VIII. Insert correct prepositions where necessary.
VII. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.
VI. Complete the sentences with the information from the text.
V. Read the text again. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
IV. Answer the questions on the text.
III. Find English equivalents to the following Russian words and word-combinations.
Штат сотрудников, преуспевающий менеджер, главный офис, управлять штатом, важные задачи, выражать недовольство, хвалить, совершать ошибки, предчувствовать недовольство, быть неизбежным, старомодный подход, мовыражать себя, создавать атмосферу, приобретать новые умения, передавать задания другим членам команды.
1. How can successful managers be characterized?
2. What is a good manager?
3. What essential tasks of a good manager can be emphasized?
4. Who accepts full responsibility in the company for the mistakes of the staff?
5. What is the most under-used tool in management?
6. How does a manager help people to express themselves?
7. Great managers always learn new skills, don’t they?
8. Whom do they pass on the tasks they have already mastered?
Successful managers…
1. are proud of their people’s growth.
2. try to be positive when there are problems in the company.
3. praise their staff as often as they can.
4. never dislike any member of their staff.
5. concentrate on their employees’ strong points.
6. do not want their people to express themselves.
7. enjoy new challenges.
1. Great managers are happy when their staff…
2. A great manager is someone who knows how …
3. Praise is the most under-used …
4. Managers who regularly praise the staff are in a stronger position to …
5. Great managers anticipate …
6. Discrimination or favoritism is fatal to….
7. Great managers want their people to feel free …
8. Great managers are constantly looking for …
1. Great managers are cheerful optimists.
2. A good manager handles the staff well.
3. A manager accepts full responsibility.
4. The best managers remember that they selected their people.
5. Great managers give praise.
6. Great managers learn new skills and acquire useful information.
7. They are constantly looking for higher-level activities.
8. People feel free to express themselves.
1. A good manager knows how to handle … staff well.
2. Managers congratulate their people … their success.
3. People seldom know what they will be doing … 10 years’ time.
4. Great managers judge … merit.
5. Favoritism is fatal …the smooth running … any team
6. Great managers try to avoid the old fashioned approach … management.
7. Managers acquire useful information … the outside world.
8. Best managers pass … tasks … the other members …the team.
9. Great managers are responsible … the progress their staff make.