Managerial Roles in Organization

Managers play verities of role in the organization, Now, we see what is a role?

A role is an organized set of behaviors and action  that is associated with a particular position held in the organization .
Dr. Henry Mintzberg, a prominent management researcher, says that what managers do can best be described by looking at the roles they play at work. The term management role refers to specific categories of managerial behavior. There are three types of roles which a manager usually does in any organization.

Dr. Henry Mintzberg, a management researcher, says that what managers do can best be described by looking at the roles they play at work. The term management role refers to specific categories of managerial behavior. He states that there are three types of roles which a manager usually a manager perform in any organization.

A). Interpersonal roles are roles that involve people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature. The three interpersonal roles include being a figurehead, leader, and liaison.

B). Informational roles involve receiving, collecting, and disseminating information. The three informational roles include a monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson.

C). Decisional roles revolved around making choices. The four decisional roles include entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, and negotiator.

In the late 1960s, Henry Mintzberg concluded that managers perform 10 different, but highly interrelated roles. Mintzberg delineated managerial role divided further into ten  categories.

Interpersonal roles grow directly out of the authority of a manager’s position and involve developing and maintaining positive relationships with significant others.

 i. The figurehead performs symbolic legal or social duties.

ii The Leader builds relationships with employees and communicates with, motivates, and coaches .

iii. The liaison maintains a network of contacts outside the work unit to obtain information.

Informational roles pertain to receiving and transmitting information so that managers can serve as the nerve centers of their organizational units.

i.  The monitor seeks internal and external information about issues that can affect the organization.

ii. The disseminator transmits information internally that is obtained from either internal or external sources.

iii.  The spokesperson transmits information about the organization to outsiders.

Decisional roles involve making significant decisions that affect the organization.

i. The entrepreneur acts as an initiator, designer, and encourager of change and innovation.

ii. The disturbance handler takes corrective action when the organization faces important, unexpected difficulties.

 iii. The resource allocator distributes resources of all types, including time, funding, equipment, 

human resources. 

iv. The negotiator represents the organization in major negotiations affecting the manager’s areas of 

responsibility.