2. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What countries use distance education?

2. What are the advantages of distance education?

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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE USA

Young people in the USA get higher education in colleges and universities. Students choose "major" subject and take many courses in that country.

After four years of study students get the degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Bachelor of Philosophy (B. Phi.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), if they study humanities. After a year or two of further study they get a master's degree. If they go on their study and research, they will get a still higher degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

Higher education trains people to become teachers, engineers or to do other professional work.

College students often continue their study at universities. Not all the students get grants. The minimum period of study is two years (in this case they do not get the degree of Ph.D.), three or four years.

Many cities have colleges and universities that hold evening classes as well as daytime classes. People who work in the daytime can get higher education attending evening classes.

2. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. When do students get degrees of Bachelor of Science?

2. When do students get a master's degree?

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MANAGEMENT

Management is the art of getting things done through other people. It includes the personnel who have the right to make decisions that influence company's affairs.

There are three management levels: top management, middle management and operating management. Top management includes the presidents, vice presidents, and the general managers. Middle management includes department managers and plant managers. Operating management includes supervisors, foremen, etc.

The most important responsibility of any manager is decision making. Successful management is a skill of choosing from alternatives.

Decision makings are divided into: recognizing the problem, defining and analyzing the problem, evaluating alternative solutions, choosing the most favorable solution and implementing the approach chosen.

Management functions are planning, organizing, directing, controlling, staffing and innovating. It should be noted that successful management is based on three basic elements: leadership, motivation and communication.

To operate a successful business one should have management skills because effective management is the key to business success.

2. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What is management?

2. What are the management functions?

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Computer science is a part of applied mathematics. Specialists in computer science say that the field of knowledge is very interesting because it deals with the science of mankind future.

Computers are intended to improve the productivity of labor of scientists, designers, engineers, managers, and other specialists, because computers offer quick and optimal solutions. One of the main goals of using computers is to shorten the time between designing and manufacturing.

Moreover, computers came in our life and our houses and now we can solve our everyday problems with their help.

Computers can be divided into simple and complex devices. Simple computers such as calculators can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As far as complex computers are concerned they can do different logical operations and some of them even have artificial intelligence.

Thus in order to elaborate up-to-date and expensive programs as well as to defend them from viruses, it is important to know some programming languages.