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thinkingandactingofadministratorswithsuchattributesasreconcilingdifferences,
searchingforcompromisesandmaintainingthebalanceofpower.Relationsbetween
managersandothermembersoforganizationarebasedontherolethatthemanagers
playinthesequenceofactions(workprocesses)ordecision-makingprocess
[Zaleznik2004,p.5].AsCzarniawska-JoergesnoticesreferringtoSchumpter
managementisafunctionconsistingofcontrollingandintroducingdisciplineand
order.Itisconnectedwithasignificantamountofeverydaybureaucraticwork
[Czarniawska-JoergesandWolff1991,p.533].Managementandroutinebehaviour
inproductionandbusinessallowseconomiestodelivergoodsontimeandtoact
inaccordancewiththerequirementsofsystems,whicharehighlyrationalized,and
becauseofthatpredictable[Czarniawska-JoergesandWolff1991,p.534].AsMayo
andNohria[2005,p.48]pointoutintheirresearchonmanagerialprofiles,managers
arequalifiedinreadingandusingthecontextoftheirtimes.Theycanformand
developcompaniesduetothoroughunderstandingoftheareainwhichtheyoperate.
Theyalsonoticethatsuchadministrativeroleco-existswiththetwootherduringthe
wholeperiodofdevelopmentofmoderncompanies.Asimilarthought,allowingto
seetheadministrator’sroleinabrighterlight,isexpressedbyKotter[2001,p.86],
whopointsthatitisaseparate,butalsoacomplementarysystemofacting,whose
pillarsareplanningandbudgeting,organizinganddelegatingtasks,andcontrolling
andsolvingproblems.Managementservesmainlycopingwiththecomplexityof
organization.Withoutagoodmanagement,modern,complexcompanieswouldbe
thrownintochaos,threateningtheirexistence.Goodmanagement(administration)
bringsessentialleveloforderandcohesioninsuchkeyaspectsasqualityandproduct
profitability.Whereas,referringtoBurns’stheoryoftransactional-transformational
leadership,itisworthmentioningthattransactionalleadershipcanbetreatedas
apsychologicalbasisforperformingtheroleofamanager-administratoreffectively.
Transactionalleadershipfocusesontherelationsofexchangebetweenleadersand
theirsupportersorsubordinates[Burns1978].Throughthisprocessleadersreferto
individualexpectationsoftheirsubordinatesinordertomotivatethemtoachieve
thegoals.Althoughthisformmayseemandithappenstobereferredtoasapassing
styleofleadership,itisworthemphasizingthatitmaybeaprofitablestrategyof
leadershipinthecaseofstable,existingorganizations[Ensleyetal.2006,p.249].
Amanager,becauseofthestronglymarkedelementsofthecontrolfunction
realizedunderdifferentforms,mayarouseinsomesubordinatestransferential
reactionsoffear,anger,aversionandtheneedofkeepingdistance;inothers,feeling
ofsafetyandstrongdependentneeds;heorshemayalsoaroseangerandthefeelingof
guilt.Ifamanagershowsbehaviorsoftheobsessive-compulsivecharacter,relations
withsubordinatesmaybebipolar.Theywillbegoodwithpeoplesimilarlyobsessive
ordependent,thosewhocanwellstandcontrol;muchworseandperiodicallybad,
withthemajorityofothersubordinatesandco-workers.
Whereas,withthedominationofnarcissisticfeatures,amanagercanarouse
mainlynegativefeeling;adesiretorebelorstrongcompetitiveattitudes.However,