Reading review 1

According to Drucker, the work of a manager can be divided ______ five tasks 4.. Managers have to communicate objectives ____ the people responsible ______ attaining them.. Deal with dif

UNIT 1

READING 1

WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?

PRE-READING TASKS:

 Discussion – Pair work

1 Do you think you are/ can be a good manager?

2 What do you think makes a good manager? Which four of the following qualities do you think are the

most important?

A being decisive: able to make quick decisions

B being efficient: doing things quickly, not leaving tasks unfinished, having a tidy desk, and so on

C being friendly and sociable

D being able to communicate with people

E being logical, rational and analytical

F being able to motivate and inspire and lead people

G being authoritative; able to give orders

H being competent: knowing one’s job perfectly, as well as the work of one’s subordinates

I being persuasive: able to convince people to do things

J having good ideas

K being highly educated and knowing a lot about the world

L being prepared to work 50 to 60 hours a week

M wanting to make a lot of money

3 Which of these qualities can be acquired? Which must you be born with?

4 What do you think are the three most important characteristics of a good manager?

5 Which of them do you possess?

 VOCABULARY PREPARATION

 Match up these verbs and nouns to make common collocations

2 communicate information

 Match up the following words & definitions.

1 Consultant A a plan for achieving success

3 Innovation C A person with a less important position in an organization

4 Objective (noun) D A person who provides expert advice to a company

5 Promotion E A situation of danger or difficulty

6 Public sector F Something you plan to do or achieve

7 Strategy G The section of the economy under government control

8 Subordinate H When someone is raised to a higher or more important position

 Fill in the blanks with a correct preposition

1 The success or failure of a company depends _ the quality of their managers

2 One well-known classification of the tasks of a manager comes _ Peter Drucker

3 According to Drucker, the work of a manager can be divided five tasks

4 Managers have to communicate objectives the people responsible attaining them

5 They have to work _ people in other areas and functions

6 Managers have to see whether the objectives or targets set _ the organization are being

achieved

7 Top managers have to manage a business’s relations _ customers, suppliers and so on

8 They have to deal _ any crisis that arises

9 Some people are good management

10 Some people will be unable to put management techniques _ practice

WHILE READING TASKS

 Complete the guided notes.

1 The reason why management is important

………

………

2 Fill in the following diagram with five tasks of a manager’s work suggested by Peter Drucker

 Comprehension

3 Define which task each of the following activities belongs to

B Choose the right people for each task

C Encourage people to work

D Find out the way to achieve the targets

E Check if the objectives are being achieved

F Provide human resources and money

G Make sure that the objectives are clear to staf

H Find out methods to attain the objectives

I Consider the staf’s salary

J Help the staf improve their abilities

K Decide who should be raised to a higher position

L Encourage team work

M Deal with diferent people in diferent fields

THE WORK OF A MANAGER

……… ……… ……… ……….

.

………

 True or False?

4 A company’s top managers need to take only the current situation of their company into

account

5 The management board of a company should be flexible when dealing with its problems

 Answer the following questions

6 Management is not completely scientific – but it is a human skill Why?

………

………

7 Why are excellent managers quite rare according to the text?

………

 What does each of the underlined part refer to?

8 “Drucker was an American business professor and consultant who is often called things like

‘The Father of Modern Management’.

9 “ and for each individual member of it are being achieved.

 Words and expressions

10 Find words in the text with the following meanings

a Goals

b An urgent, difficult or dangerous situation

c Succeed in achieving something

d People who have lower positions and less power in an organization

e Make small changes to improve something

POST READING TASKS

VOCABULARY REVIEW

 Complete the following sentences with these words

Achieved – board of directors – communicate – innovations – manageable – performance – resources – setting – supervise

1 Managers have to decide how best to allocate the human, physical and capital

……… available to them

2 Managers – logically – have to make sure that the jobs and tasks given to their subordinates are

………

3 There is no point in ……… objectives if you don’t ……… them to your staf

4 Managers have to ……… their subordinates, and to measure, and try to improve, their

………

5 Managers have to check whether objectives and targets are being ………

6 A top manager whose performance is unsatisfactory can be dismissed by the company’s

………

7 Top managers are responsible for the ……… that will allow a company to adapt to a

changing world

 Use the word combinations you have learned from the reading text to complete the sentences

below.

1 After an organization has ……… , it has to make sure that it achieves them

2 Managers have to find the best way to ……… all the human, physical and capital

……… available to them

3 Some people ……… ……… better on their own while others work better in teams

4 Managers ……… the work of their ……… and try to develop their abilities

5 Managers ……… the ……… of their staf to see whether they are reaching their

targets

6 Top managers have to be prepared to ……… ……… ……… if they occur

and then have to ……… quick ………

TASK 2

 Write full sentences using the words given and adding any necessary words.

1 Management/ important / because / success / failure / companies / often depend/ quality / their

managers

………

2 According to Drucker - “the father of Modern Management” a manager’s work can / divide/ five tasks

………

3 first task / involve/ set / objectives, develop/ strategies, plans and precise tactics and / allocate resources

/ people and money

………

4 second task / involve / organize Managers/ have / select people / perform the tasks

………

5 do / third task, managers / need / social skills / motivation and communication

………

6 fourth task / require/ managers / measure / performance / their staf to check whether / objectives /

achieve (present continuous tense)

………

7 last task / be / develop people – both the managers themselves / their managers

………

8 When necessary, top managers / have / consider/ future and modify / objectives

………

9 They also have / manage /a business’s relations / customers

………

10 Besides they also have / deal / any crisis / arise

………