Exercises

Ex. 1. Pronounce correctly:

management, manager, managerial, managing, managed;

employ, employed, employment, employee, employer;

equip, equipped, equipment; environment, environmental;

object, objective, object to; strategy, strategies, strategic;

technical, technician, technique, technology;

apply, applied, application; concept, conceptual;

through, throughout; though, although;

relate, relation, relative, relatively, relationship;

identify, identifying, identified, identification;

budget, brochure, behaviour, schedule; assume, assumption, assuming.

Ex. 2. Pay attention to the nouns in the function of an attribute:

enterprise resources coordination; enterprise objective; business organization; key business strategy generation; one-person business; skills mix; human relations policy; human relations skills; communication skills; high-level manager; sales brochure; decision-taker; industry trends; management aspects; work requirements; work environment; enterprise tasks and responsibilities; market conditions.

Ex. 3. Form pairs of synonyms in written form:

a) method, use, employ, increase, anticipate, infer, include, purpose, skill, ensure, accomplish, employee, manufacture

b) involve, approach, enhance, conclude, objective, guarantee, finish, industry, hire, worker, apply, predict, qualification

Ex. 4. Find in the text the corresponding English equivalents:

поставленная цель; любая управленческая система на любом уровне; координирование ресурсов предприятия; организационные навыки; теоретические знания и умения (аналитические способности); управленцы высшего звена; эти навыки могут использоваться широко на разных предприятиях; навык (опыт) по обмену информацией; формирование имиджа компании; взаимоотношения (взаимодействие) между подразделениями (звеньями) предприятия; грамотная оценка основных положений; доброжелательные отношения между сотрудниками; политика управления человеческими ресурсами; готовность формировать стиль поведения в соответствии с целями организации; основная задача менеджмента.

Ex. 5. Translate the following word combinations:

• in order to achieve a stated objective; to meet an objective (goal, demands);

• to keep higher-level managers informed; to acquire and interpret information;

• these skills may be applied in a wide range of activities;

• to consider budgets, schedules, the company’s existing resources;

• long-range targets (specific short-range targets);

• all managers must be concerned to some degree with;

• skills mix necessary to do the work; excellent fringe benefits;

• working relations among the employees and managers;

• through improving the knowledge and skills;

• to cope with the works; both hard (firm) or soft and fair methods;

• to arrange organizational conditions and methods of operation (work).

• managing change is an ongoing process; it is a responsibility of management;

• to anticipate and respond to developments in the organization’s external and internal environments;

Ex. 6. Finish the following sentences:

1. Management is the process…

2. Any managerial system at any managerial level is responsible for…

3. Managers need human relations skills in countless situations, because…

4. Managers use their conceptual skills…

5. A lot of time is spent on …

6. The managers’ decisions are connected with…

7. Goals are…

8. Objectives are…

9. Each job carries…

10. All managers must be concerned to some degree with the following five activities…

11. It is a responsibility of management…

12. With respect to people, management is a process of…

13. The essential task of management is…

14. Adjustment comprises activities intended to…

Ex. 7. Look through the text and pay attention to the sentences with «ing» forms, (analyse and translate them).

Ex. 8. Useful English (read, translate and learn):

must be professionally managed; any managerial system;

coordinating of various ideas and activities;

in order to achieve a stated objective;

is responsible for; well-defined tasks and responsibilities;

informal chats among employees at all levels;

to make (take) decisions; to come to conclusions;

the work of a manager is a hard job; the employee’s competence;

a lot of time is spent; an important aspect; through improving their knowledge.

the relationships among the organization’s parts (звенья); within the organization;

Ex. 9. Answer the questions:

1. What is management?

2. Why is management universally necessary in any organization?

3. What is management responsible for?

4. What are the three basic types of skills?

5. Who informs the higher-level managers about the problems in an organization?

6. What plays a direct role in shaping a company’s public image?

7. Why are the managers’ conceptual skills so important in their work?

8. Why is the work of a manager so hard?

9. What does a manager’s work involve in a planning process?

10. What must the five activities be concerned with?

11. Is it important for a manager to employ hard, soft and fair methods and why?

Ex. 10. Conversation

• Hello, Ann. Nice to see you. How are you?

• Thanks, everything’s all right, Nina. I haven’t seen you for a long time, what do you do?

• I’m a fifth-year student of the faculty of management.

• Why have you decided to get serious about management?

• First, I did a correspondence course in a college, where I studied economics and being a college student I decided to choose this specialization.

• Do you feel you’ve got any managerial abilities (characteristics)?

• I think so, because I’m good at dealing with people. I am a rather responsible person and can work long hours.

• In what sphere would you like to work?

• I haven’t decided yet, but I believe a public corporation is to my liking.

Ex. 11. Translate the text:

HOW TO MANAGE THE MANAGERS. The Law on Enterprise recently enacted by the Government must help create a relationship when a factory manager and his work collective become partners. Management and employees must be equally interested in the fruits of their labour.

In a result-oriented management the key thing is not to issue instructions but to get results. That is why a manager’s pay should be linked to the performance of the enterprise where he works. If a factory produces more, a manager’s pay should increase. If the production plan is not met, then a manager must be penalized along with the workers he supervises. About 40 or 50 per cent of a manager’s monthly pay should depend on the end result of the enterprise. If the result is poor and a manager doesn’t get the full pay for a few months running he must leave his office. New people should come instead. It’ll be a natural selection of a managerial staff when people with better knowledge, more expertise and truly original thinking will come to management.