks, direct personal relationships, professional knowledge.

Almost everything a manager does includes decisions. Therefore, there is some uncertainty and risk.

Managing is a hard job. There is a lot to be done and relatively little time to do it. The engineers can finish a design on a particular day and the lawyer can win or lose a case at a certain time. But the manager’s job is like “Old man River” – it just keeps going.

7. Complete the spidergram:

profit making organizations

8. Agree or disagree using the following expressions:

For agreement: For disagreement:

I agree I disagree

You are right I’m afraid you’re wrong

1. The terms “manager”, “director”, “administrator”, “president” are equal.

2. Managers are people who are responsible for making and carrying out decisions.

3. Managing is not a hard job.

4. The manager’s job will never end.

5. Good managers don’t take decisions.

9. Complete the sentences:

1. The term “manager” is used more… а) some risk and uncertainty

2. The term “management” refers to b) and little time to do it

those…

3. Common features include... c) in profit – making organizations

4. In decision-making there is … d) hard work on a variety of activities,

active tasks, direct personal relations

5. There is a lot to be done… e) who are responsible for making and

carrying out decisions within the

system

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