MANAGEMENT'S PRIMARY ROLE

Management's Primary Role



Management's Primary Role

"Management" is the art of conducting, directing characterizes the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). Early twentieth-century management writer Mary Parker Follett defined management as "the art of getting things done through people." (Gomez-Mejia, 2008)

To meet the many demands of performing their functions, managers assume multiple roles. A role is an organized set of behaviors. Henry Mintzberg has identified ten roles common to the work of all managers. The ten roles are divided ...