Identify and describe one decisional role, one informational role, and one interpersonal role that managers fulfill.

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Answer 1

Decisional roles include entrepreneurs, disturbance handlers, resource allocators and negotiators. Informational roles include monitors, disseminators and spokespeople. Interpersonal roles include leaders, liaisons, and figureheads.

In the decisional category, entrepreneurs search for new business opportunities and initiate new projects to create change; disturbance handlers take corrective action during crises and other conflicts; resource allocators provide funding and other resources to units or people; and negotiators engage in negotiations with parties outside the organization as well as inside (for example, resource exchanges).

In the informational category, monitors seek information to understand the organization and its environment, serving as the center of communication; disseminators transmit information from source to source, sometimes interpreting and integrating diverse perspectives; and spokespeople speak on behalf of the organization about plans, policies, actions, and results.

In the interpersonal category, leaders engage in activities such as staffing, developing, and motivating people; liaisons maintain a network of outside contacts that provide information and favors; and figureheads perform symbolic duties (for example, ceremonies) and serve other social and legal demands.