Question

According to Mintzberg, the thousands of specific tasks managers need to perform fall

into ten roles. Which of the following is NOT one of these roles?
A. decision making
B. interpersonal
C. informational
D. organizational
E. all of the above were roles identified by Mintzberg

Answer 1

The role of 'organizational' is not one of the ten roles identified by Mintzberg. His ten managerial roles are categorized as interpersonal, informational, and decisional.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Mintzberg, the thousands of specific tasks managers need to perform fall into ten roles. These roles are categorized into three groups, namely interpersonal roles (figurehead, leader, liaison), informational roles (monitor, disseminator, spokesperson), and decisional roles (entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator). Among the options provided, the role of 'organizational' is NOT one of the roles identified by Mintzberg. Therefore, the correct answer is D. Organizational.

Henry Mintzberg OC OQ FRSC is a Canadian academic and author on business and management. He is currently the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he has been teaching since 1968