Conceptual, Practical and Commanding Skills

Emotional, Practical and Technical Skills

Conceptual,

Human and Technical Skills

Coordinating, Emotional and Practical

Skills

Cognitive skills associated with advanced problem solving

often under conditions of uncertainty and complexity.

A combination of technical,

human, and cognitive skills.

Cognitive skills and to a

lesser degree administrative skills.

Technical proficiency and

social skills more so than cognitive skills.

People, structure and order

Boundaries, members and purpose

People, purpose and structure

Purpose, people and strategy

Strategic HR, formulation and action

Strategic foresight, planning and

implementation

Strategic marketing, selling and planning

Strategic

analysis, formulation and implementation

Focuses attention on

non-performing divisions and stakeholder relations.

Aligns with situational contingencies such as people and

strategy.

Minimises consideration of

situational contingencies of any kind.

Does not change in response to

the business environment.

Controlling

Allocating

Organising

Leading.

Workflows that turn resources into outputs

Products/Services that it can

sell

New ideas that can generate

profit

Resources that it can use to

make money

A common vision

a common purpose

A common profit

A common value

Maximise profit

Maximise efficiency not effectiveness

Maximise effectiveness and not efficiency

Balance the tension between efficiency and effectiveness