ACTION VERBS FOR DEFINING JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Account To give a report on; to furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.

Achieve To bring to a successful conclusion.

Act To perform a specified function.

Adapt To suit or fit any modification.

Advise To recommend a course of action; to counsel; to give advice to (not simply to tell or inform).

Analyse To study the factors of a situation or problem in detail in order to determine the solution or outcome.

Anticipate To foresee events, trends, consequence or problems.

Approve To sanction officially; to accept as satisfactory; to ratify (thereby assuming responsibility).

Arrange To make preparation for an event; to put in proper order.

Assemble To collect or gather together in a predetermined order; to fit together the parts of;

Assign To fix, specify or designate; to prescribe in assigning responsibility;

Arbitrate To make a judgement; to decide in a dispute.

Assist To lend aid; to help; to give support to.

Attend To be present.

Audit To examine officially with intent to verify.

Authorise To approve; to empower through vested authority.

Budget To plan expenditures.

Build To construct.

Calculate To make a mathematical computation.

Check To verify; to compare with a source.

Code To put into words or symbols used to represent words.

Collaborate To work with and act jointly with others.
Collect To gather or assemble into one body or place, usually for further study or examination.

Communicate To impart a verbal or written message; to transmit information.

Compare To examine for the purpose of discovering resemblances or differences.

Compile To collect (information); to compose out materials from other documents.

Complete To finish; to fully carry out.

Compute To determine or calculate mathematically.

Conduct To carry on: to have the direction of; to direct the executive of.

Confer To compare views; to consult.

Confirm To give approval to; to assure the validity of.

Consolidate To bring together.

Consult To confer; to seek advice of others.

Contact To communicate with.

Control To exercise directing, guiding or restraining power over; to check or regulate; to keep within limits.

Co-ordinate To bring into common action; to harmonise; to integrate.

Correct To make or set right; to alter or adjust to confirm to a standard.

Correlate To connect systematically; to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation.

Correspond To communicate with.

Counsel To advise; to consult with.

Create To bring existence; to produce through imaginative skill.

Delegate To commission another to perform tasks or duties which may carry specific degrees of accountability and authority.

Demonstrate To illustrate and explain, especially with examples.

Design To conceive, create and execute according to plan.

Determine To fix conclusively or authoritatively; to decide; to order; to come to a decision concerning, as a result of investigation, reaction etc; to settle; to give definite direction or impetus to.

Develop To evolve, promote or make active a plan, program or course of action, usually without benefit of prior conclusion or determination.

Devise To form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles, to invent.

Direct To give an order or instruction to; to cause the following of a course of action.

Discuss To exchange views for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion.

Disseminate To spread information or ideas (usually in the sense of a diffuse or widespread audience).

Distribute To apportion or deal out as in distributing literature or mail.

Draft To write or compose papers or documents in rough, preliminary or final form, usually for clearance and approval by others.

Encourage To inspire with spirit, hope, to give help or patronage to.

Endorse To support or recommend.

Ensure To make certain of.

Establish To set up; to institute; to place on a firm basis.

Estimate To forecast future requirements.

Evaluate To appraise; to consider the value of.

Examine To investigate; to scrutinise; to subject to enquiry or inspection; to test by an appropriate method.

Exchange To give or take one thing in return for another.

Execute To give effect to; to follow out or through to the end, as a purpose.

Exercise To bring to bear or employ actively (as in exercising authority or influence).

Expedite To accelerate the process or progress of.

Facilitate To make easy or less difficult (usually by doing something to advance the accomplishment of an act).
File To arrange in a methodical manner.

Follow up To pursue closely in order to check progress.

Formulate To develop or devise a statement of policy or procedures; to put in a systematised statement as in a statement of procedure.

Forward To send or transmit onward (usually in the sense of forwarding from one point of activity to another).

Foster To promote the growth or development of.

Furnish To provide what is necessary for; to supply; to give.

Gather To collect; to harvest; to accumulate and place in order.

Generate To bring into existence; to originate by a vital or chemical process.

Govern To exercise continuous sovereign authority over, to control and direct the making and administration of authority over; to hold in check; to have decisive influence.

Identify To establish the identity of; to associate with some interest.

Implement To carry out; to perform acts essential to the execution of a plan or program; to give effect to.

Improve To make something better.

Inform To tell or make known; to communicate knowledge to; to acquaint.

