Vocabulary

• Read and translate new words and expressions using a dictionary.

Vital, highlighted, core elements, supervisor, encourage, mission

• Try to give their definitions in English.

• Make sentences using new words and expressions. Read them aloud.

Pre-Reading task

Scan the text and name the main role of a manager.

Reading

Read and translate the text

The Role Of The Manager

The manager’s role is vital. The role of the manager is becoming more important than ever, whether they are in the same office or thousands of miles away.

This was highlighted by research by the Gallup organization which looked at how great managers find, focus and keep talented employees. It identified the 12 most powerful questions that measure the core elements needed to attract, focus and keep the most talented employees. Significantly these questions also correlated with the most successful organizations in terms of business unit performance.

These questions put great emphasis on the importance of the quality of the conversation between the manager and team members, especially considering that the Gallup research showed that “great managers spent on average only one hour per quarter per person discussing performance”.

More and more responsibility is being passed down to line managers. Their role is vital. Evidence clearly shows that the real impact of performance management systems lies more in the way they are delivered than designed. We can define qualitatively or not the manager if we shall set to the employee some mentioned questions about work below:

1. Do I know what is expected of me at work?

2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?

3. At work do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?

4. In the last seven days, have I received recognition or praise for good work?

5. Does my supervisor or someone at work seem to care about me as a person?

6. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?

7. At work do my opinions seem to count?

8. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel that my work is important?

9. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?

10. Do I have a best friend at work?

11. In the last six months have I talked with someone about my progress?

12. At work have I had opportunities to learn and grow?

If the employee will answer the majority of these questions positively, we can tell the manager works in a correct direction.

Work with the text

• Answer the questionnaire of the text.

• Analyze and discuss the results of the survey.

• Present the main ideas of the text making a poster.

• Write a short composition expressing your own opinion on the topic.

Translate from Russian into English:

• Роль менеджера становится более важной, чем когда-либо, независимо от того находится он в офисе или в тысячах миль от него.

• Эти вопросы также тесно связаны с наиболее успешными организациями в вопросах взаимодействия подразделений.

• Все больше и больше ответственности возлагается на звено непосредственных менеджеров.

• Роль менеджера жизненно важна.

• Если служащий ответит на большинство этих вопросов положительно, мы можем сказать, что менеджер ведет работу в правильном направлении.