SUMMER 2015
BUSINESS
VOCABULARY
IN USE
ENGLISH
SEMESTER 6
Leadership and
management styles
Based on
Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate, Bill Mascull
YouTube Videos
Please use the book and the CD-ROM included for further reference, the rest of
the units and the provided exercises.
44 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STYLES - VOCABULARY
leadership
vedení, vůdcovství, vedoucí postavení, schopnost vést
subordinate
podřízený
carry out
provést, uskutečnit
leadership skill
schopnost vést
flair
talent, nadání
charisma
charisma, osobní kouzlo
visionary
vizionář, jasnovidec
drive
hnací síla, elán, průbojnost
dynamism
dynamičnost
energy
energie
distant
vzdálený, zde: odměřený
remote
vzdálený, zde: nepřístupný
open
otevřený
approachable
přístupný, přívětivý, vlídný, přátelský
consensus
shoda, souhlas, konsenzus, dohoda
imposed
vnucený, nařízený
top-down approach
přístup řízení z nejvyšší úrovně
consultation
konzultace, porada
authoritarian
autoritářský
initiative
iniciativa, podnět
empowerment
zplnomocnění, postoupení pravomocí
decision-making
rozhodování
decentralize
decentralizovat
bureaucratic
byrokratický
delegate
delegovat, svěřit (komu co), pověřit
delegation
delegování, pověření, postoupení, přenesení
(př. odpovědnosti)
44 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STYLES – TEXT
A) Leadership
Ken Manners is an expert on leadership and management styles. Can leadership be taught?
“Traditionally, the model for leadership in business has been the army. Managers and army
officers give orders and their subordinates – people working under them – carry them out in
a system of command and control. Managers, like army officers, may be sent on leadership
courses to develop their leadership skills. But I think they must have a basic talent for
leadership to benefit from this. Some people say that the only real leaders are born
leaders.”
What makes a great leader?
“The greatest leaders have charisma – an attractive quality that makes other people admire
them and want to follow them. A charismatic leader like this may be describe as visionary –
having the power to see clearly how things are going to develop in the future. (Someone like
this is a visionary and is said to have vision.) Leaders are often described as having the
following: drive – planned effort to achieve something, dynamism – a lot of ideas and
enthusiasm, and energy – the power to be physically and mentally active.”
B) Modern management styles
How have management styles changed in the last few years?
“Before, leaders were distant and remote – not easy to get to know or communicate with.
But now managers are more accessible and approachable – easy to meet and to talk to. This
is a completely different management style. They want to involve employees in a process of
consultation – getting everyone to participate in making decisions that will affect them. This
is management by consensus – a situation where most people agree with the decisions
taken. The old style was to impose decisions in a top-down approach – forcing people to
accept ideas that they did not agree with.”
Do you think this trend will continue?
“Yes. There are more women managers now. I would say that they are more consensual –
more able to build consensus than traditional authoritarian male managers.”
C) Empowerment
What, exactly, is empowerment?
“Encouraging employees to use their own initiative to take decisions on their own without
asking managers first. This is empowerment. Decisions-making becomes more
decentralized and less bureaucratic – less dependent on managers and management
systems. This is often necessary where the number of management levels is reduced.
“This is related to the ability of managers to delegate – to give other people responsibility
for work rather than doing it all themselves. Of course, with empowerment and delegation,
the problem is keeping control of your operations, one of the key issues of modern
management style.”
44 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STYLES – ACTIVITIES
TASK 1:
Which expressions in the above text (section A) do the underlined words relate to? There
is a KEY after the last exercise.
Hint: 1. These qualities = drive, dynamism, energy enabled Margaret Thatcher….
TASK 2:
Read the definition of LEADERSHIP from MACMILLANDICTIONARY.COM. You can check the
website for more information.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/leadership
TASK 3:
Watch the video about differences between leaders and managers. Listen to Seth Godin
talking and take notes about the most important issues and examples he mentions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx2SV2bYSfU
TASK 4:
Complete the crosswords with words from the text /sections A, B and C/. The key can be
found at the end of this worksheet.
KEY TO TASK 1:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
drive, dynamism, energy
vision
subordinates
leadership skills
command and control
KEY TO TASK 4:
Across/ down:
1. decision
2. empower
3. bureaucratic
4. initiative
5. authoritarian
6. consensual
7. making
8. distant
9. approach
10. imposed
11. consult
12. top
13. delegate
14. decentralized
44 REVISION - WHAT DO I REMEMBER?
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