Executive functions
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The document outlines the roles and responsibilities of executives in an organization. It discusses the tasks of executives which include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. It also describes the different types of roles executives perform such as figurehead, leader, liaison, monitor, disseminator, spokesperson, entrepreneur, problem solver, and resource allocator. The document lists important executive qualifications like decision making skills, interpersonal skills, organizational knowledge, job knowledge, and general knowledge. It emphasizes that decision making is a core skill for executives and recommends methods for developing this skill, including using in-basket techniques, business games, and case analysis.
Executive functions
- 1. The Review Phase Executive is the person who has responsibility for the activities of other people in an organization. Tasks of an executive Planning Organizing Staffing Directing Controlling Types of roles which they perform in the organization Interpersonal Roles a) The figurehead role b) Leadership role c) Liaison role Informational Roles a) Monitor role b) Disseminator role c) Spokesperson role Decisional Roles a) Entrepreneurial role b) Problem solver c) Resources allocator d) Negotiator Executive Qualifications • Decision making skills • Interpersonal Skills • Organizational Knowledge • Job Knowledge • General Knowledge • Specific Individual Needs • Other Needs How to develop “Decision Making Skills” • In- Basket Technique • Business Games • Case Analysis Decision-making Skills To many, the essence of the executive job is making decisions, the great majority of which are correct. Though this skill can be approached in a variety of ways, including special courses in decision making, there has been a marked tendency to utilize methods entailing simulation of the executive environment. Among these methods are the in-basket, business games, and case studies.