Supervisory job titles

Assistant cafeteria manager supervisor Assistant credit supervisor Shift supervisor Steel foreman Supervisor of budget and cost control Office manager Training and safety supervisor

Records and documents supervisor Employment supervisor Crew leader Supervisor for secretarial services Head nurse Training supervisor Utility foreman Welding foreman

Figure 1

The vast majority of new supervisors are promoted from ranks of operative employees. Employees with good technical skills and good work records are the ones who are normally selected by management for supervisory jobs. In addition, officers of labour unions are sometimes chosen for supervisory jobs. Because union officers are elected, it can be assumed that the voting employees view them as having some leadership abilities. Thus, they are a source of supervisory talent. Another is new college graduates. Many organizations place such graduates in supervisory jobs after a brief training period.

Figure 2 shows the normal progression into supervision. A person who gets into supervision does not necessarily stop progressing. It is possible to rise from supervision to the top of the organization. In fact, developing the skills required for supervision prepares a person for higher levels of management.

Progression of jobs into supervision

Top

management

Middle

Management

Supervision

Best workers

Trained employees

New employees

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Figure 2

2.12 Answer the given or make your own questions to discuss this information with a partner:

1. What is supervision concerned with?

2. Why is a supervisor’ job quite complex?

3. Why is mastery of supervision vital to organizational success?

4. What three main levels of management exist in most organizations?

5. How can the vast majority of new supervisors be promoted from?

6. What are the sources of supervisory talent?

7. Is it possible to rise from supervision to the top of the organization?

Unit 3 personnel management

3.1. Active word list. Read the words and word-combinations and memorize them.

personnel management - руководство кадрами

recruiting - вербовка, набор, наем

hiring - наем (сотрудников)

encourage v - поощрять

encounter v - встретить(ся), столкнуться (с чем-л.)

salary scale - шкала заработной платы, тарифная сетка, расценки

put in(to) practice - осуществлять

fringe benefits - дополнительные льготы (пенсия, оплаченные отпуска и т.д.)

development n - улучшение, усовершенствование

develop v - развивать

employee development - усовершенствование служащих

direct compensation of employees - прямые выплаты служащим

employee benefits - пособия работающим по найму

employee (personnel) policy - кадровая политика

operating procedure - способ эксплуатации

organization plan - схема организационной структуры

personnel department - отдел кадров

implement v - выполнять, осуществлять; обеспечивать выполнение

policy n - стратегия, политика, линия поведения, установка, курс

policy definition - выработка стратегии

placement n - определение на должность

labor relations - трудовые отношения

afford v - позволить себе

assessing - оценка, определение

screening - (тщательная) проверка, рассмотрение, отбор

employee trust - ответственность сотрудников

guideline n - директива, указание