1. As a rule a private company has at least two directors.
2. Outstanding managers are rather common.
3. Managing is a hard work, for there is a lot to be done and little time to do it.
4. The term “director” is used more frequently in profit-making organizations.
5. There are no other qualities but superior technical and managerial skills which a manager must
possess.
6. At the turn of the century the business manager’s objective was to consider the environment in
which the organization operated and appreciate the current issues of the total economic,
political, social, and ecological system in which the society lived.
7. A corporation is headed by board of directors elected by shareholders.
8. Managers are those people who are responsible for making and carrying out decisions within
the system.
9. The role of the manager today doesn’t differ from what it was one hundred years ago.
Ex. 28. What is a manager responsible for? Fill in the bubbles.
Ex. 29. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. What are the questions?
1. Much knowledge of economics and business.
2. In profit-making organizations.
3. By board of directors.
4. Managing people, marketing management and financial management.
5. Only one director.
6. A combination of desirable personal qualities.
7. The environment in which the organization operates.
8. Planning, organizing, directing and controlling.
9. To the managing director.
10. By communicating them to the people who are responsible for various jobs.
11. At the turn of the century.
12. “Director”, “administrator ” and “president”.
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FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE
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1. What is management?
2. Why is management vitally important?
3. What decisions are we constantly making?
4. What is a major part of the manager’s job?
5. What sort of process is management?
6. What must a manager draw on in his job?
7. What sciences does a manager draw on?
8. As a process management involves a lot of activities. What are they?
9. Management is also a group of people. What are these people in charge of?
10. What is managers’ duty?
11. Who was the first to describe MBO?
12. How many basic functions do most managers perform? What are they?
13. What is the first management function?
14. What does the first management function involve?
15. Do the subordinates participate in developing strategies?
16. What is the second function of management?
17. What do managers do in the second function of management?
18. What does the third function of management involve?
19. In what stage of management do managers guide, teach and motivate workers?
20. In what stage of management are the questions of pay and promotion decided?
21. What is the last function of management?
22. Who considers the needs of the future of the company?
23. Who do top managers have to manage a business’s relations with?
24. What are the benefits of MBO?
25. What knowledge does management demand?
26. How does the role of modern manager differ from that of hundred years ago?
27. What current issues must a modern manager appreciate?
28. What are general functions of any managerial system?
29. What are managers responsible for?
30. Who sets objectives in the organization?
31. Why is management a hard work?
32. Are intuition and instinct enough to be a good manager?
33. What should a good manager learn?
34. What personal qualities must a manager possess?
35. Why outstanding managers rare?
36. What different terms are used for “manager”?
37. In what organizations are other than “manager” terms used?
38. What is a corporation headed by?
39. What positions of top managers do you know?
40. In what areas are career opportunities in management generally found?
UNIT 2 Cross cultural management
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