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Unit 4. Managing Employees

Exercise 12.

1. Write a Christmas / New Year / Easter card to your business friend.

2. Your partner's product has been a commercial success. Write a letter of congratulation to him.

3. Mr. Green's speech at the meeting produced a great impression on you. You liked his idea of further development of the coal region and creating new jobs. Write a letter of appreciation to him.

Exercise 13. Role-play.

1. Roles: a birthday person, a guest

A man/woman conies to a birthday party. He/she congratulates his/her friend and gives him a present. The birthday person thanks the guest.

2. Roles: participants in the conference

Mr. White's report is a great success at the conference. His ideas are creative, his approach is new. Mr. Smith introduces himself to Mr. White. He congratulates him on his success and invite him to dinner at a restaurant. Mr. White accepts the invitation.

3. Roles: businessmen

A businessman has just been promoted. His friend rings him up to congratulate him. The businessman invites him to a cocktail party at his place. His friend promises to come.

Exercise 1. Learn the words and word combinations:

1. magic ['mædʒik] а волшебный, магический

2. formula, pl formulae ['fɔ:mjulə, fɔ:mjuli:] n формула; предписание, рецепт

3. effective [i'fektiv] а эффективный, успешный

4. choose, chose, chosen [tʃu:z, tʃouz, 'tʃouzən] выбирать

to make (made) a choice [tʃois] делать выбор

5. thoughtfully ['θɔ:fuli] adv задумчиво, вдумчиво

6. genuine ['dʒenjuin ] а подлинный, истинный

7. enthusiasm [in'θju:ziæzm] n энтузиазм, восторг

8. whether ['weðə] conj ли

9. willing ['wiliŋ] готовый (охотно) (сделать что-л.)

10. mediocre ['mi:dioukə] а посредственный

11. no matter ['nou'mætə] ничего, неважно, все равно

12. create [kri:'eit] v создавать

13. environment [in'vaiərənmənt] n окружающая обстановка

14. particular [pə'tikjulə] а особый, особенный, отдельный

15. challenge ['tʃælindʒ] n вызов

16. require [ri'kwaiə] v требовать

requirement [ri'kwaiəmənt] n требование

17. approach [ə'proutʃ] n подход

18. to depend on smb/smth [di'pend] зависеть от кого-л. / чего-л.

19. financial incentives[fai'nænʃəl in'sentivz] финансовое поощрение

20. empower [im'раuə] v уполномочивать; давать возможность, право

21. thrive, throve, thriven [θraiv, θrouv, 'θrivn ] v процветать, преуспевать

22. encourage [in'k⋀ridʒ] v ободрять, поощрять

23. share [ʃεə] v делить(ся)

to share in smth принимать участие, иметь долю в чём-л.

24. achieve [ə'tʃi:v] v достигать; совершать

achievable [ə'tʃi:vəbl] a достижимый

achievement [ə'tʃi:vmənt] n достижение; выполнение, совершение

25. software ['softwεə] n программное обеспечение

26. schedule ['ʃedju:l] n расписание, график

27. undermine [ˌ⋀ndə'main] v разрушать, подрывать

28. in addition to [ə'diʃən] в дополнение; к тому же

29. e-mail = electronic mail [ilek'tronik 'meil] электронная почта

30. routinely [ru: 'ti:nli] adv по заведенному порядку

31. session ['seʃən] n заседание

32. communicate [kə'mju:nikeit] v сообщать, передавать; общаться

communication [кəˌmju:ni'keiʃən] n сообщение, передача; связь

33. fake [feik] v подделывать, фальсифицировать

34. to interact with people [intə'rækt] взаимодействовать с людьми

35. a fair number of ['fεə 'nΛmbə] достаточное количество

36. feedback ['fi:dbæk] п обратная связь

37. to transfer skills [træns'fə: 'skilz] передавать умения

38. to tackle tasks ['tækl 'ta:sks] решать задачи

39. smart [sma:t] а умный, сообразительный

40. morale [mo'ra:l] n фр моральное состояние, боевой дух

41. involve [in'volv] v вовлекать

everybody involved все заинтересованные

42. to take (took, taken) on принимать или брать на себя; начинать

43. to make (made) a solid decision ['meik ('meid)... 'solid di'siʒən] принимать твердое решение

44. to reconsider a decision ['ri:kən'sidə] пересматривать, изменять решение

45. please [pli:z] v угождать, доставлять удовольствие

46. to be in trouble [tr⋀bl] быть в беде

47. paralysis, pl paralyses [pə'rælisis, pə'rælisi:z] n паралич

48. suppose [se'pouz] v полагать

Exercise 2. Read and translate the words having the same roots and define what parts of speech they are.

Thought, thoughtful, thoughtfully; produce, product, productive, production, productivity; create, creation, creative, creator; achieve, achievable, unachievable, achievement; decide, decisive, decision; choose, choice; routine, routinely; communicate, communicative, communication; genuine, genuinely, important, importance.

Exercise 3. Read and translate the following expressions and words having similar roots in the Russian language.

A magic formula; effective; enthusiasm; results; to maximize productivity; financial; a combination; an information system; culture; to stimulate productivity; a context; realistic; a project; regular meetings; mass; personal contacts; a role; routinely; periodically; to communicate; morale; credit; to risk, paralysis.

Exercise 4. Read and translate the words having the negative prefixes un- and in-.

Unachievable, undone, unnecessary, unrealistic, unimportant, unreal, unreasonable, unpractical, unprofitable, unprepared, unpurchased; inhuman, indecisive, invalid.

Exercise 5. Read ami translate the following word combinations into Russian. Use them in sentences of your own.

Without genuine enthusiasm; a strong team; a mediocre team; to create a productive environment; financial incentives; to increase productivity; to provide an information system; to empower employees; software developers; a software engineer; to encourage people; share ideas; to remain highly motivated; to achieve a goal; to define success; to make it clear to employees; to constitute success; to measure achievement; realistic goals; to set project schedules; unachievable goals; to undermine organizations; mass gatherings; e-mail; routinely; to be good at communicating; a wide range of personal contacts; personal friendships; to tackle new or undone tasks; to communicate something; to communicate with somebody; smart managers; a sense of importance; to make a solid decision; to make a choice; to reconsider decision; to hate indecisive leadership; to reconsider a decision; to risk paralysis.

I. Revise some patterns of the Objective –with-the- Infinitive Construction.

II. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.

1. The manager had the letter be sent.

2. The secretary let the visitor (come) in.

3. He asked me to telephone him in the evening.

4. The director doesn't like the employees to be late.

5. Do you always make people wait for you?

6. Let it be.

7. I want you to accompany our guest to the hotel.

8. Let me know when you come home.

9. I advised her not to stay at this hotel.

10. We know the goods to have been delivered.

11. I couldn't get (добиться) her to finish her work.

12. The manager heard the salesgirl speak to a customer very politely.

Exercise 7. Scan the text below and find the sentences having the Objective-with-the-infinitive constructions. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

Exercise 8. Read and translate the following text.

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