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1、Unit1Passage:WhatDoesItTaketoBecomeaSuccessfulManager? [Para1]Successfulmanagerscomefromawidevarietyofbackgroundsandpossessanequallywidevarietyoftraitsandskills.Nosure–fireformulaexistsforgettingtothetopofthemanagerialladder,butthereareatleastthreegeneralpreconditionsforach

2、ievinglastingsuccessasamanager:ability(A),motivationtomanage(M),andopportunity(O).Together,theyconstituteabasicformulaformanagerialsuccess(S):S=A×M×O.Noticethatsuccessdependsonabalancedcombinationofability,motivationtomanage,andopportunity.Atotalabsenceofonefactorcancancelo

3、utstrengthintheothertwo.(Hence,theuseofmultiplicationratherthanadditionsigns.)Forexample,highabilityandmotivationareuselesswithoutopportunity.1.Ability[Para2]Asusedhere,thetermmanagerialabilityisthedemonstratedcapacitytoachieveorganizationalobjectivesbotheffectivelyandeffic

4、iently.Actually,today'ssuccessfulmanagerneedsawholepackageofconceptual,technical,andinterpersonalabilities.AccordingtorecentworkbytheAmericanAssemblyofCollegiateSchoolsofBusiness(AACSB),anaccreditingagency,businessschoolgraduatesshouldbeabletodemonstratecertainskillsandpers

5、onalcharacteristics.AACSB'spackageofskillsandcharacteristicscanhelpeveryonebetterunderstandthetermabilitytomanage.Theyinclude1.Leadership.2.Oralcommunicationandpresentationskills.3.Writtencommunication.4.Planningandorganizing.5.Informationgatheringandproblemanalysis.6.Decis

6、ionmaking.7.Delegationandcontrol.8.Self-objectivity(beingawareofone'sstrengthsandlimitations).9.Dispositiontolead(awillingnessanddesiretoleadothersinnewdirections).2.MotivationtoManage[Para3]Upliftingstoriesaboutdisabledpersonsandadventurerswhosucceeddespiteseeminglyinsurmo

7、untableoddsareoftensummedupinoneword:desire.Thesameforcedrivessuccessfulmanagers.Alltheabilityintheworldwillnothelpafuturemanagersucceedifheorshedoesnotpossessapersistentdesiretomoveahead.LindaWachner,theonlywomanchiefexecutiveofficerofaFortune500company(garmentmakerWarnaco

8、),isaninspiringcaseinpoint.FortunemagazinecallsherAmerica'smostsuccessfulbusinessw