Manager
Managers play an essential role in an institution's growth as well as evolution. Organizational growth is one of the most complex process and especially in larger institutions or companies with more indolence. Organizations are basically a compilation of moving elements that are involved in the motivation of each other with the varying unique motivations and talents. Therefore, the success of most of these organizations largely depends on the effectiveness of the managers and their ability to communicate with other members of the organization. Managers are thus expected to smooth the progress of the evolutionary change rather than accepting the change. Thus the core roles of a manager are to plan, organize, staff and control and in doing so they help the employees through the transformation with the minimal number of conflicts as well as issues (Fernández et al 7).
Duke’s manager stated that trust building is essential in the organization as it ensures support from all the subordinates in the institution. He also stated that communication and mutual understanding also ensures that a close relationship between the employees and the manager is enhanced thus allowing for shared values and determination and team building.
According to the interview with the manager, one of the essential roles in his line of work is the organization of the institution staff at the institution. The manager is greatly involved in the allocation of resources to his subordinate staff. He, therefore, ensures that he allocates his time to all the staff, human, physical as well as financial resources to all the staff. He also establishes a time schedule in and a work plan as well indicating clearly the completion of a certain work or the expenditure of a given project.
The manager also outlined that leading others is one of his crucial role in the institution as it involves leading as an example as the rest f the subordinate employees follows. Thus he has to take the right path for other to follow the same steps. He, therefore, is responsible for the coordination of work done by others in the institution, hiring of qualified new staff, training, motivating and supporting the existing employees so as to assist them to reach far beyond their potential (Duke n.p).
Having a plan is core to the success of the institution. Therefore, Duke’s manager stated that he is involved in setting goals and challenges the employees in the institution as he wants them to have a direction to which they are focused to follow so as to attain these goals. In developing a strategic plan, the manager ensures that they have a target that they want to achieve within a given period and a clear outline showing the strategy to use so as to hit their target. He thus encourages a continuous improvement that ultimately yields better results. This has therefore contributed so much in making a difference in the institutions’ missions of education, research work as well as patient care (Duke n.p).
According to Duke’s manager, it is his role to ensure that the planned performance is attained and if it is not attained he is responsible for evaluating the actual plan and thus taking the necessary corrective action so as to achieve the performance. He thus holds the employees responsible for not meeting their expected success and standards.
In conclusion, it is important to note that review process is one of the key measures of progress in any organization. Thus regular discussion should review the progress of their employees, their intensity of their interest and their frustration through regular discussion as this would help improve on the challenging parts and it would enhance follow-ups thus the success of an institution.
References
Duke office of human resources. A manager’s role. Duke University. Retrieved from:
Fernández Marañón, Cristina. "What do managers do? Is national culture related to the activities that managers carry out?." (2016).
