Managerial Job:

Managerial job in very simple term can be defined as the duties and responsibilities that
managers ought to perform in any organization so as to move towards the betterment of the
organization and also create a favorable work environment for the employees. The various duties
and responsibilities might include planning, organizing, achievement orientation, decision
making, creativity, adaptability, stress tolerance and so on. But the way managers are required
to perform might differ according to the work environment, regulating environment, country
culture, nature of the manager and different other influencing factors. Managerial jobs involve
various components of managerial competencies:
Skills: Skills are gained from the long term or short term work experience whereas, some can be
learned. Like interpersonal skills, software skills etc.
Knowledge: Something that is acquired through learning like policies and procedures.
Personal attributes: Personal characteristics that is inherent within a person.
Different attributes are required in two different work environments and so does in two different
countries and surrounding according to the requirement.
One of the most important factors that pose challenge in managerial competency is
globalization. When out sourcing and off shoring they are required to adapt to the cultural
orientation, international politics, competition of that society and most importantly its economy.
Similarly, if we talk about a private and a public sector these two has a different working system,
different organization culture so the person working here has different norms and decree in work.
So if a person shifts from private to the public or vice versa he/she has to be able to cope in that
environment which requires flexibility. Such factors greatly influence managers competency
since

it

determines

his/her

personal,

task-specific

and

social

interaction

performance. It is much more than knowledge and skills since a manager is

required to cope with every uncertainty ambiguity and contingency that
arises within and outside the organization and only such can help meeting
the complex demands of any organization.

Every jobs nature differs and the way of performing the job varies accordingly. The models,
criteria, organizational constraints sometimes create a different module in performing the job. So
in order to understand the managerial job Demands, Constraints and Choices should be kept
into account.
Demand is something which must be done or the requirements that has to be fulfilled by that
position whereas, constraints are the criteria set by the organization. Working in an organization
one has to deal with various demands like your peer demands, the external (or customers)
demands or your seniors demand. Not only the demands but one can be constrained by the
limited availability of human as well of other resources, feasibility, society and several other
factors.
In order to be a successful manager one should be able to make such choice which can fulfill the
expected demands remaining within the constraints.
So, a managerial job includes accomplishing the desired goal by being able to assess different
types of environment, situation and moving along with the contingencies in order to fulfill the
demands of any particular job using several managerial competencies, skills and managerial
roles like Interpersonal, Informational and Decisional roles.

-Alina Adhikari