7. Give the meanings of the following words which differ from those implied in the text:

pool, concert, operating, assembly, department, crisis.

8. Translate the following sentences. Paraphrase them so as to make them more adjusted to your own speech without losing their meaning:

1. Still another rational strategy employed by the bureaucracies faced with constraints from their environments is to try to gain control of, or to change, those environments.

2. Closely related to the organizational problem of which units to group together is the problem of how many units there should be.

3. The greater the commitment of the subordinates to the goals of either the subunit or the whole organization, the less the need for direct supervision.

4. the more communication and coordination that is required among co-workers, or between them and their superior, the fewer subordinates can be effectively supervised.

9. Match the definitions with terms (revision):

socialization, bureaucracy, culture, value system, competition

10. Complete the following sentences:

shares of the enterprise, to offer no solution, to anticipate smth., to ensure smth., stimuli to change, to run one's course, to meet the competition, to subsidize, to make smth. available to smb., to be governmentally supported.

1. The company failed to ... in the market and had to close down

2. During that year the company enjoyed the comfortable position in the market and did not get any...

3. The trends that began with the Industrial Revolution are still ... their...

4. Today the... .. ... are being sold at the highest price in all the year.

5. This event is not .... .... . It is ... by several companies, interested in improving the quality of life in the region.

6. We expected the experts to help us, but they... .....

7. At the personnel meeting the director said that the company had to employ a new strategy to... .. .

8. You should ... this information ... to every person in those departments.

9. Employing this strategy, they hoped to ... the coming changes in the market.

10. His mission was to ... the proper high quality of performance in the department.

1. Make your own sentences using a) the words from the Words list, b) the phrases from Exercise 1, c) the word combinations from Exercises 4 and

2. Give the main idea of the text.

Section VI.7. Organization and behavior in bureaucracy (p.109 – p.111)

Words:

attitude

representative

role conflicts (see "conflict" - ch.4, # 4)

hierarchy

foreman

specification

corrupt

executive(s)

dismissal

respective

illegitimate

implicitly

nonorganizational

unfair

commonplace

vital

otherwise

facilitate

to legitimize smth.

to underestimate smb./ smth.

to prohibit smth.

Phrases:

bureaucratic authority

organizational functioning

to break down

boundaries of organization

authority relationships

the necessity for smth.

to be subordinated to smb.

to achieve smth. through smth.

to receive orders from smb.

to give orders to smb.

to convert smth. into smth.

to carry out a decision

power struggle(s)

to assure the stability

the occupant(s) of position(s)

higher-level position(s)

high office

to be unsuited for smth.

to disrupt operations

respect for smb.

a variety of

to be facilitated by smth.

to violate boundaries

the threat of blackmail

to report to work

to handle complaints promptly

company policy

policy toward smth.

to demand smth, of smb.

along with smth.

regardless of smth.

to treat equally

to have the right to do smth.

job-related tensions

to be aimed at smth.

to prevent dismissal

universal standards for smth.

relevant standards for smth.