Roles and Functions of a Manager- Annotated Bibliography
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What is a director’s role?
Brenton Kenton
Executive development
Year: 1995 Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Page: 16-18 ISSN: 0953-3230
DOI: 10.1108/09533239510086358
This article evaluates the roles of a director and the importance of a strong sense of purpose for any organisation. The three main roles outlined in the article are policy, strategy and operations. External and internal monitoring by the directors is found to be essential in these roles. Originality, imagination and ambition form the hallmark of having a strong sense of purpose (policy). This sense of direction along with decisional, informational and interpersonal roles of the directors helped them to progress from a recession after the second world war in UK. Specific actions must be taken to overcome the internal and external obstacles to fulfilling the sense of purpose. The director plays an important role in linking the organization and the environment and generates proactivity. The article also emphasises the scientific method of management which includes clarity, order and dispassionate observation to increase efficiency. It thus shows how profits were earned from waste materials by William Walters and other leaders of Terre.
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A qualitative investigation into leader behavioural flexibility
Crissa Sumner-Armstrong, Peter Newcombe, Robin Martin
Journal of Management Development
Year: 2008 Volume: 27 Issue: 8 Page: 843 – 857 ISSN: 0262-1711
DOI: 10.1108/02621710810895668
This research primarily aimed to classify traits synonymous with leader behavioural flexibility (lbf) and consecutively their effects on an organisation management. It also addresses some of the problems that were earlier related to management, namely:
1. The difficulty of determining the most effective
What is a director’s role?
Brenton Kenton
Executive development
Year: 1995 Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Page: 16-18 ISSN: 0953-3230
DOI: 10.1108/09533239510086358
This article evaluates the roles of a director and the importance of a strong sense of purpose for any organisation. The three main roles outlined in the article are policy, strategy and operations. External and internal monitoring by the directors is found to be essential in these roles. Originality, imagination and ambition form the hallmark of having a strong sense of purpose (policy). This sense of direction along with decisional, informational and interpersonal roles of the directors helped them to progress from a recession after the second world war in UK. Specific actions must be taken to overcome the internal and external obstacles to fulfilling the sense of purpose. The director plays an important role in linking the organization and the environment and generates proactivity. The article also emphasises the scientific method of management which includes clarity, order and dispassionate observation to increase efficiency. It thus shows how profits were earned from waste materials by William Walters and other leaders of Terre.
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A qualitative investigation into leader behavioural flexibility
Crissa Sumner-Armstrong, Peter Newcombe, Robin Martin
Journal of Management Development
Year: 2008 Volume: 27 Issue: 8 Page: 843 – 857 ISSN: 0262-1711
DOI: 10.1108/02621710810895668
This research primarily aimed to classify traits synonymous with leader behavioural flexibility (lbf) and consecutively their effects on an organisation management. It also addresses some of the problems that were earlier related to management, namely:
1. The difficulty of determining the most effective