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1、actions speak louder than words,Management philosophies and the work plan,Objectives of this unit,Management Theme: Two theories of management Listening: Listen to an interview talking about a young entrepreneurs work routine Presentation: Phrasal verbs Speaking: Mini-debates,What are your English s
2、tudy plan?,Questions,Do you think plan is really important for your objective fulfillment?,Which is more important between plan and action?,How can you make you plan realized?,Two theories of motivation,Theory X (hard management): It is a pretty gloomy view of human nature. In brief, it states that
3、the average human has an inherent dislike of work, will avoid it if he can and will avoid responsibility at all costs. Because their dislike of work, most people must be coerced, controlled, directed and threatened with punishment to get them to make any effort at work.,Theory Y (soft management): I
4、t is the sunny, optimistic view of people and the one that best characterizes human nature, at least for a substantial majority of the population. In short, it states that most people will devote their energies to work, just as they do to play, as long as certain conditions are met. Firstly, they ne
5、ed set objectives and rewards for achieving them; secondly, they need responsibility; and thirdly, they need opportunities to apply their imagination, creativity and ingenuity to solve organizational problems. So, under the right circumstances, people want to work, are eager to work, derive satisfac
6、tion from work, and are good at work.,Distract sb from sth: catch one attention from sth Take off in a big way: make great improvement Look into: research Look over: watch New production site: new place to produce Move in market: launch Make up lost time: speed up to make up for the time lost Everyt
7、hing is up and running: the market is exciting,Importantwords,Tie up a deal: agree on sth Distribution: 分销 Make ones mark: succeed Iron out: deal with Take care of: use Stagnant: disappointing Rome wasnt built in a day: Everything needs time Barriers are broken down: everything is erased out Sow the
8、 seeds: prepare for Put in a token appearance: stay for a short time as a token,Listening exercise,The background of the listening exercise A manager is talking about his time schedule Pay attention to the specific date and his actions,Time schedule for peter,Monday In the morning, he will be lookin
9、g over their new production site at Hinton. After Hinton, he will attend a meeting in Paris with his French team. In the afternoon, he will move on to Zurich for meeting with a major software manufacturer.,Tuesday he will go to Budapest to have a meeting which is about opportunities in eastern Europ
10、e at the moment. In the afternoon he will go to Prague to have a joint venture meeting.,Time schedule for peter,On Wednesday, he will be back in Hinton for a series of internal meetings and monthly marketing meeting. At noon, he will have a lunch invitation in London to address the chamber of commer
11、ce on European technical integration. In the afternoon, he will have a series of technical meetings about the successor to the VAC2500.,Thursday He will stay in Hinton. He will have two meetings with technologists from Germany and Japan. Between the meetings he will have to catch up on matters in Hi
12、nton.,Friday: He will deal with matters that need attention in Hinton/ at base.,Background of the mini debate,Because of the bad result last year, the board of the company decides to fire one of the medium management. Imagine the four members of one group are respectively the manage of Sales Dept, A
13、dvertising Dept, Human Resources Dept, and the Production Dept. (If there are 5 members, then the fifth should be the Financial Department Manager),Debate,Debate,Translation,我从小时候看过的一幅画中吸取了不少灵感。那时一匹奔马,代表飞快的时间,后来成了我做生意的哲学基础。我管理公司四十余年来懂得了“时间一去不复返”的道理。 Answer: I drew great inspiration from a picture I saw in my childhood. It was a running horse representing time, which became the basis of my philosophy for business. During the 40 years I have been in management, I have learned that “lost time never returns.”,Assignment,P47 Ex 4 Preview unit 8,