Учебно-методическое пособие по развитию навыков профессионального общения. В двух частях. Ч.1: Management. Руденко Т.П - 6 стр.

       LINES           WORDS          REFERENTS                                        ADDITIONAL READING
       3                their
       11               these goals                                                    TEXT 1
       19               this
       25               they                                                           Read the text and answer some questions after the text.
       2. In line 15, a connective word is used to show a contrast. Find
the connective word and copy it below. Then write down the two con-                                         Management
cepts that are being contrasted.                                                        There are probably as many definitions of management as there
       ___________________ _________ / ___________                               are books on the subject. Many of them (definitions) are relatively con-
       (connective)              (concepts being contrasted)                     cise and simplistic. For example, one early writer defined management
       3. What connective words or phrases, if any, are used to intro-           as “knowing exactly what you want (people) to do and then seeing that
duce the four basic management functions? If no connective is used,              they do it in the best and cheapest way”. However, management is a
indicate this with O.                                                            complex process – much more complex than that definition leads us to
                                                                                 believe.
              CONNECTIVE WORDS OR PHRASES                                               Management can be defined as follows:
                 MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS                                                   Management is a set of activities, including planning and deci-
                                                                                 sion making, organizing, leading and controlling, directed at an organi-
      a. _________________________ --------> __________________                  zation's human, financial, physical and information resources, with the
      b. The second management function --------> organizing                     aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and effective man-
      c._________________________ --------> __________________                   ner.
      d._________________________ --------> __________________                          By efficient we mean using resources wisely and without unnec-
                                                                                 essary waste. By effective, we mean doing the right things.
       4. Write definitions for the management functions by matching a                  With this basic understanding of management, defining the term
function on the left with a definition on the right. Use this definition form:   manager becomes relatively simple.
       term being defined --------> verb to be ---------> definition                    A manager is someone whose primary activities are a part of the
                                                                                 management process. In particular, a manager is someone who plans
      FUNCTIONS DEFINITIONS                                                      and makes decisions, organizes, leads and controls human, financial,
                                                                                 physical and information resources.
       a. Planning The day-to-day direction and supervision of workers
                                                                                        There are many kinds of managers. One point of differentiation is
       b. Organizing The evaluation of how well company objectives
                                                                                 among organizations, as those earlier examples imply. Another occurs
are being met
       c. Directing The determination of overall company objectives and          within an organization.
how they can best be achieved                                                           Managers can be differentiated according to their level in the or-
       d. Controlling The process of putting the plan into action                ganization. Levels of managers can be differentiated into three basic
                                                                                 categories – top, middle and first-line.
      a. Planning is ________________________________________–                          Managers can be categorized by area. Kind of managers by area
      b.                                                                         include marketing, financial, operations, human resource, administra-
      c.                                                                         tive and specialized managers.

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