Exercises

1. Translate into Russian.

Three-story structure (pyramid); levels of management; first-line managers; middle managers; operating employees; responsi­ble for; define policies; hard work; good luck; executive; chief executive officer, member of the Board; activities; supervise; su­pervisor, division manager; department head; plant manager; op­erations manager; foreman; organizational structure; purpose and mission; research; customer; development; accounting; goods and services; production of goods; percentage; customer; advertising; be in charge of; government regulations; hire; determine; ap­praise; guide; ensure; employment; salary; wage; labour.

2. Find the English equivalents.

Высший руководитель (менеджер); руководитель (менед­жер) первого звена; менеджер среднего уровня; исполнитель, служащий; исполнительный директор; генеральный дирек-

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Management Skills

Effectiveness of a manager's activity depends on certain im­portant skills. These skills can be divided into seven different cat­egories: conceptual, decision making, analytic, administrative, communicational, interpersonal and technical.

1. A conceptual skill is the ability of a manager to see the "general picture" of an organization. Managers must understand how their duties and the duties of other managers fit together to plan their activity in a proper way and get the required results. This skill is very important for top managers because it helps them plan "super goals" and develop proper strategies for the whole organization.

2. A decision making skill is the ability of a manager to choose the best course of actions of two or more alternatives. A manager must decide the following:

1. What objectives and goals must be reached?

2. What strategy must be implemented?

3. What resources must be used and how they must be distrib­uted?

4. What kind of control is needed?

In short, managers are responsible for the most important deci­sions which are required to carry out any organizational activity.

3. An analytic skill is the ability to deteimine the most impor­tant problem of many other problems and identify the causes of each problem before implementing a proper action plan. This abil­ity is especially important for top managers because they have to solve complex problems.

4. An administrative skill is the ability of a manager to keep to the organizational rules specified for the production process,