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1 Decide whether these statements are true or false.

1 Ford’s new boss had spent his whole career at Ford.

2 Ford’s American and European working practices were very similar.

3 The Ford 2000 plan had a lot of problems.

4 The main aim of the Ford 2000 was to cut costs.

2 Look at this summary and replace the phrases in italic with words and phrases that are underlined in the text.

Ford is one of the world’s most famous (1) companies which operate in many different countries. The project Ford 2000 was the (2) coming together of Ford’s American and European operations. It involved great changes to the (3) way that management is organized, but it was more then just a change to the (4) diagram of the company hierarchy. Among other things, Ford hoped to get (5) lower costs due to the increase in the scale of production. The success of the project was partly due to the way that Ford’s (6) boss communicated with the (7) people who work for the company.

3 Below are three pieces of management jargon which are used in the text. Try to explain what they mean.

Globalization Re-engineering Change management

4 Match them to the three definitions.

A way of completely reorganizing a company which ignores both its past and present working practices

B introduction of new ideas and new working practices

C using the same products and methods in all parts of the world

Итоговая контрольная работа – 8 баллов

Всего за семестр – 60 баллов.