The Importance Of Mintzberg's Management Roles

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Management Processes
Organizations can be looked upon as as system in which management builds the architecture for the system of production. A managers' role in organizational design is central but must be understood in the situation of their overall responsibilities within the organization.
Management works through functions such as planning, organizing, leading, directing, staffing, controlling/monitoring, and motivation. These functions will make management to produce strategies and assemble resources to monitor outputs and to lead operations. (Mintzberg's Management Roles, n.d.)
Management Hierarchy
Every level of management will use these functions. However, the amount of time a manager uses on each function differs as it depends on the level of management and the needs of the organization (Mintzberg's Management Roles, n.d.)
Factors which play a role in organizational design
Top-level managers involve the president, CEO, vice-president, board of directors, and other similar positions. They oversee directing and planning …show more content…

As a leader in any part of an organization, there will be difficult and complex task that can take on various forms depending on the people that are being led and the needs of the organization. Any given manager will always be asked to complete a variety of tasks on a given day depending on problems that need to be solved and on what comes up in the organization. This is the general idea behind Mintzberg's Management Roles. All these ten management roles were published as part of Mintzberg's book back in 1990, and they cover the spectrum of tasks and responsibilities that a manager must take on at one point or another. In order to better organize a long list of ten roles, all of the roles have been grouped up into three categories which are the interpersonal, informational, and

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