Leadership Levels
Abstract
Different levels (Top, Mid, Bottom) of management refer to a line of demarcation between various managerial positions in organization. Managers of all level perform four major functions: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling but their each level of managers’ play different roles to do their job.
Top Level Managers are called as strategic managers. They have a long term vision for the company. They need to possess conceptual skills so as to set the goals for the organization as a whole. They are not involved in day to day tasks of the company though. The Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Chairman, Board of Directors all belong to this cadre of management. Mid Level Managers are called as tactical manager. They have sort term plan. They involve in individual business unit of the organization. Heads of finance, accounts , HR etc are the middle managers. Bottom level managers are known as tactical managers who involved in daily tactical work of the organization Junior marketing executives, junior assistant finance manager etc are the example of Bottom Level Managers.
The effective managers perform various leadership roles to influence other to achieve organizational objective through change. So the leaders’ role in different level in management may vary but their goal is same, which is achieving organizational objectives.
Henry Mintzberg has identified the ten major role of a leadership under three categories. Those are: Category | Role | Interpersonal | Figurehead
Leader
Liaison | Informational | Monitor
Disseminator
Spokesperson | Decisional | Entrepreneur
Disturbance Handler
Resource Allocator
Negotiator |
Interpersonal Role: Interpersonal roles are those roles that involve people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature.
Informational Role: Informational roles are those roles that are associated with the tasks needed to obtain and transmit information for management of the
Different levels (Top, Mid, Bottom) of management refer to a line of demarcation between various managerial positions in organization. Managers of all level perform four major functions: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling but their each level of managers’ play different roles to do their job.
Top Level Managers are called as strategic managers. They have a long term vision for the company. They need to possess conceptual skills so as to set the goals for the organization as a whole. They are not involved in day to day tasks of the company though. The Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Chairman, Board of Directors all belong to this cadre of management. Mid Level Managers are called as tactical manager. They have sort term plan. They involve in individual business unit of the organization. Heads of finance, accounts , HR etc are the middle managers. Bottom level managers are known as tactical managers who involved in daily tactical work of the organization Junior marketing executives, junior assistant finance manager etc are the example of Bottom Level Managers.
The effective managers perform various leadership roles to influence other to achieve organizational objective through change. So the leaders’ role in different level in management may vary but their goal is same, which is achieving organizational objectives.
Henry Mintzberg has identified the ten major role of a leadership under three categories. Those are: Category | Role | Interpersonal | Figurehead
Leader
Liaison | Informational | Monitor
Disseminator
Spokesperson | Decisional | Entrepreneur
Disturbance Handler
Resource Allocator
Negotiator |
Interpersonal Role: Interpersonal roles are those roles that involve people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature.
Informational Role: Informational roles are those roles that are associated with the tasks needed to obtain and transmit information for management of the