Manager and Managerial Roles — Flashcards

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A manager is an individual who coordinates the activities and efforts of a formal group of persons to achieve common goals. A manager gets things done through subordinates and performs planning, organ…

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A formal group can achieve its goals only when members work together as a team. A manager is needed to coordinate and control their efforts so that common goals are reached in an organised way.

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A manager performs planning, organising, staffing, directing, and controlling. These functions help the organisation move towards its goals in a systematic way.

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Lawrence Applay gave this definition of a manager. It shows that a manager depends on the efforts of others to achieve results, instead of doing all the work alone.

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Dalton E. McFarland. The definition shows that managers work through coordinated and cooperative human effort to run purposeful organisations.

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J. Penc defined a manager as a person employed for managing and using an organisation’s resources to achieve the goals of the whole organisation or its given part. This highlights the use of resources…

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Mintzberg classified managerial roles into three categories: Interpersonal roles, Informational roles, and Decisional roles. Together, these explain how managers interact, communicate, and make decisi…

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The three interpersonal roles are Figurehead, Leader, and Liaison. These roles are based on the formal authority of the manager and involve dealing with people inside and outside the organisation.