Perspective on management

Seek and acquire work-related information.

Read trade magazines, trade reports; attend seminars.

• Monitor

• Disseminator

• Spokesperson

• Interpersonal

Communicate/ disseminate information to others within the organization

• Monitor

• Disseminator

• Spokesperson

• Figurehead

Communicate/transmit information to outsiders

• Leader

• Disseminator

• Interpersonal

• Spokesperson

Perform social and legal duties, act as symbolic leader.

• Liaison / Liaiser

• Leader

• Figurehead

• Disseminator

Direct and motivate staff, select and train employees.

• Leader

• Figurehead

• Liaison / Liaiser

• Decisional

Establish and maintain contacts within and outside the organization

• Disseminator

• Spokesperson

• Entrepreneur

• Liaison / Liaiser

Identify new ideas and initiate improvement projects

• Disturbance Handler

• Resource Allocator

• Entrepreneur

• Negotiator

Deals with disputes or problems and takes corrective action

• Disturbance Handler

• Resource Allocator

• Negotiator

• Monitor

Decide where to apply resources

• Negotiator

• Liaison / Liaiser

• Resource Allocator

• Figurehead

Defends business interests

• Negotiator

• Resource Allocator

• Disseminator

• Liaison / Liaiser