| Role | Description |
| Interpersonal | |
| Figurehead | Symbolic head; required to perform a number of routine duties of a legal or social nature |
| Leader | Responsible for the motivation and direction of employees |
| Liaison | Maintains a network of outside contacts who provide favors and information |
| Informational | |
| Monitor | Receives a wide variety of information; serves as nerve center of internal and external information of the organization |
| Monitor | Transmits information received from outsiders or from other employees to members of the organization |
| Spokesperson | Transmits information to outsiders on organization’s plans, policies, actions, and results; serves as expert on organization’s industry |
| Decisional | |
| Entrepreneur | Searches organization and its environment for ... |
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