Task 3. Transcribe the following sense groups observing stresses and tunes as it is shown in the pattern. Practise the syllabic reading and prosodic arrangement
| ‘How | can | they | ‘make ‘sen | se ou | t of | cha |’o | tic | en\vi | ron | ment? |
1. Management is both an art and a science.
2. ...it is the key to bottom-line success.
3. When organizations successfully try a new tactic…
4. Blunders in organizing can be extremely costly.
5. If actual performance falls short of objectives…
6. …and regard it as something to be exploited rather than remedied.
Task 4. Prepare phonetic reading of any paragraph from the text. Make sure you know the pronunciation of all the words. Use appropriate tunes.
WORD BUILDING EXERCISES
Task 1. Underline the suffixes and name the part of speech. What parts of speech are these words formed from? Give similar examples.
Organization, competitive, wisely, customer, management, optional, performance, frequently, conclusion, employee, employer, leadership, religious, consultant, productive, productivity, weakness, basic, assumption, identify, effectiveness, equipment, effectively, ethical, judgment, relationship.
Task 2. Form the antonyms. Use prefixes conveying negative meaning: un~, in~, im~, ir~, dis~ or the suffix ~less. Consult a dictionary.
Consistent, advantage, organize, effective, practical, successful, help, ethical, frequently, important, productive, relevant, ability, developed, formal, need, definite, employed, continue, active, clear, desired, necessary, efficient, order
Task 3. Comment on the structure of the following compounds. Give your own examples of compounds
Workplace, shareholders, airplane, six-person office, furthermore, salesperson, throughout, well-managed, marketplace, self-interest, viewpoints, stakeholders, first-line/bottom-level (managers).
Task 4. Give derivatives from the following words.
To organize, to act, product, to administer, to recognize, to employ, value, form,
human, to base, to assume, to compete, to apply, special, to define, to consider
Task 5.Complete the following sentences with the derivatives from the words in italics.
Rely.
a. He is a very ___worker.
b. I am____ informed that he'll be promoted soon.
c. Her main quality is her ____.
d. My assistant is someone who can be ___on.
Criticize.
a. The report has been received very____ by top management.
b. The Personnel Director is an outspoken ____ of our reorganization.
c. I thought her _____ was unfair and not based on fact.
Analyze
a. Managers need to have _____ mind.
b. Our_____ showed that we needed more emphasis on marketing.
c. We must look at the problem_____.
4. sure.
a. Performance appraisals help to ____that promising staff are not overlooked for promotion.
b. At my interview, my boss ____ me that I had a bright future in the company.
c._____ you agree she's one of the high fliers in the department.
5.able.
a. This young trainee has considerable_____.
b. Due to our _____ to get certain supplies, we lost the order.
c. Because of a production hold-up, we are _____ toprovide the product.
d. In my work, I am ____ assisted by my secretary.
6. decision.
a. Being a currency dealer in a bank, she has to make quick decisions and be very ____ at all times.
b. Because we were _____, we wasted time and lost the contract.
c. I am still ____whether to leave my present job but I must make up my mind soon.
Skill.
a. The Chairman was _____ at avoiding answering awkward questions.
b. The ____workers in the Production Department are well paid.
c. To be a good manager, you need many _____.
d. The ______ workers in our company are the lowest paid because they need no training for their jobs.
Employ.
a. Most _____ in an organization can benefit from training.
b. _____is almost 8% in my country - that's far too high.
c. The____ are entitled to various social security payments.
d. He's fairly old and hasn't had a job for years. I'd say he's virtually____.
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