7) favouritism |
f) воспитание детей |
8) fatal |
g) поддерживать боевой дух |
9) weaknesses |
h) неминуемый, неизбежный |
10) old-fashioned |
i)начальник, «шишка» |
11) child-rearing |
j) метод управления, делающий акцент на |
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важность личных контактов с персоналом; |
менеджер обходит компанию и беседует с сотрудниками)
k) бесцельно бродить
Task 2. Read the text.
How To Be A Great Manager
At the most general level, successful managers tend to have four characteristics:
they take enormous pleasure and pride in the growth of their people;
they are basically cheerful optimists - someone has to keep up morale when setbacks occur;
they don't promise more than they can deliver;
when they move on from a job, they always leave the situation a little better than it was when they arrived.
The following is a list of some essential tasks at which a manager must excel to be truly effective.
Great managers accept blame: When the big wheel from head office visits and expresses displeasure, the great manager immediately accepts full responsibility. The best managers are constantly aware that they selected and should have developed their people. Errors made by team members are in a very real sense their responsibility.
Great managers give praise: Praise is probably the most underused management tool. Great managers are forever trying to catch their people doing something right, and congratulating them on it.
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Great managers put themselves about: Most managers now accept the need to find out not merely what their team is thinking, but what the rest of the world, including their customers, is saying. So MBWA (management by walking about) is an excellent thing, though it has to be distinguished from MBWAWP (management by walking about - without purpose), where senior management wander aimlessly, annoying customers, worrying staff and making a nuisance of themselves.
Great managers judge on merit: It's virtually impossible to divorce your feelings about someone - whether you like or dislike them - from how you view their actions. But suspicions of discrimination or favouritism are fatal to the smooth running of any team, so the great manager accepts this as an aspect of the game that really needs to be worked on.
Great managers exploit strengths, not weaknesses, in themselves and in their people: Great managers see strengths, in themselves as well as in other people, as things to be built on, and weakness as something to be accommodated, worked around and, if possible, eliminated.
Great managers make things happen: The old-fashioned approach to management was rather like the old-fashioned approach to child-rearing: 'Go and see what the children are doing and tell them to stop it!' Great managers have confidence that their people will be working in their interests and do everything they can to create an environment in which people feel free to express themselves.
(from The Independent)
Task 3. Read the following sentences. Which ones are true and which ones are false?
1.The best managers are responsible for errors made by their staff.
2.Great managers shouldn’t praise their team members.
3.MBWA is an excellent thing, so senior management should annoy customers and worry staff.
4.Great managers regard their and other people’s strengths as something to be built on.
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5. Great managers have trust in their people and give them freedom to act.
Task 4. Find synonyms and antonyms for the following words in the text. The words are given in the same order as in the text:
SYNONYMS |
ANTONYMS |
merry |
unsuccessful |
to happen |
failure |
to give |
to keep |
important person |
pleasure |
mistake |
wrong |
consumer |
purposefully |
top management |
modern |
personnel |
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to use |
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Task 5. Match the following words from the text with their definitions:
1) head office |
a) a person or an organization that buys a product or |
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service from a shop or a business |
2) to select |
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b) a quality or an ability that a person or thing has |
3) to congratulate |
that gives them an advantage |
4) customer |
c) a deserving or commendable quality or act |
5) merit |
d) the main office of a company |
6) to divorce |
e) to communicate pleasure, approval, or praise to |
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(a person or persons); compliment |
7) strength |
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f) to choose (someone or something) in preference |
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to another or others |
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g) to remove or separate, esp completely |
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Task 6. Translate into Russian paying attention to modal verbs. See Appendix 7.
1.These goods can be made in the advanced countries.
2.The conference is to start next Monday in Paris.
3.I looked everywhere for the price-list but I couldn’t find it.
4.May I interrupt the discussion to report the latest news?
5.We can look at this matter at our next meeting. It isn’t urgent. We needn’t discuss it today.
6.Could I ask you a question?
7.He should sign the contract.
8.She had to send the letter yesterday.
9.The prices may decrease next month.
10.Our sales manager could speak 2 foreign languages.
11.Output of cars may rise next year.
Task 7. Translate into English.
1.Он может говорить на нескольких иностранных языках.
2.Вы должны заплатить налог.
3.Вы должны знать закон спроса и предложения.
4.Вам не нужно покупать эти товары.
5.Наши продажи могут увеличиться на 10 процентов.
6.Мы должны знать условия поставки.
7.Собрание должно начаться в 11.00.
8.Я думаю, нам следует увеличить выпуск продукции.
UNIT 9. WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION IS BEST FOR
YOU?
Task 1. Match the following English words with their Russian equivalents:
1) sole proprietorship |
a) доход |
2) liability |
b) долг |
3) debt |
c) товарищество |
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4) expense |
d) индивидуальное частное |
5) income |
предприятие |
6) unfamiliar |
e) незнакомый |
7) partnership |
f) активы |
8) to file a tax return |
g) вычитать, удерживать |
9) assets |
h) ответственность |
10) to deduct |
i) расход |
11) accountant |
j) бухгалтер |
12) sufficient |
k) подавать налоговую декларацию |
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l) достаточный |
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Task 2. Read the text and say which form of business organisation you find the most convenient.
What Type of Business Organization is Best for You?
Whether you are going it alone or with another person, it is best to consult a lawyer to determine which form of business organization will be best for you. Your choices and the benefits of each form are essentially as follows:
Sole Proprietorship: A sole proprietorship is one person alone. He or she will have unlimited liability for all debts of the business, and the income or loss from the business will be reported on his or her personal income tax return along with all other income and expense he or she normally reports (although it will be on a separate schedule). Although proprietorship avoids the expense of forming a partnership or corporation, many start businesses this way because they are unfamiliar with the other forms of organizations.
General Partnership: In a general partnership, each of the two or more partners will have unlimited liability for the debts of the business. The income and expense is reported on a separate return for tax purposes, but each partner then reports his or her pro-rata share of the profit or loss from the business as one line on his personal tax return.
Limited Partnership: With a limited partnership, each of the general partners has unlimited liability for the debts of the partnership, but the limited partner's exposure to the debts of the partnership is limited to the
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