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Henry Mintzberg concluded that managers perform ten different, highly interrelated roles that are primarily interpersonal, information, or decisional. Which of the following statements is inconsistent regarding the roles?

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Managers perform a negotiator role when they discuss issues and bargain with other units (internal or external) to gain advantages for their own unit.

As disturbance handlers, managers take correction action in response to unforeseen problems.

When the president of a college hands out diplomas at commencement, they are acting in a figurehead role.

Managers perform the disseminator role when they transmit information to outsiders on organization’s plans and actions.

A sales manager who obtains information from the quality-control manager in his own company has an internal liaison relationship.