Management and Human Resources Development

1. Managers perform various functions. One of the most important functions is proper utilization of people. Worker performance is closely related to motivation.

2. Keeping employees motivated is an essential component of good management. In a business context, motivation refers to the stimulus that directs the behavior of workers toward the company goals. In order to motivate workers to achieve company goals, managers must be aware of their needs.

3. Many managers believe workers will be motivated to achieve organizational goals by satisfying their fundamental needs. These needs include a good salary, safe working conditions and job security. Although important, salary, working conditions and job security do not provide the primary motivation for many workers in highly industrialized societies, especially at professional levels.

4. Increased motivation is more likely occur when works meets the needs of individuals for learning, self – realization and personal growth. By responding to personal needs, growth, promotion and more interesting work managers have altered conditions in the work – place and many employees are motivated to perform more effectively.

5. In an attempt appeal to both the fundamental and personal needs of workers, innovative management approaches, such as job enrichment and job enlargement, have been adopted in many organizations. Job enrichment givers workers more authority in making decisions related to planning and doing their work.

6. A worker might assume responsibility scheduling work-flow, checking guilty of work produced. Job enlargement increases the number of tasks workers perform by allowing them to rotate positions or by fiving them responsibility for doing several jobs.

Послетекстовые упражнение (The exercises to be done after reading the text)

Упражнение 5. Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 2, 3, 4.

Упражнение 6. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What is the most important manager’s function?

2. What is the essential component of good management?

3. What will be workers motivated to achieve organizational goals by?

4. What do these needs include?

5. Why don’t salary, working conditions and job provide the primary motivation for many workers in highly industrialized societies?

6. What kind of motivation is more likely to occur?

Упражнение 7. Заполните пропуски соответствующими предлогами.

1. One … the most important function is proper utilization … people.

2. … a business context, motivation refers to the stimulus that directs the behavior of workers toward the company goals.

3. Many managers believe workers will be motivated to achieve organizational goals … satisfying their fundamental need.

4. Although important, salary, working conditions do not provide the primary motivation… many workers.

5. … responding to personal needs, growth, promotion managers have altered conditions in the workplace and many employees are motivated to perform more effectively.

6. A worker might assume responsibility scheduling work-flow, checking quality … work produced.

Упражнение 8. Закончите предложение, выбрав соответствующее по смыслу окончание .Managers… various functions.

1. write

2. perform

3. read

1. One of the most important function is … of people.

1. utilization

2. alteration

3. performance

2. Worker performance is closely related …

1. motivation

2. aim

3. education

3. Keeping employees motivated is an essential component of good …

1. school

2. university

3. management

4. Many managers believe workers will be motivated to achieve organizational … by satisfying their fundamental needs:

1. dream

2. interest

3. goals

5. By responding to needs, growth, promotion and more interesting work … have altered conditions in the work place and many employees are motivated to perform more effectively.

1. managers

2. owners

3. workers

Упражнение 9. Переведите предложения на английский язык.

1) Менеджеры выполняют различные функции, но одна из самых важных – правильное использование людских ресурсов.

2) Труд рабочих тесно связан с мотивацией.

3) Для того, чтобы мотивировать работников на достижение целей компании, менеджеры должны знать о потребностях работников.

4) Большинство менеджеров уверены, что работники будут мотивированы на достижение целей, если будут удовлетворены их основные потребности.

5) Эти потребности включают хорошую зарплату, безопасную работу.

6) Повышенная мотивация может быть тогда, когда работа удовлетворяет потребности людей в обучении, самореализации и персональном росте.

Unit 4

Management Functions

Предтекстовые упражнения

(The exercises to be done before reading the text)

Упражнение 1. Прочтите слова и словосочетания и постарайтесь запомнить их русские эквиваленты.

vital – насущный, жизненный, основной

compose – составлять, состоять из…

sure - надёжность

perform - исполнять

evaluate - оценивать

establish – основывать, устанавливать

listed - относиться

managerial – управленческий

continue – продолжать

objective – цель, стремление

attain – достигать

responsibility – ответственный

supervision – проверка, надзор

guide – руководить

assign – назначать

involve – включать, вовлекать

determine – определять

allocate – распределять

revise – исправлять

Упражнение 2. Прочтите вслух и сопоставьте их с русским значением.

Perform, continue, allocate, sure, compose, revise, objective, managerial, supervision, vital, establish, listen.

Упражнение 3. Прочтите и переведите слова, обращая внимание на суффиксы и префиксы.

Compose – composer – composition

Perform – performance – performer

Establish – establishment

Manage – manager – management – managerial

Allocate – allocation

Object – objective

Determine – determination

Continue – continues

Decide – decidedly – decision

Attain – attainable – attainment

Упражнение 4. Переведите предложение на русский язык. Обратите внимание на новые слова и словосочетания.

1. Management plays a vital role in any business.

2. Management is composed of a team of management.

3. Most managers perform four basic functions.

4. These management functions are planning, organizing, directing and controlling.

5. Planning involves determine overall company objectives.

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Прочтите текст и переведите на русский язык.