QUESTION8

Manager as a figure head performs all symbolic legal or social duties and discharges all social, legal and ceremonial obligations. The top most duty of a figure head is to inspire the cadres and the stakeholders with his vision and action plans. In other words, manager is viewed as a symbol of status and authority.

ii. Leader:

Manager as a leader builds relationships with the employees and communicates with them in different levels in the organisation, motivates, and coaches them. He maintains good relationships with his followers. He motivates and oversees the progress achieved by subordinates, offers promotions (and punishes them where the performance is not satisfactory) and encourages for their development, and thus balances the effectiveness in the organisation.

iii. Liaison:

Manager, as a liaison officer, maintains a network of contacts outside the department or organisation to obtain information. He is responsible to provide information and communication at the right time to right people in the organisation. To gain access to knowledge bases, the managers need to network and engage in information exchange.

2. Informational Roles:

Manager is a nerve centre in the organisation in terms of receiving, collecting, and disseminating information.

He plays the roles of:

i. A monitor,

ii. Disseminator, and

iii. Spokesperson.

i. Monitor - Manager, as monitor, seeks internal and external information about issues affecting internal operations, a department's success and the problems and opportunities. All such vital information is stored and maintained at his level.

ii. Disseminator - Manager, as disseminator, transmits information received from internal and external sources across the organisation. The factual or value based external views are either filtered or highlighted across different cadres in the organisation. To be active disseminators, managers require filtering and delegation skills.

iii. Spokesperson - The spokesperson is an authorised person to update about the operations of the organisation.

1. _____What is______ supervisory round

2. ______What can _____________you tell us about _______yourself?

3. What do you want to be a manager?

4. Why do______ you want to ______work for______ us? d

5. _____Read ________more _______

6. Can_______ you tell us about the ___difference between______ management______ and leadership? Read more

7. How do you ____measure ______success?______ Read more

8. Tell me___________ about a time you led by_____ example Read_______ more

9. What______ would you say is your_____ motivation?

10. How ______would you_____ delegate tasks to_____ your team? ______