Ex.1. Make an organizational chart for a company you know about. Present the chart to your groupmates and tell what each person on your chart does.

 

Ex.2. Talk to your groupmate:

s which is the most interesting to work in:

finance department, sales department, marketing department, research and development department, personnel department.

 

Ex.3. Give your own order of importance of the following activities of a manager and give your reasons.

1. proper motivation of workers

2. making a profit

3. coordination of work

4. fighting competition

5. adherence to the goals set by the organization

6. creating agreeable working conditions

7. setting the organizational principles

 

Ex.4. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.

1. Peter’s success at college cut no ice with the selection committee. They were not impressed with academic attainments but wanted a man with practical experience.

2. We can kill two birds with one stone by combining our honey-moon with our business trip.

3. You can take my word for it, I saw it with my own eyes.

4. The secretary led her boss by the nose until she had spent all his money.

5. You will find it difficult to open a shop in the High Street. There is a lot of cutthroat competition in this town.

 

Ex.5. Comment on the following:

“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open.”

(Anonymous)

 

TEST 1 (UNIT I)