Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "Ten Things To Do Today To Be A Better Manager"

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Ten Things To Do Today To Be A Better Manager

Listed below are ten things you can do to become a better manager. Pick one. Do it today. Pick another one for tomorrow. In two weeks you will be a better manager.

1. Select the best people

 As a manager, you are only as good as the people on your team. Give yourself a better chance to succeed by picking the best people from the start.

2. Be a motivator

 Human beings do things because we want to. Sometimes we want to because the consequences of not wanting to do something are unpleasant. However, most of the time we want to do things because of what we get out of it.

It's no different at work, people do good work for the pay, or the prestige, or the recognition. They do bad work because they want to take it easy and still get paid. They work really hard because they want to impress someone. To motivate your people better, figure out what they want and how you can give that to them for doing what you want them to do.

3. Build Your Team

 It is not enough that people are motivated to succeed at work. They have to work together as a team to accomplish the group's objective. After all, if we just want them all to "do their own things" we don't need you as a manager to mold them into a team, do we?...
 

The Mercenary Manager

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Companies that have warned their workforce to confront the realities of job insecurity and limited careers are finding they have created a new type of mercenary manager prepared to move to the highest bidder, according to a new report. The survey by Ashridge Management Centre says the wave of insecurity that affected managers during the corporate downsizings of the early 1990s was an unpleasant experience for many, but it taught them to be more self-centered and independent about their careers.

The backlash for companies, according to Laurence Handy, Ashridge’s director of research, is that many managers are now more likely to look elsewhere to further their careers if their current employer is not meeting their expectations. “They are saying they want something that’s interesting, and they want pay for it. You now have a very hard-nosed group of people who have got the message,” he said....
 

2. Scan the text and choose the correct alternative:

1. If someone flexes their muscles they:

a. do not show their real power.

b. do body-building exercises.

c. show how much power they really have.

2. If you spend a fortune you spend:

a. a lot of money.

b. a little money.

c. an average amount of money.

3. If you keep your options open, you decide to commit yourself to:

a. something well in advance.

b. something just before it happens.

c. nothing for the moment.

4. If you turn to someone for advice, you:

a. ask them for advice.

b. refuse their advice.

c. give them advice.

5. A marked change in something is:

a. a big change.

b. a medium-size change.

c. a small change.

6. If you scream something you say it very:

a. clearly.

b. loudly.

c. softly.

7. Headhunters are:

a. people who collect heads.

b. specialized recruiters who look for people to fill top-level jobs.

c. the most important hunters in a group.

3. What do these figures refer to in the text?

1. 553

2. 1990

3. 3/4

4. Find in the text:

1. an adjective that means demanding and realistic.

2. a noun that means a reaction to something that has negative results.

3. a verb that is used to talk about developing your career.

4. a noun that means what someone hopes to obtain from something.

5. a verb that is used with the answer to point 4, meaning to satisfy what people hope to obtain.

5. Match the words to build new word combinations:
 

6. Explain in English the meaning of these words:

1. Respond – …

2. Decline – …

3. Research – …

4. Current – …

5. Downsizing – …

6. Expectation – …

7. Workforce – …

8. Backlash – …

9. Motivator – …

10. Survey – …

7. Find the synonyms to these words in the text. Check your answers with your teacher.

What are the differences in the synonyms?

Can you make some examples to illustrate their meanings?

1. To face, to encounter, to challenge, to defy – …

2. Employer, director, boss – …

3. To tell, to relate, to recount, to narrate, to announce, to declare – …

4. Force, weight, power, influence, compression – …

5. Rule, regulation, edict, code, formula, canon – …

6. To rule, to govern, to take over, to command, to direct, to lead, to conduct – …

7. Boss, director, proprietor, owner – …

8. Calling, vocation, occupation, profession, work, job – …

9. Autonomous, free, sovereign, separate, self-governing – …

10. Uncertainty, hesitation, anxiety, freight, risk – …

8. Give 5 characteristic adjectives to a “MERCENARY MANAGER” and 5 characteristic adjectives to a “LIBERAL MANAGER”.

Which manager as you think,

would be more successful at work;

which one would be welcome home;

which one is richer;

which one is more loved by people?

While answering the questions try to give well-grounded argumentation.
 

Present Simple – простое настоящее время

Write questions and negations as in the example.

1. Simon likes tea.

2. We often play basketball on Saturdays.

3. Bill drives to work every day.

4. Our dog likes biscuits.

5. They live in France.

6. Samantha works in a supermarket.

7. Paul and Mary often go to the gym.

8. David always gets up at 8 o’clock.

9. Miss Jones teaches maths.

      10. Sue and Jill usually wear jeans.

Past Simple Tense – простое прошедшее время

 

In pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below as in the example.

SA: Mary went somewhere yesterday.
SB: Did she go to the theatre?

1. Mary / go / somewhere yesterday (theatre)

2. John / meet / somebody yesterday (his boss)

3. Father / repair / something yesterday (the car)

4. They / visit / somebody yesterday (the Browns)

5. Sheila / buy / something yesterday (a dress)

6. Tom / talk to / somebody yesterday (Ben)
7. They / bring / something yesterday (a cake)


Future Simple – Простое будущее время

Form an interrogative sentence and answer.

1. He/buy/dog/cat. (a cat)

2. She/live/London/Manchester. (London)

3. You/stay/at a hotel/at home. (at home)

4. He/buy/a car/a bike. (a car)

5. She/wear/a dress/a skirt and blouse. (a dress)

6. They/eat/a cake/a pie. (a pie)