Mintzberg on Management
Jared and TJ
Major Managerial Roles
Interpersonal - Communication with other employees is important in order to successfully run a business (i.e. face-to-face contact)
Informational - Managers spend most of their time giving and getting information from others. Information is gained by communicating with one another and scanning the business environment
Decisional - Turning the information obtained from listening to others and share with people inside and outside of the company to make good decisions.
Interpersonal Subroles
- Figurehead - Performing ceremonial duties
- Leader - Managers motivate and encourage workers to accomplish organizational objectives
- Liaison - Dealing with people outside of their units
Informational Subroles
- Monitor - Scan their environment for their information
- Disseminator - Share information with others in their departments or companies
- Spokesperson - Share information with people outside their departments or companies
Decisional Subroles
- Entrepreneur - Adapt themselves, their subordinates, and their units to change (inspire themselves and others)
- Disturbance Handler - Respond to immediate actions
- Resource Allocator - Controls and distributes resources and with the correct amounts
- Negotiator - Negotiate schedules, projects, goals, outcomes, resources, and employee raises