

You also monitor your team, in terms of both their productivity, and their well-being. Monitor – In this role, you regularly seek out information related to your organization and industry, looking for relevant changes in the environment.The managerial roles in this category involve processing information. You need to be able to network effectively on behalf of your organization. Liaison – Managers must communicate with internal and external contacts.Leader – This is where you provide leadership for your team, your department or perhaps your entire organization and it's where you manage the performance and responsibilities of everyone in the group.People look up to you as a person with authority, and as a figurehead. You're expected to be a source of inspiration. Figurehead – As a manager, you have social, ceremonial and legal responsibilities.The managerial roles in this category involve providing information and ideas.

Let's look at each of the ten managerial roles in greater detail. The 10 roles are then divided up into three categories, as follows: Category
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Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Mintzberg published his Ten Management Roles in his book, "Mintzberg on Management: Inside our Strange World of Organizations," in 1990.įrom MINTZBERG ON MANAGEMENT by Henry Mintzberg. Click here to read a transcript of our management roles video.
