Комплексна контрольна робота. Ділова англійська мова, ІІІ курс, 5 семестр
Ділова англійська мова, ІІІ курс, 5 семестр
Варіант 23
strategies in managing the staff
Read and translate the text (paragraphs 1 – 3 in a written form). Before reading look through and remember the following words and word combinations from the text
| productivity | продуктивність |
| discontented | незадоволений |
| smooth-running team | команда, якою легко керувати |
| solid | твердий |
| quality | якість |
| turnover | ротація, плинність (кадрів) |
| flexibility | гнучкість, маневреність, пристосованість |
| temporary | тимчасовий |
| merger | злиття |
| dissatisfaction | невдоволеність |
| accountability | відповідальність, підзвітність |
| collaborate | співробітничати |
| identity factor | фактор особистості, тотожності, ідентичності |
| increase | збільшувати |
1. Pick up the latest U.S. and European business books and you will find case studies on business teams, theories on how to develop teams for increased productivity, and ideas for activities which turn previously discontented employees into smooth-running teams.
2. There are solid reasons why businesses considered using teams. The reasons are such things as need or desire for: increased productivity, increased quality of goods and services, better quality of work life employees, cost reduction, reduced employee turnover, reduced spoken and unspoken conflicts within the workplace, increased innovation, increased organizational adaptability or flexibility.
3. When we speak of teams, we have many different kinds in mind, some of which are: permanent organization structure which is built around teams, temporary use of teams for special periods of time or special projects, such as merger study team, rewards and recognition team, corporate wellness team; functional teams, such as accounting team, marketing team, manufacturing team; interdisciplinary teams, using functional areas of marketing, operations and customer service to study and solve issues of customer dissatisfaction; teams with rotating leaders; teams with permanent bosses; self-managing teams.
4. We have found that many of our clients can work with and understand a team if we define it as having the following principal characteristics: shared accountability for some issues; shared responsibility for management; collaborative work wherever appropriate; ability to stand in for each other as needed; effective at group task; value and support for one another.
5. Certain conditions must exist for self-organizing teams to succeed: Information, Relationships and Self-Reference (or Identity).
6. Information must flow freely throughout an organization and increase thinking, involvement and contributions among all employee populations. Relationship is formed as information is shared and understanding develops among team members – it helps build trust. Self-reference is about the level of shared purpose among all people in the organization. Of the people see themselves as a part of the system producing the critical results which accomplish the strategy, then they have that self-reference or identity factor.
7. When teams do work, the productivity increases significantly, costs reduce. This is a clear path to success for those who desire to gain benefits from using teams.
Translate the sentences into Ukrainian
1. The productivity was increased due to the efforts of our manufacturing team.
2. He was discontented with manager’s attitude to him.
3. We are famous for the quality of our goods and solid reputation.
4. It’s a temporary merger to realize the new project.
5. I noticed the customer’s dissatisfaction with our services.
6. Relationships, Information and Self-Reference are the factors that influence the teams’ work.