What is meaning of role?A role is an organized set of behaviors that is associated with a particular officeManagement roles:Management roles are behavior adopted to perform various management functions like planning,organizing,leading and solving problemWhat manager do ?A prominent management researcher say that what manager do can best be described by looking at the roles they play at workTypes of manager’s rolesInterpersonal rolesInformational rolesDecisional rolesInterpersonal roleIt involves people ( subordinate and persons outside the organization ) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in natureRoles in interpersonal roleFigureheadLeaderLiaisonFigureheadSymbolic head; obliged to perform a number of routine duties of a legal or social natureExample of Identifiable ActivitiesGreeting visitor and signing legal documentsLeaderResponsible for motivation of subordinates ; responsible for staffing training and associated dutiesExample of Identifiable Activitiesperforming virtually all activities that involve subordinateLiaisonMaintains self- developed network of outside contacts and informers who provide favor and informationExample of Identifiable ActivitiesAcknowledging mail doing external board work performing other activities that involve outsiderInformational rolesIt involves receiving collecting and disseminatingInformational rolesMonitorDisseminatorSpokespersonMonitorSeeks and receives wide variety of internal and externa information to develop thorough understanding. of organization and environmentExamples of IdentifiableReading periodicals and reports: maintaining personal contactsDisseminatorTransmits information received from outsiders or from subordinates to members of the organizationExamples of Identifiable Activitiesmeetings making phone calls to relay . Information