مدل نقش هاي دوازده گانه ي مديريت در ايران

A TWELVE MANAGERIAL ROLE MODEL FOR MANAGEMENT IN IRAN

The current article starts with a literature review in Managerial work and its trend. The trend includes the review of five major theories in the field i.e.: managerial characteristics, managerial functions, managerial roles, managerial competencies and managerial talents. Con­sidering the managerial roles as an empirically grounded theory, this has been selected for current study as its theoretical framework. Different research methods employed in empirical managerial work studies are reviewed in this article and the reason for selecting Mintzbergʹs ʹshadow observa­tion" niʹ-thod is explained. This paper provides the find­ings of nn empirical investigation, conducted in Iran, to examine the nature of managerial work in this coun­try. Thiʹ paper presents the results emerging from the study within two sections. The first section explains the characteristics and the second describes the content of Iranian managersʹ jobs. The finding concludes with a twelve level managerial role model developed based on the study. Finally, this article offers a four level model to inter­pret the content of managerial jobs internationally. The model explains the nature of managerial work in four lev­els including: individual level {managing oneself), inter- organizational level (managing internal affairs of organi­zations), organizational level (managing externa) affairs of organizations) and super-organizationa) level (man­aging social affairs). The model has not been merely developed based on the study explained in the present article, but, also, reflects further study including inter­views with 18 highly experienced Iranian managers.