Concluding the Topic

Reading Four: My Idea of a True Manager

He knows how to manage others

who knows how to manage himself.

It cannot be denied that the company’s success is mainly due to good management. There are different views on the qualities required by a ‘true manager’. I’d like to tell you about my idea of a good manager.

I personally think that competence is one of the basic business qualities. In fact, a competent manager has sufficient skills and knowledge to do his job to a high standard that allows maintaining good reputation. One can gain knowledge from various books, own experience, and other people’s experience. I’m convinced that sense of responsibility is essential to an efficient manager. No manager is successful in business without taking risks and doing new things. No doubt, a good manager needs managerial skills and flexibility to meet changing circumstances. Ability to work hard is also one of the attributes of a successful manager. Among the ingredients of success a good command of a foreign language counts for a great deal. Skill in using office equipment is also desirable.

It is important for any person to turn professional. Besides business qualities a manager needs to have a number of personal qualities that must be seen as the key to success. So, a true manager is strong-minded, dependable and confident. Brainpower is an important factor that gets a person a job. But such qualities of mind like understanding one’s own feelings, being sensitive to other people’s feelings and the ability to manage your own feelings matter much as they get a person promotion.

B. Working with Words

9. Transcribe:

Quality, require, competence, sufficient, allow, reputation, knowledge, responsibility, essential, efficient, managerial, flexibility, circumstance, ability, attribute, ingredient, equipment, desirable, dependable, confident, sensitive, promotion.

II. Find the synonymic pairs:

1. competent, true, quality, brainpower, competence,

essential, circumstance, confident

b) intelligence, sure, necessary, efficient, expertise, situation, attribute, real

III. Fill in the chart and make up sentences:

Introductory phrase	a quality	what it counts for
No doubt	ability to work hard	is required by a ‘true manager’.
…	…	…

IV. Correct the following statements. Begin with an introductory phrase.

1. The company’s success is mainly due to the ability to work hard.

2. There is only one view on the qualities required by a ‘true manager’.

3. The ability to manage your own feelings is one of the basic business qualities.

4. One can gain knowledge only from one’s own experience.

5. A good command of foreign languages is essential to an efficient manager.

6. Many managers are successful in business without taking risks and doing new things.

7. A good manager needs skills in using office equipment to meet changing circumstances.

8. The ability to take risks must be seen as the key to success.

9. Being sensitive to other people’s feelings is an important factor that gets a person a job.

10. Brain power gets a person promotion.

V. Answer the questions:

1. What is the company’s success mainly due to?

2. What is one of the basic business qualities?

3. What helps a competent manager do his job to a high standard?

4. Where can one gain knowledge from?

5. What is essential to an efficient manager?

6. What skills does a good manager need to meet changing circumstances?

7. What counts for a great deal among the ingredients of success?

8. What qualities does a manager need besides business qualities?

9. What factor gets a person a job?

10. What qualities get a person promotion?

VI. Match English and Russian equivalents:

1. быть обязанным чему-либо a) a good command of a

foreign language

2. требоваться кому-либо b) to turn professional

3. компетентность c) to be successful in

business

4. основное деловое качество d) promotion

5. выполнять работу на высоком e) brainpower

уровне

6. сохранять хорошую репутацию f) flexibility

7. получать знания из g) competence

8. чувство ответственности h) to do one’s job to a high

standard

9. быть необходимым для i) to maintain good

reputation

10. быть успешным в бизнесе j) to gain knowledge from

11. рисковать k) the key to success

12. гибкость l) skill in using office

equipment

13. соответствовать меняющимся m) sense of responsibility

обстоятельствам

14. составляющие успеха n) to be due to

15. хорошее владение иностранным o) to be required by

языком

16. иметь большое значение p) to be essential to

17. умение пользоваться q) to manage your own

оргтехникой feelings

18. стать профессионалом r) basic business quality

19. ключ к успеху s) to be sensitive to

20. «мозговитость», ум t) to count for a great deal

21. быть чувствительным к u) to take risks

22. управлять собственными v) ingredients of success

чувствами

23. повышение по службе w) to meet changing

circumstances

С. Writing

Write a composition “My Idea of a True Manager” using active vocabulary.

TOPICS FOR ORAL REPORTS

1. What business qualities do you think are required by a true manager?

2. Do you think charisma, energy and discipline are necessary to turn professional?

3. What personal qualities do actually matter for a manager?

4. What attributes of a true manager do you have?

5. Is it advantageous to have a good educational background?

6. What is a true manager supposed to do to make his company successful?

7. What is important to do to turn professional?

8. Is it difficult to set up your own business?

9. What gets a person promotion?

10. What are you doing to become a competent manager?

11. What is your idea of a true manager?