CLARIFYING ROLES &
OBJECTIVES
APAMSA Leadership Development Module
Clarifying Roles & Objectives
Task-Oriented Behaviors
 Clarify
plans, policies, and role expectations
 Duties,
functions, and responsibilities for each team
member must be clearly defined
 Clarifying
is critical for complex and multifaceted
projects
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 69-70)
Task-Oriented Behaviors
Leadership Challenge (11)
 Clarifying
Roles & Objectives
 Clarifying
helps facilitate cohesive work activities by
decreasing role confusion and conflicts
 Briefly
describe the job responsibilities of each officer
involved in any given project and how each job addresses
key team objectives
Clarifying Roles & Objectives
Guidelines For Clarifying Roles & Objectives
 Define
Job Responsibilities
 Assign work
 Set Performance Goals
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 69-70)
Clarifying Roles & Objectives
Define Job Responsibilities

Define the major job responsibilities for each officer

Clarify each officer’s scope of authority

Describe how each job addresses key team objectives

Clarify important policies, rules, and requirements to be
followed
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 69-70)
Clarifying Roles & Objectives
Assign Work
 Clearly
describe the assigned work for each officer
 Describe
the purpose of each assignment relative to
team goals
 Clarify
priorities and deadlines
 Request
each officer to describe their understanding
of the assigned work
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 69-70)
Clarifying Roles & Objectives
Set Performance Goals
 Set
goals for a sequence of action steps for each
goal, well in advance of required dates for
completion
 Set
clear and specific goals
 Set
challenging but realistic goals
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 69-70)
Task-Oriented Behaviors
Summary
 Clarifying
Roles & Objectives

Clarifying Roles & Objectives facilitates cohesive work activities
by decreasing role confusion and conflicts

Duties, functions, and responsibilities for each team member
must be clearly defined

Utilize these guidelines to ensure that everyone knows what to
do, how to do it, and what results are expected
Task-Oriented Behaviors
Next Topic…
 Delegation

Our next module discusses guidelines to determine what and how
to delegate effectively
Task-Oriented Behaviors
Sources
 G.
Yukl, Leadership In Organizations, New Jersey:
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 69-70
 Free
Management Library
 www.managementhelp.org/ldrship/ldrship.htm