- •Английский язык для студентов, изучающих государственное управление english
- •Public administration students
- •Contents
- •Unit 1 What is Public Administration? a. Vocabulary
- •Implement (n)
- •Implement (V)
- •Implementation (n)
- •Institution (n)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Historical overview of public administration
- •Business Management and Public Administration
- •A. Vocabulary
- •List of the Key Words and Expressions
- •Insure (V)
- •Insurance (n)
- •Industry (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Business management and public administration
- •Public Administration as an Academic Discipline
- •Managerial, political, and legal approaches to public administration
- •G. Writing
- •Unit 3 Diversity of Public Administration Theory a. Vocabulary
- •Independence (n)
- •Interdependence (n)
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •Some theoretical aspects of public administration
- •The basic aspects of organization theory
- •The environment of public administration
- •E. Additional Reading
- •F. Discussion
- •"Public organisations are wasteful, private ones are efficient".
- •H. Writing
- •Public Administration Personnel:
- •Role-Types
- •A. Vocabulary
- •Identify (V)
- •Identification (n)
- •Interfere (V)
- •Interference (n)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Public administration personnel: role-types, role conflicts, role overloads
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •E. Additional Reading
- •F. Discussion
- •Personnel Administration: Staffing and Training the Agency
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •Personnel administration: staffing and training the agency
- •Recruiting
- •Examining and selecting
- •Evaluation
- •Continuing education in the public service
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •Ex. 3. Render into English:
- •E. Additional Reading
- •Promotion of public administration personnel
- •Incompetence as promotion mistakes, or the Peter Principle
- •F. Discussion
- •G. Writing
- •Unit 6 Decision-Making a. Vocabulary
- •Inaction (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Influence (n)
- •Influence (V)
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •C. Reading
- •Four processes of decision-making
- •Information search
- •Models of decision-making
- •Ex. 2. Read the text for understanding its main points and answer the following questions:
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •Ex. 3. Render into English:
- •E. Additional Reading
- •F. Discussion
- •H. Writing
- •Leadership
- •A. Vocabulary
- •List of the Key Words and Expressions
- •Impoverish (V)
- •Vocabulary Exercises Ex. 1. Which words can you derive from the following?
- •C. Reading
- •D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
- •Ex.3. Render into English:
- •E. Additional Reading the relation between policy, administration, and leadership
- •F. Discussion
- •G. Writing
- •Vocabulary Unit 1
- •Implement (n)
- •Implement (V)
- •Implementation (n)
- •Institution (n)
- •Insure (V)
- •Insurance (n)
- •Industry (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Independence (n)
- •Interdependence (n)
- •Identify (V)
- •Identity (n)
- •Initiate (V)
- •Initiate (n)
- •Initiate (adj)
- •Interfere (V)
- •Interference (n)
- •Intelligence (n)
- •Intelligent (adj)
- •Inaction (n)
- •Value (n)
- •Value (V)
- •Influence (n)
- •Influence (V)
- •Impoverish (V)
- •Bibliography Textbooks and Reference Materials
- •Dictionaries
- •220007, Г. Минск, ул. Московская, 17.
D. Post-reading Exercises Language Study
Ex. 1. Match the words to their definitions:
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Ex. 2. Give synonyms to the words given below in italics or briefly explain their meaning:
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As problems are defined and information about problems is examined, choices emerge.
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There is no right or wrong way to make decisions – sometimes cautious deliberation is the best path.
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Often the most important decisions are non-decisions: we put things off, we choose to ignore problems, or to avoid situations or people.
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Out of the active search for information the problem gained definition: air pollution is killing tress.
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Advances in lasers and genetic engineering influence defense and social policy in ways unanticipated by scientists or their government sponsors.
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Should we negotiate with terrorists or do we want to eliminate any incentive for future terrorism?
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We saw the unemployed whose benefits had expired, and the families unable to afford decent homes.
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We started seeing “the homeless” as people in desperate situations.
Ex. 3. Insert prepositions where necessary:
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Often the most important decisions are non-decisions: we choose to ignore … problems, to avoid situations, to put things … .
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The most important element in policy making is selecting a problem … attention and placing it … the policy agenda.
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Decision-making involves … evaluating the effects and actions.
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The distinction … information search and evaluation is arbitrary.
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Decision makers try to anticipate … outcomes … they reach conclusions.
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The result is the most common criterion – if things turn … well we feel we made the right choice.
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Rational decisions are choices based … judgment of preferences and outcomes.
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An emerging view of decision-making places a stronger emphasis … decisions as value statements.
Ex. 4. What’s the English for:
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Pre-discussion
Ex. 1. Retell the text finishing the following sentences and adding 4-5 phrases of your own:
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The text under discussion deals with the problem of …
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The four major elements: …, …, … and … which decision-making involves are not sequential.
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Problem definition and information search are the first steps in decision-making process. They mean recognizing that a problem exists and … .
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Choices emerge when problems are defined and … .
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The most difficult aspect of evaluating choices is … .
Ex. 2. Translate into English:
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Не существует верных или неверных путей принятия решений. Иногда наилучший путь – тщательное обдумывание и взвешивание возможных вариантов, но бывают и другие ситуации, которые требуют от нас риска.
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Иногда, принимая решение, мы тщательно взвешиваем все «за» и «против», но что-то не складывается, и мы понимаем, что сделали неверный выбор.
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Определение проблемы, требующей решения, является первым элементом процесса принятия решения.
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Когда мы осознали, что проблема существует, первое, что нам хочется сделать – узнать о ней как можно больше. Этот элемент процесса принятия решения называется поиском информации.
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Сделать выбор и принять решение очень трудно. Часто результаты выбора непредсказуемы.
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Прежде чем достичь согласия по поводу какой-либо проблемы, люди, принимающие решение, стараются предвидеть последствия и оценить их.
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Большинство ученых полагают, что существуют две модели принятия решений – рациональная и нерациональная.
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Часто случается так, что мы игнорируем проблему, стараемся не замечать ее, а затем обнаруживаем, что наша бездеятельность, так же как и деятельность, имеет положительные результаты.