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particular activity is charted, using the following categories:
R = Responsibility for seeing that decisions or actions occur.
A = Approval of actions, with a right to veto them.
S = Support of actions or decisions by provision of resources, but with no
right of veto.
I = Informed of action or decisions, but with no right to veto.
4. Reaching a consensus
Now working as a group, all the actors (or as many as possible) share their
individual perceptions, possibly by circulating the form or by using flipchart
displays. Where there is agreement, the only further work is to agree the nature
of any support action. The purpose of the meeting is to produce an agreed
version of the responsibility chart by a consensus decision. A majority vote
will not do: differences have to be ironed out and resolved. The end result
must be that each actor treats the decision as though it were ideal.
True clarity will not be achieved if more than one R exists for an activity.
Agreement on where the R should be assigned for any activity is the first step
in the discussion, and the actor concerned (who will be an individual) will
certainly have to agree with subsequent categorizations. There are three
approaches which may help, if agreement cannot be reached on who has the
R:

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Figure 18.3
Responsibility chart