Her administrative style is firm, even strict.
Mr. Forsman's colleagues see a similar ethos in his administrative style.
As for her own administrative style, she acknowledged, "I can be brusque".
They have an administrative style that is new to Afghanistan -- a combination of Afghan and Western thinking.
His resolve and confidence are also a hallmark of his administrative style, whether he is encouraging New Yorkers to be brave in a crisis or crusading to dismantle the Board of Education, privatize city industries or monitor the content of art exhibits.
This testimony, which seemed at odds with his hands-on administrative style, was challenged Monday by a witness who said she had worked for him as a medic and had lost several family members in Tuol Sleng.
Considering this from the inside out, we can, for example, distinguish a conceptual style of management, which focuses on the development of the frame, an administrative style, which concerns itself primarily with controlling, an interpersonal style, which favors leading on the inside or linking on the outside, and an action style, which is concerned mainly with tangible doing.
"His administrative style works best when he has really smart people working for him who understand that he's the leader, and you cover the leader," said one former aide, who insisted on anonymity to avoid damaging relationships with people still at City Hall.
As some observers have noted, Reagan's administrative style as governor was essentially the same as the one he would later adopt as president: he left most of the day-to-day business of government to assistants and department heads, preferring to focus on larger issues of policy and vision.
But his perfectionism and relentless administrative style soon became a source of friction with the staff.
This led to a bureaucratic tangle of overlapping jurisdictions and responsibilities typical of the administrative style of the Nazi regime.
