Practical Grammar and Vocabulary in the Workplace. Пособие по бизнес-английскому

It is necessary to understand and respect each party’s priorities, resources and ability to meet deadlines.

12. To resign – to give up a job or position voluntarily by telling your employer that you are leaving

Уходить в отставку, оставлять работу

Timken resigned a hopeless position.

13. To fire – to dismiss from work due to an employee”s fault

Увольнять по вине сотрудника

Gordon wants me to fire seven people so we don’t go under.

14. To take the kudos — to receive praise, admiration, and fame for an achievement

Получать награды за заслуги

He was too embarrassed to take all the kudos.

15. To sack – to dismiss from work due to an employee”s fault

Увольнять по вине сотрудника

It was unfair to sack you but things happen.

16. To increase workload – to raise the amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time

Увеличивать рабочую нагрузку

It would be difficult to increase the workload further without increasing the capacity of the translation services.

17. Turn a blind eye – to ignore something that you know is wrong

Смотреть сквозь пальцы, не обращать внимание

Management often turn a blind eye to bullying in the workplace.

18. To appraise – to examine something in order to judge their qualities

Давать оценку

In cooperation with other professionals, social workers will appraise the individual’s needs.

19. Autocratic – demanding that people obey completely, without asking or caring about anyone else’s opinions

Властный, деспотичный

The president resigned after 30 years of autocratic ruling

20. To dismiss – to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

Увольнять, освобождать, распускать т.к. сделано что-то не так

He has been dismissed from his job for incompetence.

21. To lay someone off – to stop employing someone, usually because there is no more work for them

Увольнять по причине отсутствия работы

Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers.

22. To wander off the point – to get off the topic

Отклоняться от темы

We seem to have wandered off the point a bit.

23. To allocate – to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way

Распределять, ассигновать средства

You should allocate tasks among members of the group.

24. To terminate – to (cause something to) end or stop

Завершать, увольнять

He was terminated within several weeks of starting.

Quiz: Do you have leadership skills?

1.One of your staff often arrives late for work. He’s a good worker – efficient, brilliant and original – but arriving late means that he often misses the beginning of team meetings, or other people have to answer his calls. Do you…

a) write him a letter threatening him with dismissal if he doesn’t improve?

b) have an informal private chat with him where you suggest he pulls his socks up?

c) make sarcastic comments about his poor time-keeping in front of the team?

d) ignore the problem – he’s a good worker after all?

2.There’s a member of your staff you just don’t like. She often openly disagrees with your decisions, and you’re sure she criticises you constantly behind your back. Do you…

a) put up with her because she’s been in the department for 20 years?

b) transfer her to another department where someone else will have the pleasure of her company?

c) increase her workload in the hope that she will leave?