A scholar manager is a person with extensive knowledge in the areas of academic administration, research in the university and also the students. He is responsible for maintaining the discipline of academic knowledge in the university. It is his responsibility to maintain the research work on the university. The job description of this person is similar to the other administrators of the university. A scholar manager can be termed as the head of the academic department.
The most important part of the administrative job is to maintain a good rapport among the professors and the students. This is to keep the academic discipline in check. If a scholar has developed a bad reputation then it will not be possible for him to do his job properly. As this person keeps a close watch on the academic work he needs to know about the progress of the work and what has been accomplished or is going to be accomplished in the course of academic work. So, it is necessary that he has the basic knowledge of academic writing in the various journals and also the papers. He should also be an expert in the field of academic administration. It is because he is supposed to have complete knowledge about the academic works and he should keep a tab on the progress of the academic work.
He should have proper way of dealing with the student in his place as he can give a bad name to the student if he is not careful. For this he has to keep a close watch on the student's performance. In order to maintain this discipline, all the students have to have their own advisor. The advisor can be a lecturer. The advisor should be available to them at all times for their questions or problems.