Question

Evaluate your own behaviors as a manager, and/or the behaviors of the person who manages you. How effective or ineffective are you/your manager? Which of Mintzberg's managerial role behaviors do you/your manager exhibit? Which ones do you/your manager not exhibit but should? Being as honest as you can, how well or poorly are you/your manager carrying out these roles? What could you/your manager do to improve?

Answer 1

It is the behavior of  the manager (with whom I have worked) that is evaluated. The manager is somewhat effective in his role, but not very effective. Employees under him do the work allocated by him, but these employees  do not get motivated while working under him.  W.r.t. the Mintzberg's managerial role, the manager has shown a liaison person under interpersonal role, disseminator under informational role and resource allocator under decisional role. These sub roles, make the manager to get the job done, but he is unable to command the respect and influence employees while motivating them. Here, manager should exhibit leadership role under the interpersonal role to keep employees to their side and make them follow the ideas. It will increase the effectiveness of managerial role. Though, manager is unable to understand it and is not so good in motivating the employees. It seems that manager is only there to pass on the instruction to the employees that is given by the top management. Here, manager is not implementing his own thought and ideas in fear to get deviated from the line of instruction given by the top management.

Though, the manager could play a role of  leader and act as a troubleshooter to win the confidence of the employees. Besides, manager could put in the  problems faced by the workers to the management and help get a better deal for the employees. It will establish the manager as the true well wisher of the employees. In return, employees will work with dedication and motivation to become more productive and efficient. So, it will be a win win situation for both the manager, employees and the organization as well.