Managerial Roles: Mintzberg and the Management Process Theorists.

Snyder, Neil; Wheelen, Thomas L.

doi:10.5465/ambpp.1981.4976861

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“…Immediately following the release of Mintzberg's book in 1973 many researchers tried to verify the roles Mintzberg proposed however few attempts have been made to update the 10 roles. Furthermore, there does not appear to be a model or theory that integrates a complete set of roles that contribute to an effective executive (Hart & Quinn, 1993;Howe, 1988;Mintzberg, 1973Mintzberg, , 2009Snyder & Wheelen, 1981) and few empirical studies have attempted to make the connection between the role of CEO and the performance of the organizations they lead. Peter…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Use of work diaries, interviews, in-basket simulation, and time sampling are other research methods employed to study the role of CEO (Carlson, 1951;Lau et al, 1979;Mintzberg, 1973;Shapira & Dunbar, 1980;Snyder & Wheelen, 1981;Whitely, 1978). A few studies have surveyed CEOs directly using Mintzberg's 10 roles or Hart and Quinn's four roles, however these surveys limited the roles the CEOs could choose from and did not appear to ask the CEOs to add roles they thought were missing from the survey.…”

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“…Some studies utilized and expanded upon the original model and some put forth new models to explain the role of CEO (Hart & Quinn, 1993;Howe, 1988;Lau et al, 1979;Snyder & Wheelen, 1981;Tengblad, 2006). Some claim that Mintzberg -got it [the role of CEO] right‖ (Kurke & Aldrich, 1983, p. 975) and Mintzberg's theory of roles is -timeless‖ (Tengblad, 2006(Tengblad, , p. 1452.…”

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“…Most researchers asked questions about Mintzberg's 10 roles and in one case they developed their own set of roles upon which to base their studies (Ahmed, 2005;Beggs & Doolittle, 1988;Carter, 1982;Hart & Quinn, 1993;Howe, 1988;Kurke & Aldrich, 1983;Lau et al, 1979;Mintzberg, 2009;Pugliese, 1985;Snyder & Wheelen, 1981;Tengblad, 2006;Whitely, 1978). In some cases the researchers asked CEOs to rank the roles in terms of importance, rather than asking for time estimations of the roles.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mintzberg's research was the impetus and framework for many studies on the work, the role, and the characteristics of CEOs (Carter, 1982;Howe, 1988;Kurke & Aldrich, 1983;Lau, Pavett, & Newman, 1979;Snyder & Wheelen, 1981;Whitely, 1978).…”

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The Role of Chief Executive Officer

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OF DISSERTATION THE ROLE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERThe purpose of this study was to address the gap between what is reported in the literature and what is known in current practice on the role of CEO. Research on the role of CEO is conflicting and outdated, and the theory deduced by Mintzberg in the 1970s has not been continually refined and updated, a necessary process for maintaining the usefulness of a theory (Lynham, 2002). A major goal of this research was to use the insights provided by CEOs to improve our general understanding of the major roles played by CEOs and how they generally allocate their time in various critical functions.CEOs are known for being a difficult population to research, yet this study has shown they are not inaccessible.This research was also intended to serve those responsible for identifying CEO candidates, recruiting CEOs, coaching CEOs, sustaining an organization's leadership system, and developing performance matrices for Boards of Directors who are ultimately responsible for making sure the CEO is effective and efficient.To investigate the role of CEO a survey instrument was developed based on 31 roles identified in the literature. The survey was sent to CEOs selected from a purchased database by e-mail. The study focused on three research questions with the purpose of

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confidence: 99%