1 Перекладіть письмово текст з англійської на рідну мову

Organisation of the personnel department

The personnel officer is necessarily a generalist, since the variety of issues typically dealt with in a personnel department is so diverse that no one person could master all aspects of the job. Thus, a personnel manager requires a working rather than a detailed knowledge of:

- the firm, its products and the industry in which the business operates

- production methods and company organisation structure;

- pension schemes, wage and bonus arrangements;

- law relating to employment;

- the fundamentals of management theory and practice.

Consequently, the personnel manager requires wide-ranging knowledge and skills, in contrast to the highly specialised qualifications and experiences of many of the line managers whom the personnel manager will advise. This might cause reluctance among line managers to accept advice from a personnel manager who does not possess their detailed knowledge of specific functions.

The structure of a personnel department should depend on the relative importance of the various tasks it performs, which in turn depends on the organisation of the firm - its size and complexity, production technology, degree of bureaucracy and historical tradition. Some personnel departments employ a number of personnel officers who share work equally, operating a 'single-door' policy where by any problem that arises (no matter how serious or complex) is assigned to the first officer who becomes free. This recognises the generic nature of personnel work, and it ensures that personnel department staff acquire experience of all personnel tasks. Alternatively, a personnel department might be segmented according to particular functions, with separate staff and sections responsible for recruitment, industrial relations, welfare services, personnel records, etc. Such 'functional' organisation enables staff to specialise in a certain area and hence develop great expertise in that field, but it has the disadvantage of encouraging narrow and introspective attitudes among personnel department staff.

2 Read and translate these sentences.

1 In your place I’d try and get in touch with them right away.

2 How would you spend the week-end?

3 In his place I’d accept the job. It’s interesting.

4 In your place I’d get your younger son to start playing tennis.

3 Change conditional sentences of type I into sentences of type II

1 If you take this medicine it will do you good.

2 If she takes bus 27 she will get there in a quarter of an hour.

3 If you get to know them well you will grow fond of them.

4 If he goes out without his coat on he will catch a cold.

4 Choose the sentences in 1)Present Indefinite Passive; 2)Past Indefinite passive; 3)Future Indefinite Passive and translate them.

1 Their letter was received yesterday.

2 The offer will be discussed tomorrow

3 Where will the children be taken on Sunday?

4 Was the book translated into Russian last year?

5 The passengers were taken to the plane by a stewardess.

6 The price problem was settled by them yesterday.

7 By whom is the letter signed?

8 Their address must be found right away.

9 Are the goods to be shipped next week?

10 Can the goods be delivered next week?

11 The cable is to be sent to-day

5 Translate into Russian paying special attention to complex object.

1 I’ve never known him to talk with such authority.

2 He hated people argue like that.

3 I didn’t even try to make him change his mind.

4 Nobody noticed Michelle leave the house.

5 I want the matter to be settled quickly.

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з дисципліни „Англійська мова за професійним спрямуванням”

для студентів ІІ курсу факультету інноваційної економіки і кібернетики

напрям підготовки "Управління персоналом і економіка праці"

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