Variant V

I. Read and translate the text.

MANAGEMENT STYLES (I)

Men and women do things differently. There are, of course, exceptions to every generalization, including this one.

Cristina Stuart is a managing director of Speakeasy Training, a consultancy that runs courses for men and women working together. Here she describes a few key differences between the sexes in the workplace.

Working together

The male approach to business is competitive, direct and confrontational. The end justifies the means. Personal status and a focus on the individual are important.

The female method is collaborative. Collective action and responsibility are more important than personal achievement. Lateral thinking, as well as goodwill and the well-being of the individual, are also of great importance.

Tackling problems

The male approach is to go to the heart of the problem, without taking into account secondary considerations. The female preference is to look at various options.

Conversation

Men like to talk about their personal experiences and achievements or discuss ‘masculine’ topics such as cars or sport. Women tend to talk about staff problems and personal matters.

Meetings

If a woman does not copy the male confrontational style, she is often ignored.

Self-promotion

Men find it easy to tell others about their success. Women tend to share or pass on the credit for a success.

II. Find in the text the following words and expressions:

исключение, вести курсы, различия, рабочее место, конкурирующий, средства, совместный, ответственность, достижение, благополучие, не принимая во внимание, различный, мужские темы, игнорировать.

III. Answer the questions.

1. Do men and women do the things in the same way?

2. What is Christina’s job?

3. What are the features of the male approach to business?

4. What is important for women?

5. Do men go to the heart of the problem or do they look at various problems?

6. What do men like to talk about?

7. What do women discuss?

8. What do women have to do not to be ignored?

9. Is it easy for men to tell about their success?

IV. Grammar and sentence structure.