ROLE OF A MANAGER

Role of a Manager

Role of a Manager

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to describe a case study which discusses the role of a manager. This case study is about my opinion on a manager's role. As a management consultant, I go to Mr. Bodger for meeting. Everything was in a haphazard way, and a salesman told me that he could not have a meeting with Mr. Bodger since three times. I found Mr. Bodger on the phone, and her secretary was holding another phone for him. A foreman was waiting for his signature in one of a document. After ten minutes, I had a chance to sit with Mr. Bodger.

1. Describe what you think Mr. Bodger is doing wrong.

The main problem with Mr. Bodger's work was his management skills. He was unable to manage his time and his responsibilities. The main thing, which a manager should focus on is the time management. It is necessary for a manager that he should manage his time in a proper way. If he is calling someone for a meeting, then he should manage all his works and stuff before the arrival of that person. There were also some communication problems with Mr. Bodger. As mentioned in the case, Mr. Bodger called the salesman three times for the meeting, but he could not manage to meet him. It was all a problem of mismanagement. He should make a schedule of all his daily tasks and decide that what he has to do at what time. Through this his many problems can be solved.

2. Discuss how he could improve the way he managed the situation.

In order to improve the way Mr. Bodger managed, he could adopt different measures and improve his management skills. The management skills can be improved by adopting different ways of improving management styles. During operation, Mr. Bodger constantly improves his skills enterprise management, the management style at the same time also changes. Ways to improve the style may be what you want, but they can be summarized as: a common path - this is new knowledge about the techniques and methods of management (Cole, 2002, p. 8). As mentioned earlier, each manager - person and he has a unique management style. In addition, the management style varies depending on the situation. Each manager has a personal management style, which is determined by the dominant traits of his character - one scrupulous and punctilious, the other - resourceful and inventive, and the third - business and practical, the fourth - is evasive and courteous. Respectively, must be individual and methods of managing people - that is well perceived by one person may be completely incomprehensible to another. The most important thing for Mr. Bodger is to have a clear picture of the functions (Maund, 2003, p. 49). What kind of people his staff as they are independent and are responsible for their decisions and actions. He could adopt different managerial styles through which he can better solve his ...