Initiate To originate to introduce in the first instance; to cause or bring to pass by original act as in originating a plan, policy or procedure.

Innovate To exercise creativity in introducing something new or in making changes.

Inspect To examine or determine; to critically analyse for suitability.

Install To place in office; to establish in an indicated place, condition, or status; to set up for use in service.

Institute To establish in a position or office; to originate.

Instruct To teach; to direct on the basis of law or technology.

Interpret To clarify or explain.

Interview To obtain facts or opinions through inquiry or examination of various sources.
Invent To think up or imagine; to create.

Investigate To observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry.

Issue To release or send out; to publish.

Lead To lead or direct on a course or in the direction of; to channel; to direct the operations of.

Liaise To maintain contact with; to act as intermediary between parties.

Maintain To keep possession of; to hold or keep in any condition; to keep up to date or current; as to maintain records.

Manage To handle, control; to alter by manipulation; to succeed in accomplishing.

Market To expose for sale; to sell.

Mediate To interpose with parties to reconcile them; to reconcile differences.

Monitor To watch, check or keep track of.

Negotiate To confer with others with a view to reaching agreement.

Notify To give notice; to inform or make known.

Observe To inspect or take note of; to pay attention to; to perceive or notice.

Obtain To get hold of (by effort); to gain possession of; to acquire; to get; to secure.

Operate To conduct or perform an activity.

Originate To begin, to initiate.

Oversee To take charge of.

Participate To take part in.

Perform To carry out or execute some action; to carry out to the finish; to accomplish.

Persuade To move by argument or entreaty to a belief, position, or course or action.

Predict To declare in advance; to foretell on the basis of observation, experience or scientific reason.

Prepare To make ready for a particular purpose.
Process To subject to some special treatment; to handle in accordance with a prescribed procedure, as in processing work or requisition.

Procure To obtain possession of; to bring about.

Produce To grow; to make, bear or yield something; to offer to view of notice; to exhibit.

Program To arrange or work out a sequence of operations to be performed.

Promote To advance to a higher level or position.

Propose To offer for consideration or adoption; to form or declare a plan.

Provide To supply for use; to furnish; to take precautionary measures in view of a possible need.

Purchase To buy or procure by committing organisational funds.

Qualify To moderate; to alter the strength or flavour of; to limit or modify the meaning.

Quantify To make explicit the logical amount of; to determine or express the amount.

Receive To accept, get or take what is delivered from another source.

Recommend To advise or counsel a course of action; to offer or suggest for adoption a course of action.

Reconcile To adjust; to restore to harmony; to make congruous.

Record To register; to set down in writing.

Refer To send or direct to a person or place for action, approval etc.

Refine To improve or perfect; to free from impurities.

Reinforce To strengthen with additional forces or additions.

Represent To act in the place of or for.

Report To give an account of; to furnish information or data.

Research To inquire specifically, using involved and critical investigations.

Respond To make an answer; to show favourable reaction.

Review To go over or examine deliberately or critically (usually with a view to approval or dissent).
Revise To rework in order to correct or improve; to make a new, improved or up to date version of.

Secure To get possession of; to obtain.

Serve To assist; to be of use; to hold office.

Sign To formally approve a document by affixing a signature.

Solicit To approach with a request or plea; to strongly urge.

Solve To find a solution.

Specify To state precisely in detail or to name explicitly.

Study To ponder or fix the mind closely upon a subject; to endeavour with thought and planning; to consider attentively; to devise with deliberation.

Submit Present for consideration; leave to the discretion or judgement of another.

Supervise To oversee for direction; to inspect with authority; to guide and instruct with immediate responsibility for purpose of performance; to superintend, to lead.

Survey To determine and delineate the form, extent, position etc., of a situation (usually in connection with gathering of information).

Tabulate To put in table form; to set up in columns, rows.

Tend To act as an attendant.

Tender To present for acceptance.

Transmit To send or transfer from one person or place to another.

Train To teach, demonstrate or guide others in order to bring up to a predetermined standard.

Transcribe To transfer data from one form of record to another or from one method of preparation to another, without changing the nature of data.

Translate To turn into one’s own or another language.

Verify To provide to be true or accurate; to confirm or substantiate; to check exactness.

Write To set down letters, words, sentences or figures on paper or other suitable material; to author; to draft.