The Manager’s Job Folklore and fact BY HENRY MINTZBERG The above article by Henry Mintzberg enlightens us on what managers actually do. The article differentiates between the traditional myths and actual facts about manager’s role. Traditionally it is thought that a manager’s job is based on four basic aspects: planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling which may be true however the author argues that these aspects only cover a part of manager’s duties. Explain how the structure of comparison (in the article). Mention author’s focus points such as communication, ethics, etc. Managers’ extensive use of verbal media helps to explain why they are reluctant to delegate tasks and are damned by their own information system to a “dilemma of delegation” – to do too much or to

delegate to subordinates with inadequate briefing.
As an example the author argues that a manager is the person who is under pressure all the time, he has to deal with multiple things going on in his mind, a manager has to keep an eye on each an very employee or sub ordinates he is working with and also pay attention to the surroundings in which he is working. This is one of the facts about the managers where else the folklore is that managers are systematic planners.
A good manager always motivates his employees and keep up a good verbal communication with his peers and subordinates, he keeps up a healthy atmosphere at the work place, because through efficient communication a manager can obtain more verbal information and act efficiently and in a timely fashion.
The author emphasizes on effective communication as a basic input of decision making for the manager; as he is the central nerve of the system. A manager has all the information for