Different Managerial Roles accdg. to Mintzberg

First of all, for the information of everyone this "Mintzberg" guy here is a person named Henry Mintzberg. The Canadian academic, Henry Mintzberg who had trained as a mechanical engineer, wrote his PhD thesis at the MIT Sloan School of Management analysing the actual work habits and time management of chief executive officers (CEOs). In 1973, Mintzberg's thesis on the nature of managerial work was adopted as a study and published for a wider audience.


Mintzberg then identified ten separate roles in managerial work, each role defined as an organised collection of behaviours belonging to an identifiable function or position. He separated these roles into three subcategories: interpersonal contact (1, 2, 3), information processing (4, 5, 6) and decision making (7-10).


1. FIGUREHEAD: the manager performs ceremonial and symbolic duties as head of the organisation;

2. LEADER: fosters a proper work atmosphere and motivates and develops subordinates;

3. LIASION: develops and maintains a network of external contacts to gather information;

4. MONITOR: gathers internal and external information relevant to the organisation;

5. DISSEMINATOR: transmits factual and value based information to subordinates;

6. SPOKESPERSON: communicates to the outside world on performance and policies.

7. ENTREPRENEUR: designs and initiates change in the organisation;

8. DISTURBANCE HANDLER: deals with unexpected events and operational breakdowns;

9. RESOURCE ALLOCATOR: controls and authorises the use of organisational resources;

10. NEGOTIATOR: participates in negotiation activities with other organisations and individuals.

http://www.provenmodels.com/88/ten-managerial-roles/mintzberg

My Comment on this:
Mintzberg really did a great job on identifying the roles in managerial work. Although I really couldn't say that I could relate because I haven't been in a managerial position in a company before, but I can say that all of these are really true. Being a manager isn't just sitting in your office, drinking coffee and signing papers; it's all about being a "FIGUREHEAD, LEADER, LIASION, MONITOR, DISSEMINATOR, SPOKESPERSON, ENTREPRENEUR, DISTURBANCE HANDLER, RESOURCE ALLOCATOR, NEGOTIATOR". Many thanks to my man Mintzberg.