Supervisory Manager Case Study

Explain the principle duties and responsibilities of a supervisory manager.

Some responsibilities of a supervisory manager include;

Staff Roster: Supervisory managers should ensure staff have rosters to ensure each staff member has fair working hours and correctly allocated break times.

Staff holidays: ‘The Organisation of working time act 1997 provides for a basic annual paid leave entitlement of 4 weeks, although an employee's contract could give greater rights.’ http://www.citizensinformation.ie

Open minded:

Supervisory managers have to be open minded to staff ideas hear them out they may help in the development of a business. Be willing

Respect: All staff should have respect not just supervisory managers. They should have respect for each

All workers should be informed of any changes within a company including company updates, updates in contracts and changes in pay.

A supervisory manger’s role is extremely challenging one main key is to work well as a team some challenges that come with this role include workers not taking feedback well as some times it can be constructive. A supervisory manager, if they had been working in the company before and received a promotion to a supervisory manager may have a difficult transition they have gone from being an individual team player to part of management and sometimes this can be very difficult and challenging.

A supervisory manger is there if anyone needs to talk when the manager is not there again they help staff meet targets and goals. They treat everyone equal. They ensure work is being done correctly and on time to meet deadlines.

They look out for everyone this included full training, reducing hazard risks, ensuring emergency procedures are in place correctly and helping colleagues if they are struggling work wise and stress wise and monitoring staff timekeeping and time needed to get work