Exploring the teaching function in the managerial role

The manager/teacher role has not been sufficiently identified or discussed in various papers on managerial role theory published over the years. The present paper discusses the findings of an exploratory study of the factors related to effectiveness in performing each of the critical components involved in performing this role. These critical components are acceptance of the manager/teacher role, performing the teaching role effectively, and the acceptance of the teaching by the targeted learners. The most critical factors related to these critical components were perceived performance pressures, perceived rewards for teaching, ability to simplify complexity, perceived communication effectiveness, the knowledge credibility of the manager/teacher, the manager’s desire to improve others, and knowledge of and use of a wide variety of teaching approaches.