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MANAGERIAL SKILLS & ROLES

MANAGER
A Manager is responsible
for planning and directing
the work of group of
individuals, monitoring
their performance and
taking corrective action
when necessary for the
accomplishment of
organizational goals and
objectives.
Who Are
Managers?
Someone who works with and
through other people by
coordinating their work activities in
order to accomplish organizational
goals
Managerial Levels

Top
Managers

Middle

Managers

First-Line

Managers
Types of Managers
First-line Managers
Are at the lowest level of management and manage the
work of non-managerial employees
Middle Managers
Manage the work of first-line managers
Top Managers
Are responsible for making organization-wide
decisions and establishing plans and goals that affect
the entire organization
Where Managers
Organization
Work
A consciously coordinated social unit,
composed of two or more people, that
functions on a relatively continuous
basis to achieve a common goal or set
of goals.
Managerial Concerns

Efficiency
“Doing things right”
Getting the most output for the least

input.
Effectiveness
“Doing the right things”
Attaining organizational goals.
What Managers Do ?
Manager (or Administrator)
Individual who achieve goals through and with
other people.

Managerial Activities
•Make decisions
•Allocate resources
•Direct activities of others to
attain goals
American social and organizational
psychologist........  Robert Katz
Technical Skills

Use a variety of • operating machines


techniques to achieve and software
their objectives • production tools and
pieces of equipment
• Skills to boost sales.
• Design different types
of products and
services
• Market the services
and the products.
Conceptual Skills

knowledge and ability for • Ability to see concept.


abstract thinking and • Analyze and diagnose
formulating ideas.
a problem,
• and find creative
solutions.
• Prediction of hurdles
for department or the
business
Human or Interpersonal Skills
Managers’ ability to
interact, work or relate
effectively with people.
•Use of human
potential in the
company
•Motivate the
employees for better
results
Skills Needed at Different Management
Levels

Top
Conceptual
Managers
Skills

Middle Human Skills


Managers

Technical
Lower-level
Skills
Managers

Importance
MANAGEMENT
SKILLS
• Planning
•Communication.
•Decision making.
•Delegation.
•Problem solving.
•Motivating.
Mintzberg’s Management Roles
Approach
Interpersonal roles
Figurehead, leader, liaison
Informational roles
Monitor, disseminator, spokesperson

Decisional roles
Entrepreneur, disturbance handler,

resource allocator, negotiator


Mintzberg’s Managerial
Roles
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
Challenges for
 Cultural diversity: With organizations becoming global the
managers haveManagers
people from different socio-cultural backgrounds.
Managing these diverse groups with uniform set of practices and
approach is a significant challenge.

 Social responsiveness: Society expects businesses to display an


active responsiveness towards them by demonstrating a socially
responsible behaviour.
 Ethical and moral obligations: There is a great expectation of
stakeholders of business that the managers should display
ethically correct behaviour.
QUERIES

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