Supervision: Concepts and Skill-Building: 2024 Release ISE

1266968938 · 9781266968938
Supervision: Concepts and Skill-Building helps students learn what it takes to be a successful supervisor in today’s complex work world. The focus of this text is presenting useful tools and solutions for meeting present-day supervision challenges.… Read More
PART ONE: What Is a Supervisor? 
 1 Supervision: Tradition and Contemporary Trends 
 2 The Supervisor as Leader 
PART TWO: Modern Supervision Challenges 
 3 Groups, Teams, and Powerful Meetings 
 4 Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Sustainability 
 5 Managing Diversity 
PART THREE: Functions of the Supervisor 
 6 Reaching Goals: Plans and Controls 
 7 Organizing and Authority 
 8 Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Creativity 
 9 Ensuring High Quality and Productivity 
PART FOUR: Skills of the Supervisor 
 10 Communication: Theory and Modern Media 
 11 Motivating Employees 
 12 Employee Challenges: Counseling and Discipline 
 13 Managing Time and Stress 
 14 Managing Conflict, Change, and Politics 
PART FIVE: Supervision and Human Resources 
 15 Selecting Employees 
 16 Providing Orientation and Training 
 17 Appraising Performance 


Supervision: Concepts and Skill-Building helps students learn what it takes to be a successful supervisor in today’s complex work world. The focus of this text is presenting useful tools and solutions for meeting present-day supervision challenges. In addition, Supervision furnishes students with an even richer mix of real-life examples that illustrate how modern supervisors handle contemporary problems. Carefully studying proven supervision concepts and their relationship to real-world, practical examples throughout this text will greatly enhance a student’s chances of gaining success and personal rewards as a supervisor.

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