Mod 1

1. ”A good supervisor in a manufacturing plant could be a good supervisor in a bank." DISCUSS. I believe that a good supervisor in one place is not always a good supervisor in another, however, it is very likely that a good supervisor at a manufacturing plant would also do well at a bank. A supervisor is defined as “someone who supervises as in a large business or enterprise,” supervise itself means “to be in charge of (someone or something) : to watch and direct (someone or something)” this means that the job is still built and run with the same basic and fundamental ideas of leadership, interpersonal skill and professional actions in day to day work such as hiring and directing as needed. Though the functions of the job are oriented around a new idea for the switch, the functions themselves are the same.

2. Do you think that supervision can be learned through books and study or only through experience? Why? I believe that good supervision can be learned through books and study, however, supervision itself is a skill and therefore must be taught hands on not only through study. Experience is a key to learning a skill such as supervision because it involves instructing others what to do, one cannot have the confidence to lead others by nearly reading a book and jumping in. In order to learn how to lead and supervise you must have the experience of being in command preceded by the experience learned in books and study.

3. Explain the glass ceiling: The glass celling refers to the concept that states that the majority of successful business leaders and supervisors are “white male” and there is an invisible barrier known as “the glass celling” holding women and minorities back from progression in the business world. Diversity is very slowly growing in business however this still seems to be a problem. Greater diversity is a need because in todays world a business must have different languages and cultural viewpoints, the glass celling prevents this.