MANAGERIAL ROLES ,SKILLS &

MANAGEMENT AS A PROFESSION

By:

Rishabh Lala

III Year,Civil Engineering,Dual Degree

Rajiv Gandhi Technological University,Bhopal

Who is MANAGER ?

Individual who develops ideas and get things done by others by the application of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.

What does a Manager do?

Planning The Work

Taking Decisions

Solving Problems

Co-ordination

Setting Target

Stimulating Workers

Delegating Authority

What are Roles of Managers

• MOTIVATOR

• HUMAN BEING

DIRECTOR

• FRIEND• PLANNERGUIDE

• REPORTER• CO-ORDINATORSUPERVISOR

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Making the Leap From Individual Performer to Manager

Exhibit 1.4

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Henry Mintzberg…

INTERPERSONAL ROLES

INFORMATIONAL ROLES

DECISIONAL ROLES

Roles : Interpersonal Figurehead: Representing the organization

in formal matters; serving as a symbol of the organization.

Liaison: Interacting with peers and people outside the organizations; developing external links.

Leader: Activities concerned with

subordinates, motivating, staffing, communicating and directing.

Roles : Informational

Monitor: Receiving and collecting information; utilizing the channels through which the information comes.

Disseminator: Transmitting information within the organization.

Spokesman: Transmitting information to people outside the organization.

Roles : Decisional Entrepreneur: Introducing change; initiating projects

to improve the organization.

Disturbance Handler: Taking charge when the organization is threatened.

Resource Allocator: Deciding where the organizations will expend its efforts and what resources will be expended.

Negotiator: Involving the organization with other organizations.

Managerial skills

Technical skills: Knowledge & proficiency in activities involving methods, processes and procedures

Human Skill : Ability to work with people, cooperative effort, teamwork, participative environment

Conceptual skill : Ability to see the “Big Picture”

Diagnostic skills : Ability to determine, by analysis, the nature and circumstances of a particular condition.

Management as a Profession“Profession is an occupation for which

specialized knowledge, skills & training are required & the use of these skills is not meant for self-satisfaction but these are used for larger interests of the society & the success of the use of these skills is measured not in terms of money alone.”

Why do we need Management Professionals:

To Introduce Modern

Concepts of Management

Framing Organizational Objectives by Considering

Social Needs.

Motivation for high level of performance.

Developing Management

Concepts Suitable For

The Country.

Professionalization of Management

KNOWLEDGE ACQUITION

SERVICE MOTIIVE

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