Listening: BBC 6 Minute English – Managers	

The word 'manager' comes from the Italian word maneggiare which means:
				a) 	to move
				b) 	to handle
				c) 	to control

Which of the following are mentioned in the opening discussion?

junior manager	office manger	project manager	department manager	general manager	
senior manager	trainee manager	account manager	branch manager	sales manager	

Lucy Kellaway is a ___________________________
She works for the _____________________________

She says, 'Management is one of the most _______________________________jobs there is.'

Later she says, 'Management is all about ____________________________________________ .

It's about ___________________________________________________________ late. It means

being ________________________________________________________________________ .'

How do the following words relate to one another?

task	work	job	duty	role	

The work of a manager __________________________ . It's one _______________________ .

Being a manger means not minding about ___________________________________________ .

Managers find it hard to make the lives of their underlings any better because ______________
_____________________________________________________________________________ .

How do the following words relate to one another?

underlings	employees	team	

Words and phrases for good and bad managers.

Good	S / he is ___________________________
	S / he is____________________________
	S / he has __________________________

Bad 	S / he is ___________________________
	S / he is____________________________
	S / he is ___________________________