UNIT 2
SORTING OUT PRODUCTION ISSUES
| Learning goals
After studying this unit you will be able to:
· identify factors of production
· define production
· find out about production and operations management
· discuss the issues to be solved when organising a manufacturing process
· discuss site selection as related to the production facility
· explain modern business philosophies
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READING I
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
Before you read
Vocabulary tasks
1. Word building: complete the following table with appropriate derivatives.
| Verb
| Noun
| Person
| Adjective
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| produce
| production
| producer
| producible
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| manufacture
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| entrepreneur
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| identify
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| analysis
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| classify
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| economic
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| manageable
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| work
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| transporter
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| categorize
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| employment
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| innovative
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2. There are some collocations with the word ‘production’. Think of other word combinations with this word. Use dictionaries to help yourself.
| industrial production
| production of goods
| to start production
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| planned production
| production of machines
| to launch production
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| organised production
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Key terms
1. Choose the Russian equivalents for the English terms and word expressions in the left-hand column.
| 1) mass production
| a) полная и неполная (частичная) занятость
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| 2) factors of production
| b) хорошо обученная рабочая сила
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| 3) full- and part-time work
| c) массовое (поточное, серийное) производство
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| 4) private and public sectors
| d) сырье
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| 5) well-trained labour force
| e) искусственные, созданные руками человека ресурсы
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| 6) natural resources
| f) факторы производства
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| 7) raw materials
| g) средства обслуживания, удобства, услуги; оборудование, средства, приспособления
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| 8) man-made resources
| h) коммунальные сооружения или предприятия, коммунальные услуги
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| 9) facilities
| i) частный и государственный секторы
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| 10) utilities
| j) естественные (природные) ресурсы (богатства)
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2. Match up the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
| 1) production
| a) the application of practical sciences to industry or commerce
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| 2) mass production
| b) the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise considered as a decisive factor influencing economic growth
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| 3) resources
| c) any resource used in the production of goods or services
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| 4) entrepreneurship
| d) the use of resources to make goods or services which have value
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| 5) infrastructure
| e) making large numbers of basically identical things
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| 6) technology
| f) assuming the risk of starting one’s own business
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| 7) factor of production
| g) anything that can contribute to economic activity
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