Mintzberg's roles activity Saved my Mac ft Draw Design Layout References Mailings Review View Tell me Share Verdana 12 21 1 - A A Aa Ao RA Abde Et Ez Aabbccdc accoft AaBb B w Normal fase Managing People & Organizations-MGT 1003 Henry Mintzberg's Managerial Roles Application at Work Class Activity Background: Management expert Professor Henry Mintzberg has argued that a manager's work can be boiled down to ten common roles. Resources: BBlearn Class Slides. What to do? Given below a few examples of Application of Minzberg's Mangerial Roles at work. Identify the right category and the roles Category Role Activity Seek and acquire work related information Examples Scan/read trade press, periodicals reports; attend seminars and training, maintain personal contacts Send memos and reports; inform staffers and subordinates of decisions Pass on memos, reports and informational materials participate in Communicated disseminate information to others within the organization Communicate/transmit information to outsiders 27 2 Mintzberg's roles activity - Saved to my Mac Draw Design Layout References Mailings Share Sana 12 Review View Tell me . E ! 21 WAA AA A. PA Albe Albcode The eating AaBbceDc As AaBb 1U Styles Pe conferences/meetings and report progress Greet visitors, sign legal Perform social and legal documents, attend ribbon duties, act as symbolic cutting ceremonies, leader host receptions, etc. Includes almost all Direct and motivate Interactions with subordinates, select and subordinates train employees Establish and maintain Business correspondence, contacts within and participation in meetings outside the organization with representatives of other divisions or organizations. Implement innovations; Identify new ideas and Plan for the future Initiate improvement projects Settle conflicts between Deals with disputes or subordinates; Choose problems and takes strategic alternatives; corrective action Overcome crisis situations Draft and approve of Decide where to apply plans, schedules, resources budgets; Set priorities Defends business Participates in and directs interests negotiations within team, department, and organization English 12 ' ' Aa AaabCede APA Acebere No Spacing AaBbocDc Acid AaBbc Hea Na TI Styles Pang Dita In the real world, these roles overlap and a manager must learn to balance them in order to manage effectively. While a manager's work can be analyzed by these individual roles, in practice they are intermixed and interdependent. According to Mintzberg: "The manager who only communicates or only conceives never gets anything done, while the manager who only does' ends up doing it all alone." English Ned States