“Whether it is managing people with different personalities or making management decisions, not all management work is rational.”

Not All Management Work is Rational

Introduction

The manager is considered to be one of the most important positions in a company for its plays very important roles . As the term `manager implies , a manager manages the workplace , the organization and the conditions in the workplace thus managers have the controlling and decision-making power . On the contrary , the managers are held responsible and accountable to the results of any decisions made in the company . Due to the different roles played by managers in the workplace it can be expected that not

all management work performed by a manager can be rational . There are some decisions made in a reactive manner that show positive results but in other cases resulted to problems and conflicts . It is then the objective of this to provide evidences showing that not all management work is rational that managers also do their work in a reactive manner because of some factors that cannot be avoided or inherent in the workplace

The is divided into three sections : the first part of the provides an overview of the roles and jobs perform by managers the second part discusses how managers perform their jobs effectively and the last section discusses the factors that affect the rationality or irrationality of management works . The discussion of managers ' roles is important for it provides evidences on how complex the management works are while the discussion on how managers perform their jobs determines how come managers can also make non-rational decisions

The Manager 's Roles

An organization , particularly large companies , has different managerial levels . The highest-level manager is the top manager . It is the strategic level of management where policies and goals of a company are established . Below the high level managers are the tactical levels or the middle managers who are in charge of different divisions of a company . Finally , there is the operational level or the lower level managers who are in charge of departments within a certain division and the day to day activities of the company (Schermerhorn , 2001 . A manager 's job can be described by the various roles and functions he performs . Managers from different levels perform different functions but generally , regardless of the managerial level , all managers ' common function is to manage people and interact effectively with them Basically , they coach employees to help them improve their works organize job tasks settle disputes and develop career paths for employees (Fayol on de Bono , 2005 . De Bono (2005 ) added that the basic roles of managers include planning , organizing , commanding coordinating , and controlling

Planning involves defining goals , establishing strategy , and developing sub-plans to coordinate activities organizing is a managerial function that determines what needs to be done , how it will be done , and assigning the right individuals to perform what needs to be done leading pertains to directing and motivating all parties involved and resolving conflicts and controlling is the monitoring of activities to ensure that plans are accomplished and goals are achieved by the organization...