Administration

Our working lives are full of administrative matters. We have to organize ourselves, and deal with the large volumes of paper and electronic information that results from being part of an organization. The five core roles define any managerial job. However, the role mix varies depending on the job itself. A research scientist would have a very large technical role, a managing director, a very large leadership role. It is very helpful to think in terms of such roles, all of which we are likely to carry out more than once in a working day. We can identify the skills requirement of each role, the degree of overlap and degree of separation. We can devise and implement a plan to maximize our competence in each role.