Foundations Of Senior Management

Managing People - A Broad View
Managing People - Core functions

Roles

• Fayol
• Mintzberg
• Bounded problems
• Unbounded problems
• Bounded rationality

Fayol

• Forcast & Plan
   
• Organise
   
• Command
   
• Co-ordinate
   
• Control
   

Mintzberg

• Interpersonal
   
  • Figurehead
     
  • Leader
     
  • Liaison
     
• Informational
   
  • Monitoring
     
  • Dissemination
     
  • Spokesperson
     
• Decisional
   
  • Entrepreneur
     
  • Disturbance handler
     
  • Resource allocator
     
  • Negotiation
     

Bounded problems

• Priorities clear
   
• Limited implications
   
• Can be treated as a separate matter
   
• Limited number of people involved
   
• Know what needs to be known
   
• Know what the problem is
   
• Know what would be a solution
   
• Limited timescale
   

Unbounded problems

• Priorities called into question
   
• Uncertain but greater implications
   
• Can't be disentangled from its context
   
• More people involved
   
• Don't know what needs to be known
   
• Not sure what he problem is
   
• No solutions
   
• Longer uncertain timescale
   

Bounded rationality

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