Name: Fierryl Shaine Menis 12-Encarnacion
Name: Fierryl Shaine Menis 12-Encarnacion
Name: Fierryl Shaine Menis 12-Encarnacion
12-Encarnacion
The following Mintzberg Managerial Roles are primarily concerned with
interpersonal contact:
1. Figurehead
2. Leader
In his leading role, the manager motivates and develops staff and fosters a
positive work environment. He coaches and supports staff, enters into
(official) conversations with them, assesses them and offers education and
training courses.
3. Liason
A manager serves as an intermediary and a linking pin between the high and
low levels. In addition, he develops and maintains an external network.
Information processing
According to Henry Mintzberg, the managerial role involves the processing of
information which means that they send, pass on and analyze information.
Managers are linking pins; they are expected to exchange flows of vertical
information with their subordinates and horizontal flows of information with
their fellow managers and the board of directors. Further more, managers
have the responsibility to filter and transmit information that is important for
both groups. The following Mintzberg Managerial Roles fall under process
information:
4. Monitor
As a monitor the manager gathers all internal and external information that
is relevant to the organization.
5. Disseminator
6. Spokesman
Decision-making
Managers are responsible for decision-making and they can do this in
different ways at different levels. The leadership style is important in
decision-making.
An authoritarian leader is sooner inclined to make decisions independently
than a democratic leader. The following Mintzberg Managerial Roles fall
under decision-making:
7. Entrepreneur
8. Disturbance handler
9. Resource allocator
In his resource allocator role, the manager controls and authorizes the use
of organizational resources.
10. Negotiator