MGC1010 : INTRO TO MANAGEMENT
Document Summary
A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose: has a distinct purpose, deliberate structure, composed of people. Management roles (mintzberg): specific categories of managerial behaviour. Involve people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature. Symbolic head; obliged to perform a number of routine duties of a legal or social nature. Responsible for the motivation of subordinates, staffing, training and associated duties. Maintains self-developed network of outside contacts and informers who provide favours and information. Seeks and receives wide variety of internal and external information to develop a thorough understanding of the organisation and environment. Transmits information received from outsiders or from subordinates to members of the organisation. Transmits information to outsiders on organisation"s plans, policies, actions, results, etc. Searches organisation and its environment for opportunities and initiates. Responsible for corrective action when organisation faces important, unexpected disturbances. Responsible for the allocation of organisational resources of all kinds making or approving all significant organisational decisions.
