Management of organization - Методичка

Одеський національний політехнічний університет Менеджмент Методичні вказівки до практичних занять з англійської мови за спеціальністю «Менеджмент» для студентів ІІ курсу Передмова Метою “Методичних вказiвок” є формування впродовж 72 годин аудиторних занять у студентів (вхідний рівень володіння мовою - В1) вмiнь та навичок читання, письма та говоріння за тематикою спеціальності «Менеджмент організацій» на ІІ курсі навчання Інституту бізнесу, економіки та інформаційних технологій (вихідний рівень володіння мовою - В2). Slumping productivity growth in the United States took an upward swing in 1983-84 largely due to a maturing work force, lower inflation and cheaper energy, technological advancement, and increased labor-manage ment cooperation. Still, there is much room for improvement if the United States is to match Japans record of productivity growth. It is important for managers to translate the productivity problem into organizational terms. Organizational productivity is the ratio of total input to total output, adjusted for inflation, for a specific period of time. Japan, with the worlds highest rate of productivity growth, is an inspiring example of how to do more with less. I. Reading Exercises: Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary: objective, opportunity, challenge, valid, rate, productivity growth, labor, input, output, incentive, purpose, ratio, competition, room, improvement, advancement, inflexibility, evidence, failure Exercise 2. Answer the questions: 1) What does management study? 2) What is the primary cause of the high failure rate in small businesses? 3) What are four major constraints public sector managers must deal with? 4) What is organizational productivity? Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right: 1. Small business and public sector organizations a) afford managers some unique opportunities and challenges. 2. Management is the process of working with and through others b) are incompetent and wasteful. 3. There is much room for improvement if the United States is c) to achieve organizational objectives in a changing environment. 4. Many people assume that bureaucrats d) to match Japans record of productivity growth. Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words: (Rising/slumping) productivity growth in the United States took an upward swing in 1983-84 largely due to a maturing work force, lower inflation and (cheaper/more expensive) energy, technological advancement, and increased labor-manage ment cooperation. THE SPEAKING MODULE II. Speaking Exercises: Exercise 1. Describe management, organizational productivity, managerial ability, small business using the suggested words and expressions as in example: management to achieve, objectives, process, with and through, environment, changing example: Management is the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives in a changing environment. Central to this process is the effective and efficient use of limited resources. organizational productivity ratio, output, inflation, period of time, total, input managerial ability capacity, objectives, efficiently, to achieve, demonstrated small business enterprise, owned, profit-seeking, managed, employing, fewer, independently Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers: 1) Question: ___________________________________________ ? Answer: Research indicates that small busi ness managers have a different managerial role profile than do managers in larger businesses. 2) Question: ___________________________________________ ? Answer: It is important for managers to translate the productivity problem into organizational terms. 3) Question: ___________________________________________ ? Answer: Small business and public sector organizations afford managers some unique opportunities and challenges. THE WRITING MODULE III. Writing exercises: Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words: adjusted, inspiring, of, rate, for, into It is important _____ managers to translate the productivity problem____ organizational terms. Organizational productivity is the ratio ___ total input to total output,______ for inflation, for a specific period of time. Japan, with the worlds highest ____ of productivity growth, is an ______example of how to do more with less. Exercise 2. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words): “Management is an important area of study” “Small business management” “Public sector management” Lesson 2. THE READING MODULE Read the text: The evolution of management thought Management thought has evolved in bits and pieces over the years. Although the practice of management dates back to the earliest recorded history, the systematic study of management is largely a product of the twentieth century. An information explosion in management theory has created a management theory jungle. Five conventional approaches to management are: (1) the universal process approach, (2) the operational approach, (3) the behavioral ap