I. Прочитайте текст и переведите его письменно.
The Manager’s Role
Management demands much knowledge of economics and business. General functions of any managerial system at any managerial level are planning, organizing, directing and controlling.
To manage means to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control. In all organisations there are people carrying out the work of a manager. The activities of a manager depend on the level at which he/she is working. Top managers such as the chairman and directors are involved in long range planning, policy making and the relations of the company with the outside world. They are making strategic decisions on the future of the company.
Middle management and supervisors are making the day-to-day decisions which help to run an organisation efficiently. According to an American writer, Mr. Peter Drucker, managers perform five basic operations. Firstly, managers set objectives and decide how to achieve them. For this task they need analytical ability. Secondly, managers organise the resources of the company, the work and the people.
Their third task is to motivate and communicate effectively with their superiors, colleages and subordinates.
The fourth activity is measurement. Managers have to measure the performance of the organisation and of its staff.
Finally, managers develop people, including themselves. They help to make people more productive and to grow as human beings.
Managing is a hard job. There is a lot to be done and relatively little time to do it.
Слова и словосочетания:
1. to demand – требовать
2. managerial – административный, управленческий
3. to forecast – прогнозировать, предусматривать
4. to carry out – осуществлять
5. activities – деятельность, действия
6. top manager – руководитель высокого ранга
7. supervisor – инспектор, контролер
8. to run – руководить, управлять
9. to perform – исполнять, выполнять
10. superior – начальник, старший
11. subordinate – подчиненный
12. to measure – оценивать, измерять
13. to develop – раскрывать, развивать, совершенствовать
II. Найдите и выпишите из текста английские эквиваленты
следующих словосочетаний.
1. Руководители высокого ранга занимаются долгосрочным планированием.
2. Они принимают стратегические решения.
3. Руководители среднего звена принимают повседневные решения.
4. Руководители определяют цели.
5. Им необходима аналитическая способность.
6. Руководители должны оценивать работу организации и её персонала.
III. Ответьте на следующие вопросы по тексту.
1. What does management mean?
2. What are the main functions of top managers?
3. Haw many basic operations must managers perform according to
Mr. Peter Drucker?
4. What is the third task of managers according to this theory?
IV. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на страдательный залог.
1. The post is delivered every morning.
2. The room has been reserved for you at the Grand Hotel.
3. What is made at this factory?
4. The consignment was sent last week.
5. Where will the talks be held?
6. The pumps are still being tested.
7. By five o’clock the experiment had already been completed.
8. The terms of the contract are to be discussed by 5 o’clock.
V. Преобразуйте предложения из действительного залога в страдательный.
1. We have just clarified the matter.
2. They are arranging the exhibition of your goods now.
3. Our company exports the Model A pumps to many countries.
4. Last week the manager invited the inspectors to the plant.
5. When I entered the office the engineers were still studying the contract form of Blake and Co.
6. We can pay you in advance if you want.
7. How many offers did they place with our factory last year?