Материал: Английский язык для управления предприятием. Лавриненко И.Ю., Козлова В.В

c)IMT captures some more meaningful categories.

d)IMT Is a part of a disciplinary specialty.

e)IMT presupposes many specialists.

IMT in Action

a)What business software have you already used? What is its function? In what way does it optimize the work?

b)Imagine that you are a programmer and make a program that will contribute to your enterprise work efficiency. Present your software to the class: speak about the following: its main goal, functions, results it gives, the area of its use, etc.

Task 9. Read the following text and answer the questions below:

1)What is the function of ERP?

2)What does “shared database” practically mean?

3)What are the advantages of synchronized reporting?

4)What information does dashboard offer?

5)What does modern ERP programme encompass?

ERP INTEGRATES PROCESSES ACROSS BUSINESS FUNCTIONS

ERP is an acronym for Enterprise Resource Planning, but even its full name doesn't shed much light on what ERP is or what it does. For that, you need to take a step back and think about all of the various processes that are essential to running a business, including inventory and order management, accounting, human resources, customer relationship management (CRM), and beyond. At its most basic level, ERP software integrates these various functions into one complete system to

streamline processes and information across the entire organization.

The central feature of all ERP systems is a shared database that supports multiple functions used by different business units. In practice, this means that employees in different divisions - or example, accounting and sales - can rely on the same information for their specific needs.

ERP software also offers some degree of synchronized reporting and automation. Instead of forcing employees to maintain separate databases and spreadsheets that have to be manually merged to generate reports, some ERP solutions allow staff

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to pull reports from one system. For instance, with sales orders automatically flowing into the financial system without any manual re-keying*, the order management department can process orders more quickly and accurately, and the finance department can close the books faster. Other common ERP features include a portal or dashboard to enable employees to quickly understand the business' performance on key metrics.

Today, ERP has expanded to encompass business intelligence (BI) while also handling "front-office" functions such as sales force automation (SFA), marketing automation and ecommerce. With these product advancements and the success stories coming out of these systems, companies in a broad range of industries - from wholesale distribution to ecommerce - use ERP solutions.

Source: Oracle Netsuit, [Электронный ресурс]. – Режим доступа: URL: http://www.netsuite.com/portal/resource/articles/erp/what-is-erp.shtml (время обращения - 05.01.19).

re-keying* — повторный ввод с клавиатуры

Task 10. Replace the words in bold with their synonyms:

release, accountancy, optimize, precisely, work, functions, include, connected, developments, manage.

Task 11. Choose the sentence that better summarises the main idea of the text:

1)ERP offers staff to use the same reports.

2)ERP provides the informational resources for business to make it work more effectively.

3)ERP fastens the production process.

Task 12. Summarise the information that you know about ERP programmes. The expressions below will help you make in better structured:

ERP concerns the idea of…; to start with; As for its advantages, …; Moreover, …; Also, …; Besides, … ; For example,… ; All in all, …;

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REVISION. UNITS 5-8

1. Do the crossword puzzle below, containing the vocabulary from the Units 4-8:

13 8 10

6

7

15

12 14

3

1 9

4

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Создан cовместно с Кроссгеном на сайте Биоуроки, [Электронный ресурс]. – Режим доступа: URL: http://biouroki.ru/workshop/crossgen.html (время обращения – 20.08.2017).

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Source: Merriam-Webster. [Электронный ресурс]. – Режим доступа: URL: https://www.merriamwebster.com (время обращения – 24.08.2017).

2. Use the words in the box to complete the paragraph below. Notice that the stresses syllable changes in this group of words.

Pollution and Market Solutions

Most people today agree that we ought to be as 1) … as possible in our use of natural resources, particularly energy, and to limit pollution to a minimum. Ecologists sometimes argue that manufacturers should either clean up their production process, i.e. limit the amount of waste and emissions they produce, or be forced to close down. Manufacturers often reply that this is frequently 2) … to clean up, and impossible for their competitors do not face the same constraints. Furthermore, if all polluting industries were closed down, the 3) … would quite simply collapse. They suggest that many ecologists are simply ignorant or naïve when it comes to 4) …. Some 5) …suggest applying market solutions, i.e. finding a way to give financial rewards to producers who 6) … in the use of taxes. Many ecologists disagree, as they see pollution as a moral issue rather than an 7) … one.

Source: Ian MacKenzie, A course for Business Studies and Economics students. — 2nd edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2002. — 206 p.p. 164.

UNIT 9

THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON BUSINESS

Task 1. Discuss the following questions:

1.What are advantages or disadvantages of culture influence to the business relations?

2.What cultural differences are particularly important for successful contact establishment?

3.What is the influence of globalization on business relations?

Task2.Readand memorizethewordsbelow thatwillhelpyouunderstandthetext.

1.cultural biases [ˈkʌltʃərəl ˈbaɪəsɪz] – культурные тенденции развития

2.circumstances [ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz] - условия

3.well-intended [wel ɪnˈtɛndɪd] – имеющий хорошие намерения

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4. pay-for-performance [peɪ fə pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns] – начисление зарплаты в зависимости от качества работы

5.failure [ˈfeɪljə]- неудача

6.sequence [ˈsiːkw(ə)ns] – последовательность, порядок действий

7.premises [ˈprɛmɪsɪz ] – служебное здание, зд. – условия работы

8.authority [ɔːˈθɒrɪti] – власть

9.good fellowship [ˈfɛlə(ʊ)ʃɪp] – хорошие взаимоотношения

10.verification [ˌvɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] – контроль, проверка

11.accountability [əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪti] – ответственность

12.accustomed conduct [əˈkʌstəmd kənˈdʌkt] – общепринятое поведение

13.consider [kənˈsɪdə] – рассматривать, обдумывать

14.mean [miːn] - значить

15.essence [ˈɛs(ə)ns] - сущность

16.novel product [ˈnɒv(ə)l ˈprɒdʌkt ] - товар-новинка

17.allegiance [əˈliːdʒ(ə)ns] – верность, преданность

18.increases [ɪnˈkriːs] - увеличивать

19.legislation [lɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃ(ə)n] – законодательство

20.consistency [kənˈsɪst(ə)nsi] – последовательность, согласованность

21.success [səkˈsɛs] - успех

Task 3. Read the text about the issue of Information Management Technology.

The Impact of Culture on Business

The new generation of international managers are educated according to the most modern managers philosophies. But just how universal are these management solutions? Are these “truths” about what effective management really is: truths that can be applied anywhere, under any circumstances? Even with experienced international companies, many well-intended “universal” applications of management theory have turned out badly. For example, pay-for-performance has in many instances been a failure on the African continent because there are particular, though unspoken, rules about the sequence and timing of reward and promotions.

International managers must operate on a number of different premises at any one time. These premises arise from their culture of origin, the culture in which they are working and the culture of the organization which employs them. In every culture in the world such phenomena as authority, bureaucracy, creativity, good fellowship, verification and accountability are experienced in different ways. That we use the same words to describe them tends to make us unaware that our cultural biases and our accustomed conduct may not be appropriate, or shared. There is a theory that internationalization will create, or at least lead to, a common culture worldwide. This would make the life of international managers much simpler. People point to

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