KEY Unit 1: MANAGEMENT VOCABULARY PREPARATION Match up the following words & definitions 1D 2E 3B 4F 5H 6G 7A 8C Common collocations Allocate resources Communicate information / objectives Develop people / strategy Make decisions Measure performance Motivate people Perform jobs/ tasks Set objectives/ goals Achieve goals/ objectives/ 10 Supervise subordinates Fill in the blanks with a correct preposition on from into to / for with for among with at 10 into WHILE READING TASKS The success or failure of companies or organizations depends on the quality of their managers planning (setting objectives) develop strategies, plans and precise tactics allocate resources of people and money organizing analyze an classify… divide the work into… select people to manage… integrating measuring (motivating and communicating) developing people communicate objectives… make people……form teams make decisions about pay & promotions work with people in other areas and functions measure the performance / staff develop subordinates & themselves B C D E F G H I J K L M False True Because management does not involve only techniques Managers need to have good skills (= to be skillful) in order to put those techniques into practice Excellent managers are quite rare because very few people have both good techniques and good ideas Peter Drucker the organization 10 Aobjectives B crisis C attain D subordinates E modify POST READING TASKS VOCABULARY REVIEW Complete the following sentences with these words 1resources manageable setting / communicate supervise / performance achieved board of directors innovations Use the word combinations you have learned from the reading text to complete the sentences below 1set objectives allocate / resources perform tasks supervise / subordinates measure / performance deal with crises / make decisions TASK Write full sentences using the words given and adding any necessary words Management is important because the success or failure of companies often depends on the quality of their managers According to Drucker - “the father of Modern Management” a manager’s work can be divided into five tasks The first task involves setting objectives, developing strategies, plans and precise tactics and allocating resources of people and money The second task involves organizing Managers have to select people to perform the tasks To the third task, managers need the social skills of motivation and communication The fourth task requires managers to measure the performance of their staff to check whether the objectives are being achieved The last task is to develop people – both the managers themselves and their managers When necessary, top managers have to consider the future and modify the objectives They also have to manage a business’s relations with customers 10 Besides they also have to deal with any crisis that arises UNIT 4: MANAGING ACROSS CULTURES VOCABULARY PREPARATION glocalization logic confrontation compromise intuition connections improvise status collectivist 10 lose face 11 interrupt 12 eye contact FILL IN EACH GAP WITH A PREPOSITION between / to in of in in to at to of WHILE READING TASKS ANSWER THE QUESTIONS Because local cultural habits, beliefs and principles can easily affect the performance of their business in each country An individualist is someone who believes that personal goals and desires and interests are more important than those of a group of people; a collectivist is someone who believes in the importance of a group of people rather than separate individuals People in reactive cultures Universalists Particularists CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1L 2M 3L 4M 5L 6M 7M 8L 9L 10 M 11 R 12 R 13 R 14 L 15 R 16 R WHAT DOES EACH OF THE UNDERLINED PARTS REFER TO? managing a global multinational company business people in “linear-active” cultures WORDS & EXPRESSIONS WITH THE SAME MEANING rational take precedence formulate compromise POST READING TASKS VOCABULARY REVIEW globalization principles belief inventions rational represents emotionally compromise confronted 10 precedence ... reactive cultures Universalists Particularists CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1L 2M 3L 4M 5L 6M 7M 8L 9L 10 M 11 R 12 R 13 R 14 L 15 R 16 R WHAT DOES EACH OF THE UNDERLINED PARTS REFER TO? managing a global... connections improvise status collectivist 10 lose face 11 interrupt 12 eye contact FILL IN EACH GAP WITH A PREPOSITION between / to in of in in to at to of WHILE READING TASKS ANSWER THE QUESTIONS Because... Drucker the organization 10 Aobjectives B crisis C attain D subordinates E modify POST READING TASKS VOCABULARY REVIEW Complete the following sentences with these words 1resources manageable setting