The 20 verbs below explain how people often feel and behave. Think of your actions during your office contact. Circle the five verbs which best explain how you communicate from your point of view with others.

Acquiesce	Disapprove
Advise	Evade
Agree	Initiate
Analyze	Judge
Assist	Lead
Concede	Oblige
Concur	Reliniquish
Coordinate	Resist
Criticize	Retreat
Direct	Withdraw

The list above lists two fundamental patterns of interpersonal behavior: superiority (control and authority) and sociability (intimacy or friendliness). Most people choose to regulate (high domination) or allowing others to dominate (low dominance). In the same way, most people appear to be warm and intimate (high sociability) or more detached and impersonal (low sociability).

Part Two:

Circle the five verbs that you mentioned while communicating with others in the following diagram. In those two interpersonal dimensions, the tendencies are expressed by rows and columns horizontal for the domain dimension and vertical for the societal dimension, in which there are three or four verbs surrounding.

High Dominance Low Dominance

Part Three:

Since you and your peers/colleagues have finished the Verb exercise, what have you learned? Taking these observations into account while creating your own theory of collective management.

Textbook Title:Leadership in Organizations 8th edition

Publishers Name:Prentice Hall

Authors Name:Gary Yukl

ISBN:13:978-0-13-242431-8

Advises Acquiesces Agrees High Sociability Assists Concurs Obliges Coordinates Directs Initiates Leads Analyzes Low Sociability Concedes Evades Relinquishes Retreats Withdraw Criticizes Disapproves Judges Resists : Advises Acquiesces Agrees High Sociability Assists Concurs Obliges Coordinates Directs Initiates Leads Analyzes Low Sociability Concedes Evades Relinquishes Retreats Withdraw Criticizes Disapproves Judges Resists