A supervisor is responsible for overseeing employee performance and directly managing workers. Their key functions include converting goals into products/services, controlling worker performance, recommending promotions, arranging tools/materials, and providing technical guidance. To be effective, supervisors must win worker confidence, issue work orders, arrange training, act as a model, ensure discipline and prescribe work. They also communicate with management about progress, problems, and ensure work aligns with management desires. Effective supervision requires achieving objectives, analyzing the group to decide on actions, and fulfilling group needs.

1. Supervision - Types, Techniques,
Function and Responsibilities of of
Supervisor
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2. Objectives
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• Haveknowledgeabout Supervisorandits
responsibilities.
• Knowtypes andkindsof Supervisor.
• Learnabout the qualities andprinciplesof
Supervisor.
• Understand about Supervisory technique.

3. Introduction
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• Supervisor is a person who is responsible for
overseeing the performance of employees at
work.
• Theyare Foreman , Department head, In
charge, Headclerk etc.
• Supervisor’s work is directly concerned with
the workers activity.

4. Function of Supervisor
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• Converts goals,objectives into products or
services
• Controls the performance of workers
• Recommends promotion
• Arrangestools andmaterials for workers
• Recommends promotions
• Providestechnical knowhow

5. Responsibilities of Supervisor
towards worker or subordinate
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• Works to win confidenceof worker
• Issueswork orders
• Arrange training
• Mustact asa model
• Ensure disciplinein workers
• Prescribe work

6. Responsibilities of Supervisor
towards Management
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• Informmanagementabout the progressofthe
assignment.
• Informmanagement about the problems
&difficultiesfacedby workers.
• Mustensure work isperformed accordingto
the desires ofhis superiors.
• Mustact asliaisonofficerbetween management
&workers.
• Takesteps to be economicalin operation.

7. Responsibilities of Supervisor
towards his own functions
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• Planhis work
• Allocatework to subordinate .
• Procure material &tools.
• Organize labor force.
• Takesteps towards increasing productivity.
• Organize the labor force.
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8. Responsibilities of Supervisor
towards his Colleagues
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• Extendscooperation to his colleagues
• Accept criticism.
• Accepthistransfer from one department to
other.
• Supplyessentialinformation to other
department

9. Qualities of Supervisor
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• Technical Knowledge
• Knowledgeofthe organization
• Abilityto talk well
• Administrative ability
• Abilityto listen
• Honesty
• Abilityto memorize
• Understand andrespect the feelingsof others

10. Qualities of Supervisor
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• Abilityfor orderly thinking
• Complete information
• Abilityto judge people
• Physical appearance
• Patience
• Well Motivated
• TheSupervisorshouldnot express his
frustration regarding hisjob, salary,
management.

11. Principles of Supervision
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• Achievementof objectives.
• Effective supervision.
• Analyzehisgroup &decide whichcourse of
actionto be taken.
• Effectivefulfillingofgroup needs.

12. Types of Supervision
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• Autocraticor authoritarian supervision.
• Free-rein or independent supervision.
• Democratic supervision.

13. Kinds of Supervision
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• Bureaucratic regulative
• Autocratic-directive
• Idiocratic-manipulative
• Democratic -integrative

14. Supervisory Techniques
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• Consultativeor democratic technique.
• Authoritarian or dictatorial technique.
• Non-inter fearingor free-rein technique

15. Summary
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• Supervisorisaperson whoisresponsible for
overseeing the performance ofemployeesat
work.
• Supervisor’swork isdirectly concerned with
the workers activity.
• Supervisorisregarded asin management.
• TheSuccessofanySupervisorisdependsupon
the effective fulfillingofgroup needs.