Interpersonal Category

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Interpersonal Category

The managerial roles in this category involve providing information and ideas.
1. Figurehead As a manager, you have social, ceremonial and legal
responsibilities. You're expected to be a source of inspiration. People look up to
you as a person with authority, and as a figurehead.
2. Leader This is where you provide leadership for your team, your department or
perhaps your entire organization; and it's where you manage the performance and
responsibilities of everyone in the group.
3. Liaison Managers must communicate with internal and external contacts. You
need to be able to network effectively on behalf of your organization.

Informational Category
The managerial roles in this category involve processing information.
4. Monitor In this role, you regularly seek out information related to your
organization and industry, looking for relevant changes in the environment. You
also monitor your team, in terms of both their productivity, and their well-being.
5. Disseminator This is where you communicate potentially useful information to
your colleagues and your team.
6. Spokesperson Managers represent and speak for their organization. In this role
you're responsible for transmitting information about your organization and its
goals to the people outside it.

Decisional Category
The managerial roles in this category involve using information.
7. Entrepreneur As a manager, you create and control change within the
organization. This means solving problems, generating new ideas, and
implementing them.
8. Disturbance Handler When an organization or team hits an unexpected
roadblock, it's the manager who must take charge. You also need to help mediate
disputes within it.
9. Resource Allocator You'll also need to determine where organizational
resources are best applied. This involves allocating funding, as well as assigning
staff and other organizational resources.
10. Negotiator You may be needed to take part in, and direct, important
negotiations within your team, department, or organization.

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