2015-03-27
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I. Read and translate the text.
THE FUNCTIONS OF MANAGERS. PLANNING.
The main functions are planning, organising, staffing, leading and controlling.
Planning involves selecting objectives and the actions to achieve them, it requires decision making.
Decision making is choosing future courses of action from among alternatives. No real plan exists until a decision has been made. Before a decision is made, all we have is a planning study, an analysis, or a proposal, but not a real plan.
Planning bridges a gap from where we are to where we want to be in a desired future. It strongly implies not only the introduction of new things but also sensible and workable implementation.
There is no more important and basic element in establishing an environment for performance than enabling people to know their purposes and objectives, the tasks to be performed, and the guidelines to be followed in performing them. If group effort is to be effective, people must know what they are expected to accomplish.
II. Find in the text the following words and expressions:
включать в себя; требовать; выбирать; предложение; заключать в себе; нововведение, введение; осуществление, выполнение; исполнять обязанности, выполнять; исполнение, выполнение; цель, намерение
III. Answer the questions.
1. What are the main functions of management?
2. What does planning involve?
3. What is required in planning?
4. What is decision making?
5. What is it necessary to do before a real plan is made?
6. What does real planning imply?
7. What is the basic element in establishing an environment for performance?
8. How can managers enable people to perform their tasks effectively?
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9. What must people know to make their group effort effective?
IV. Grammar and sentence structure.
A. In each sentence, underline the verb and circle the subject.
1. Mr. Munson was studying the stock market.
2. He was considering an investment.
3. For many years, his money had been in a savings bank.
4. In a bank, money is insured.
5. Nowadays, however, it earns little interest.
6. Mr. Munson would like to be earning more.
7. Even a time-deposit account would have paid higher interest.
8. So now he wants to invest in stocks.
9. But he knows the market is risky.
11. Before investing, he will be careful.
