Vocabulary

valid	действительный
reliable	надежный
unkempt	неопрятный
abrasive	грубый
briefly	кратко
to imply	предполагать
threat	угроза
intimidation	шантаж, угроза
empathy	сочувствие
to set	ставить
deviation	отклонение
attainable	достижимый
exception	исключение
merely	только
to assure	уверять
to have traits	иметь черты, особенности
to make a decision	принимать решение
to participate	принимать участие
to be depend on	зависеть от чего-либо
to support the notion	поддержать идею
to be autocratic	быть самовластным
to take one’s cue from smb.	воспользоваться чьим-либо указанием
to work aimlessly	работать бесцельно
to let in	впускать
to ask smb. for advice	просить совет у кого-либо

1. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What is leadership in business?

2. What are various leadership styles?

3. What is the difference between a manager and a leader?

2. Переведите слова с русского на английский.

Удачный, средство, шантаж, сотрудник, эффективность, отклонение, использовать, надежный, исключение, консультирующий, граница, неясный, оправдывать, звено, подчиненные

3. Переведите предложения и обсудите их с одногрупниками.

1. A leader is someone who can get others to do what he or she wants them to do.

2. Managers make all decisions. They decide what is to be done, who will do it and how and when it is to be accomplished.

3. The discussion of leadership theories may seem to imply that managers merely decide which leadership style to use, sometimes changing styles to adapt to different situations.

4. Some workers are mature in the way they approach their work, others may have to be watched quite closely to obtain even minimum performance.

5. It is a high-risk philosophy; one that requires time for the attachment between senior and junior people to grow and be meaningful, the other is bound to produce more failures than successes.

6. Yet the elitism seemed to pay off: not only did Perkins become the president at the age 37, but also under the leadership of young executives recruited into Jewel with the promise of opportunity for growth and advancement, Jewel managed to diversify into discount and drag chains and still remain strong in food retailing.

4. Вставьте соответствующий глагол в требуемой грамматической форме.

to relate, to occupy, to require, to develop, to conduct, to consult, to create, to influence, to affect

1. The leader_________a strong and central role in traditional management theory.

2. Leadership inevitably__________using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.

3. Considerable research______________to compare the traits of effective and ineffective leaders.

4. Rensis Livert____________ a leadership theory that had a continuum ranging from autocratic to participative.

5. Manager_________with employees prior to establishing decisions about the work. This____________ a climate in which employees feel relatively free to dis­cuss openly work-related matters with management.

6. The maturity level of the subordinates___________ leadership style.

7. Many situational factors _________ the supervisors leadership style.

8. Managers___________to people according to the role they play in a sequence of events or in a decision-making process.