Word List. I. Study the following words and choose:

Nouns assessment – оценка decision making – принятие решения implication – вовлечение, привлечение liaison – связь Adjectives essential – существенный long-term – долгосрочный overall – полный, общий operational – оперативный subordinate – подчиненный

Verbs appraise – оценивать delegate – поручать, уполномочивать facilitate – облегчать, способствовать, содействовать ensure – обеспечивать, гарантировать reinforce – усиливать relate – относиться, связывать, сопоставлять Adverbs adequately – соответственно, в достаточной мере

I. Study the following words and choose:

a) nouns

1. Implement, implementation, implementiferous.

2. Flexibility, flexible, flexile.

3. Authoritative, authoritativeness, authority, authorize.

4. Broad, broaden, broadly, broadness.

5. Competent, competence, competency.

b) adjectives

1. Continue, continuance, continual, continuous.

2. Finance, financial, financier.

3. Specification, specified, specify.

4. Appraiser, appraisal, appraisable.

5. Adequate, adequacy, adequately.

c) verbs

1. Issue, issuance, issueless.

2. Delegate, delegation, delegacy.

3. Concerning, concernment, concern.

4. Facility, facile, facilitate.

5. Circumstance, circumstantial, circumstantiate.

II. Arrange the words of the two groups in pairs with:

a) similar meaning

1. to be concerned with a) support

2. assessment b) prospect

3. reinforce c) guarantee

4. perspective d) to be occupied with

5. authority e) principal

6. ensure f) appraisal

7. general g) power

b) contrary meaning

1. disagreement a) plenty

2. subordinate b) head

3. reinforce c) decline

4. lack d) agreement

5. major e) minor

6. welfare f) incapable

7. capable g) weaken

III. Complete the sentences with the following words:

relate, facilitates, to appraise, are concerned with, subordinates, to delegate

1. General managers … strategy formulation and strategy implementation.

2. The general manager’s goal is … as much responsibility and authority as possible to subordinates.

3. The general manager delegates, coordinates, and … decisions to the extent possible.

4. The general manager will make decisions that …cannot make.

5. The general manager must be able … the company and its environment thoroughly and objectively.

6. The general manager must … financial issues to a proposed marketing program, changes in techniques in production to human resources implications.

IV. Read the text and answer the questions.

1. What is an integrated management program?

2. What are the responsibilities of a general manager?

3. Why is it necessary to train competent subordinates?

4. Why is it necessary for the general manager to appraise the company and its environment thoroughly and objectively?