Reflect on Magerial Competencies

Managerial Competencies

A manager 's job is not an easy task . Being a manager is like keeping one eye to the right and the other to the left at the same time . It is therefore very tasking especially if the manager does not have a full knowledge of the fundamentals of management

The study efforts of Denison , Hooijberg and Quinn (1995 ) regarding managerial leadership , also known as the Competing Values Framework have somehow provided a solution or an explanation on how managers should portray themselves in the workplace . The framework states that

in order for managers to be effective , they should function as innovators brokers , producers , directors , coordinators , monitors , facilitators , and mentors (Denison , Hooijberg Quinn , 1995 . These roles focus on both external as well as internal emphasis . The internal emphasis focuses on the development of people within the organization while the external emphasis focuses on the development of the organization as a whole Another area of focus for these roles is the emphasis on structure which represents the contrast between flexibility and control . This emphasizes the need for leaders to be flexible with how they handle processes within the organization yet still maintain a form of control . These sets of focus are seen as conflicting . This is the reason why developing managerial competencies should be a process that will teach a manager to multitask in order to fulfill the duties he is required to do in the areas he is required to cover . If the manager is able to successfully...