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Task 26. Make up a plan of the text “MANAGEMENT” in writing.
Task 27. Write about the importance of management in 5-7 sentences. Task 28. Reduce Text 1 to 150 words in writing, saving the main ideas of it. Task 29. Skim the text “MARY PARKER FOLLETT: MOTHER OF MODERN MANAGEMENT” to subtitle each paragraph of it. Task 30. Scan the text to find word combinations with the word “cross-functional”. Translate the sentences containing them. Task 31. Scan the text to find the English equivalents to the following word combinations:мінімальна зарплата, ділитися інформацією, допомагати зосередити ресурси, розв’язання конфліктів, передові компанії світу. Task 32. Read the text to answer the following questions. Translate your answers into Ukrainian. · What activities did M.P. Follett participate in, still in college? · Who is considered “father of scientific management”? · What is the essence of F. Taylor’s theory of management? · What did M.P. Follett believe in? · What does “cross-functional authority” mean? · How do M. Follett’s ideas of management differ from those of F. Tailor? · Why were M.P. Follett’s ideas ignored? Text 2. MARY PARKER FOLLETT: MOTHER OF MODERN MANAGEMENT Mary Parker Follett graduated from Thayer College at Radcliff. Still at college, Follett taught political science at a nearby secondary school. She was a member of Boston high society and participated on committees that set minimum wages for women and children. The management academic of that time (the early 1900s) was Frederick Taylor, the “father of scientific management”. His books favoured command-style, hierarchical organisations. Employees were treated much like robots or computers; things to be manipulated and directed. Taylor did not consider participative management. Managers worked more like dictators. Mary Parker Follett, alternatively, believed very strongly that the person doing the job was the person most likely to know how to do the job better. She believed that it was human nature to want to be self-managed. In addition, Follett believed in the concept of cross-functional rather that vertical authority. Her idea was for people in different departments to share information with one another for the benefit of all. Follett supposed that managers should be leaders rather than dictators. They were to provide a “vision” and assist focus all the resources of the firm on meeting that vision. Follett also considered that knowledge and experience, not titles and seniority, should decide who should lead. Follett’s ideas, written in the 1920s and 1930s, were way ahead of time. She was rather ignored while Frederick Taylor grew in importance. But times change and innovative ideas from the past unexpectedly take on new meaning. That is precisely what happened to Follett’s writings. A new book titled Mary Parker Follett – Prophet of Management: A Celebration of Writings from 1920s was made public by the Harvard Business School Press (1955). London School of Economics Chairman Sir Peter Parker says that he is not sure who the father of management is, but he has no doubt who the mother is: Mary Parker Follett. Her ideas about empowerment, self-management, cross-functional cooperation and conflict resolution are now being implemented in leading firms all over the world. Task 33. Translate the sentences into English: 1. До працівників ставились як до роботів чи комп’ютерів, якими можна управляти та маніпулювати. 2. Менеджери діяли подібно до диктаторів. 3. Особа, яка виконує роботу, знає найкраще, як її виконувати. 4. Її ідеї випереджували час. 5. Часи змінюються, інноваційні ідеї з минулого раптово набувають нового значення. 6. Менеджмент ґрунтується на основах, закладених Фредеріком Тейлором та Мері Паркер Фоллетт. 7. Їх можна назвати батьками менеджменту. 8. М.П. Фоллетт працювала в комісії, яка встановлювала мінімальну зарплату для дітей та жінок. 9. Ідеї уповноваження та самоуправління, які підтримувала М.П. Фоллетт сьогодні використовують багато компаній у всьому світі. 10. В його творах перевага надається командному стилю та ієрархічній організації. 11. М. Фоллетт викладала політологію в коледжі. 12. Заробітна плата – це винагорода, яку отримує працівник за виконання роботи. 13. Менеджер використовує всі доступні ресурси для досягнення мети. 14. Спільне користування інформацією сприяє підвищенню ефективності праці. 15. Інноваційні ідеї застосовують для удосконалення бізнесу. Task 34. Think over and then write for half an hour on one of the following issues: A.Do you think that knowing of at least some fundamentals of management and its functions and using them in everyday life is advantageous for everybody? Give your arguments and supply examples. B.Do you personally think that management is a science or an art? Supply your arguments. C.Have you personally used any of management functions in your everyday life? Describe the situations. DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS Task 35. Having acquainted with the material of the unit, how would you answer the questions? · Is management a science or an art? · Is getting management skills enough to become a successful manager? · Can we define management as getting things done through people? · How would you define the word “manager” without using the word management? Task 36. Choose any of the dialogues offered below. Reproduce them with a partner. Change the roles. Single out the major ideas and be ready to report them to the group. Dialogue 1.
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