Business AS · Human resource management. The idea in plain words, the rules to remember, the mistake to avoid and a worked example, written and checked by Mega Lecture.
Managers get things done through other people. The traditional functions are planning (setting objectives and how to reach them), organising (arranging people and resources), directing (leading and motivating staff) and controlling (checking results against the plan and correcting them). Fayol first listed functions like these.
Mintzberg looked at what managers really do and found ten roles in three groups: interpersonal, informational and decisional.
A management style is the way a manager deals with staff and makes decisions. The style often follows the manager's beliefs about workers, which McGregor called Theory X and Theory Y. No style is always best: it depends on the staff, the task and the time available.
Theory X and Theory Y do not describe two types of worker. They describe two sets of beliefs that managers hold about workers.
Answer: Disseminator, an informational role.
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