10. You’ve misheard the information. Make it more exact, putting questions:

Example: A: A good management style is a blend of both efficiency and effectiveness.

B: What is a good management style?

1. The verb ‘manage’ comes from the Italian maneggiare (to handle — especially tools), which in turn derives from the Latin manus (hand).

2. Motivation is also a kind of basic function of management, because without motivation, employees cannot work effectively.

3. A good environment and team spirit is required within the business.

4. Demand for project management educational and academic programs is growing.

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11. Match the terms and their definitions:

1. management	a) a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work;
2. employee	b) an aim or object;
3. assembly line	c) companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people;
4. goal	d) the control and organizing of a business or other organization;
5. employer	e) a sum of money charged for teaching by a college or university;
6. salary	f) a printed or written statement of the money owed for goods or services
7. bill	g) a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc., in return for payment;
8. competitor	h) a person or organization that employs people;
9. tuition	i) money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments;
10. income	j) a sequence of machines, tools, operations, workers, etc., in a factory, arranged so that at each stage a further process is carried out.

12. A) Fill in the gaps with the words in the box and translate the text:

a)responsible; b) question; c) means; d) improve; e) damage; f) manpower; g) employees; h) use

Better utilization of resources

"Resource utilization" is becoming a familiar term in manage­ment theory. It 1) … achievement of greater economy in the use of everything – metals, minerals, energy, water, 2) …, fi­nance, etc. The main management technique is better cost con­trol. It means answering the 3) … : "How can we achieve the same value of output while reducing all our resource inputs?" The answer is: "We must 4) … quality and standards required by consumers and industrial customers and make longer our prod­uct's life. Second, we must include economy in the 5) … of natural resources if they are scarce. It may be the best way to use scarce resources."

The best solution for companies is to set up a resources utiliza­tion section. In small companies with 1000 6) … two men will be enough.

A company's management must be very 7) … . Re­source utilization must not cause 8) … to people and environ­ment.

b) Answer the questions based the text:

1. What does the term ‘resource utilization’ mean?

2. How should a manager reduce the costs?

3. Who must be responsible?

4. What is the best way in using scarce resources?