What is the nature of managerial work, what purpose does it serve and how has it
changed?
To portray managerial work, one finds oneself lost in the various research, theory, and
empirical evidence, which have been accumulating over the past 100 years. It seems that
nobody has really come up with a credible and universal definition of managerial work.
From this plethora of ideas, this essay will highlight the most crucial aspects to managerial
work, which is important to understand because the manager job is vital to society,
(Mintzberg, 1990). Hence the key to the essay is how the managers and management
academics fuse ideas together to create the functioning organization. The managerial work,
therefore, shall be examined in the context of those who are managers in organizations.
From the very definition of managerial work, there is a strong contrast between work
defined theoretically or socially. This essay will highlight the divergence between the
theory and practice of management, and why it is important to society as a whole so that
by understanding what it is, it can be improved to yield useful social benefits.
Therefore this essay will concentrate on what is meant by managerial work, why this is
important and how this work has been changing over time, so that some ideas can be
drawn on how this information can be used to improve the quality of life.