Capable Manager (Open University)TMA 1

Questions a) Discuss the managers function with reference to Mintzbergs model b) Identify areas from the above discsuuion where you could improve your own management performance c) Discuss staff development within your company / division Assignment 1 Part (a) Model: Mintzberg Description Mintzberg shows that a manager's job in reality is quite different from what it is perceived to be. Managers have to perform a wide variety of roles that can be grouped into three areas: interpersonal, …

…great feeling of self importance) describing in minute detail how they were able to solve a particular problem because they "remembered reading about it in the mail". Occasionally a technician will be asked to give a brief presentation to his or her colleagues on a solution that they have found. The participation in this scheme is also used in the staff evaluation process. All in all the above schemes seems to be working very well.