a good manager

The attributes of a good manager

In my opinion, a good manager should create a positive environment for all employees, he should also be responsible for his work and team, and lastly he should be able to process the company information efficiently.  

First of all, a good manager should create a positive environment for all his employee’s, because this will help the employee’s works well together and be happy with their job. The most important thing is when the employees are assigned with a difficult task, there will be more pressure and stress as there are more unknown obstacles to face in the new task. As the manager is well prepared for the situation he should be able fix any problems that arises immediately, therefore this will help in maintaining a positive environment for all employees, helping all employees to feel happy with their job. Supporting this ideas Mintzberg theory a leadership under interpersonal roles suggests that each time a manager encourages a subordinate, or middles in his affairs, or replies to one of his requests (Robbins, 2000, p.291). For example, a manager finds time to listen to his employee when they have a problem and acts on it. Therefore, a good manager should maintain all roles to keep his staff happy to ensure a positive environment.    

Secondly, a good manager should be responsible for his work and team because he has to design and improve task and team member skills. The manager also has to able to take charge, solve problems and assign task to his employees because this is important for the manager to make the decision and help their team continue their work in the right direction. Supporting these ideas Mintzberg’s theory in decisional roles under entrepreneur points out that the manager is the initiator and also controls the changes that happens in the organization (Robbins, 2000, p. 293).  For example, a good business manager should be the first one in and the last one out on the job. Therefore, a good manager should have all these responsibilities to ensure that the work could be done well and successfully.

Lastly, a good manager should be able to process the company information efficiently because information is important to running the business. If the manager knows more information about their company then he will able to analyse the organization performance. Supporting this ideas Mintzberg’s theory an information roles under monitor concludes that "the manager should seeks and receives wide variety of special information to develop thorough understanding of organization and environment, emerges as nerve centre of internal and external information about the organization". (Robbins, 2000, p. 12). For example, reading periodicals and reports, maintaining personal contacts. Therefore, a good manager should know all roles to analyse their information to improve the company.

The attributes of a good manager should be able to create a positive environment for all his employees so all employees will be able to feel happy and relaxed in their jobs. The manager should also be responsible for his work and team to ensure the work is completed successfully and the manager should be able to analyse the company information to ensure the running of his company. If a good manager have all these characteristics this will help them succeed in running their business.

By Pormov LIM

12/07/10

Reference

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