UNIT 1

MANAGEMENT STYLES

A) NO: 1. It’s not necessary

2. I consider that a manager doesn´t need to control everything all the time, the idea is
delegate responsibility
5. Staff and the manager are both to help each other, a person can´t know everything,
6. The staff has to be able to do thing by their own.
7. is important to know who you work with, that doesn’t mean you’re going to be best
friends, but the necessary.
10. Depends if its important or a rule of the company.

YES: 3, It’s necessary to motivate or call out the attention sometimes

4. Not necessary interfere but help to solve problems
8. not strictly polite but adequate and respectful.
9. Not exactly being in the office all day, but I guess a manager has always being aware of
the thing that are happening in the company.

B) Leader, Mediator, Motivator.

I believe a good manager needs to lead a group of people in order to achieve goals and to do that
it’s also necessary motivate and encourage people to perform tasks and maintain a good laboral
environment.

C) Loyalty of staff: With this you can measure the type of leader and person that the manger is.

Achievement of results: Is very important since that’s what the company look for, getting results.

Popularity with their superiors: To me is not the most important of the 3 aspects but is good to
maintain a good image and relation with superiors.

A) Inconsiderate- consideration
Incompetent- competence
Uncreative- creativity
Undiplomatic- Diplomacy
Inefficient- efficiency
Inflexible- Flexibility
Uninspiring - Inspiration
Illogical - logic
Disloyal – loyalty
Unorganized - organization
 Indecisive - indecision
Irresponsible - responsibility
Unsociable - sociability
Unsupportive - support

C) Best: 1. Competent 2. Decisive 3. Inspiring 4. Efficient

Worst: 1. Logical 2. Diplomatic 3. Sociable 4. Considerate

E) 1. I would like to experience a management style where the work is based in a collaborative
style, also the responsibilities are delegated I would like to be managed with assertiveness but
kindness.

2. I think that I would be a manager that demands efficiency, responsibility and respect, but also I
would like to be closer to my teamwork, to know about the pros and cons of every member and
encourage them to do their best and keep learning, as I would be doing the same.

3. I´m supportive, accessible, responsible and efficient. I could keep working to improve other
qualities like decisive and sociable.
A) 1. If i worked, i wouldn´t like an authoritarian management style, I don´t like to be controlled
all the time, because I consider I’m able to do things for myself, and also, I think being rude
and unpolite with your workteam is disgusting.
2. It would be a collaborative environment, informal but efficient, mostly with young
people, and where all the member can participate in the decision-making process.

B) 1. Buckmaster 2. Wintour 3. Wintour 4. Buckmaster 5. Buckmaster 6. Buckmaster

C) Anna Wintour is more into authoritarian management, she likes to have control and make the
final decisions and she is demanding, the people she hires are their support, they’re like a
backup team. On other hand, Buckmaster has an anti-authoritarian mindset, he prefers to
delegate responsibility in each member of the staff and let them do what they know, so his
team is mores equal and collaborative.

D) She is demanding, perfectionist and ruthless

E) 1. Ruthless 2. Perfectionist 3. Talented 4. Self-motivated 5. Anti-authoritarian
6. Approachable 7. Demanding 8. Volatile

F) 1. Approachable 2. Volatile 3. Perfectionist 4. Anti-authoritarian 5. Talented 6. Self-motivated

G) 1.

ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE
1. Ruthless It’s easier to achieve goals It damages relationships
2. Perfectionist You always get to do a great Nothing is perfect so its easier
job to get stressed
3. Talented It costs you less effort to do People might feel threaten by
things you
4. Self-motivated Is easier to learn things You can’t know everything by
yourself, sometimes you will

5. Anti-authoritarian It would be easier to work
with other people
6. Approachable You would be love by people,
and is good for interpersonal
relationships
7. Demanding People would listen to you
8. Volatile Is good to express the feeling
and thoughts
need help.
It would be hard to people
take you seriously
It might by confusing to other
people and they would try to
take advantage of your
kindness
They would secretly hate you
People would treat you like
crazy and it would be hard for
them to stand you

2. I would prefer to work with a female manager because I consider there should be more
women in this type of positions and because I thing that wrongly people use to think that
female bosses are worst and rougher, and I wish to go against that prejudice.
3. I think meetings aren´t a waste of time when they are used to set an analysis of the
company, what things are being good and which aren’t, so all the members can create ideas
to solve those problems.

A) We: Is a subject pronoun that Jim use to refer to himself and his teamwork.
That sort of things: Demonstrative pronoun, to resume the things they don’t have in the
company.
It: to refer to something without mentioning it again
I: Pronoun refereeing to himself.
Those things: Demonstrative pronoun, to resume the things he dislikes of bossing.
Our: Is a possessive adjective that Jim use to refer to his teamwork.
They: Subject pronoun referring to other people.
My: Possessive adjective, he is talking about his will on someone else.
That: Demonstrative pronoun, he refers to his position of authority.
You: Subject pronoun.
There: Adverb, referring to the company.
Their: Possessive adjective, he’s talking about the work of the members of the staff.
 Them: Object pronoun, referring to the meetings.

B) “It should also be said she commands to a loyal band of friends and admirers.”

C)
D) Former: Refers to the opinion of the Wintour’s critics.
Latter: Refers to the opinion of the Wintour’s supporters.

E) Mary Barra (General Motors CEO): She is the type of manager who likes coaching and she
encourage other women to take leadership roles. She believes in hiring the right people
and to be successful its necessary a team that must have diversity of mind and be willing
to collaborate constructively. She believes that is more important to listen than to speak,
because you can learn a lot from your clients, team, and other stakeholders. So, I think she
prefers an affiliative style.