Adjusting Managerial Acts to Behavioral Concepts.

The article examines concrete examples of managerial acts and connects these to behavioral concepts. The authors feel that many management studies are largely based solely on a verbal assessment of skills and they feel that a manager's actions are far more important in determining behavior and management style. They consider management behavior analyzing both verbal and nonverbal behaviors with a scale which includes active, dynamic, and interpersonal skills and also social and technical abilities.