Managerial Roles

In 1973, Henry Mintzberg came up with his book “The Nature of Managerial Work” with the concept of managerial roles. His concept is very similar to the socio-psychological concept of the role.

Mintzberg defined managerial roles based on a generalization of his observations of many managers work during their normal working day.

He determined ten kinds of roles in three groups as follows:

Interpersonal roles:
- Figurehead
- Leader
- Liaison
Information role:
- Monitor
- Disseminator
- Spokesperson
Decision making roles:
- Entrepreneurial
- Disturbance-handler
- Resource-allocator
- Negotiator

Related terms and methods:

Manager
Managerial skills
Managerial functions
Problem Solving

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Last update: 08.05.2012


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