FREE ESSAY ON SUPERVISOR'S FEATURE

SUPERVISOR'S FEATURE

Dealing with people is definatly not an easy thing to do, especaily when you are trying to
make these people to do things. This is the job of the man we are going to meet
today,this man has been working as a supervisor in one of the biggest companies in Egypt
. He was and still is the best supervisor in all the branches of this company and got
awarded several times for saving this company from catastophies. The owner came up to him
right infront of me to thank him for being so commited as a supervisor and said "you know
Mr Ahmad if only you comitment was contagoues , and you passed it to everyone in this
company we would have been one of the leading companies worldwide." 
I went to meet him in his office and it was obvious that he was swamped with work, which
made me appreciate so much that he didn't let down my request to meet him. He orderd us
somthing to drink, and we started the interveiw. The first question I wanted to ask for
so long was 
? what are your main principles at work?
? "First of all my main principle is "do not work hard, work smart", the second principle
I believe in is "do not come late to work and do not leave early or late", by this I mean
that if you do not come late to work the I (as a supervisor) wouln't want you to stay
after your working hours. I also believe so much in commitment, the feeling that you
belong to place you work for, most people don't have this, they are always unsatisfied
with thier company, supervisors and managers, but this all depends on the way you
persieve them, if you make youself feel that you belong to the place you work for your
life is going to be much easier, control your mind make it percieve things in a way that
will comfort you, because if you not happy with your work now, and you changed your job
but still unsatisfied then the problem is in the way you view work and not in the place
or the people you work with."
? What are the areas that require ethical conducts for a supervisor?
? He stared at the sealing for a while to organize what he was going to say, and
confidently said "loyalty, regardless what the supervisor skills are the supervisor will
never be viewed positevly by the employees unless the supervisor is loyal, it is
important that the supervisor doesn't do thimng only for his own good, he or she should
consider the employees and the organization ahead of him/her."
? How could a supervisor improve an employee's motivation?
? He seemed that he like the qeustion because it was proffetionally his field and answerd
"first make the work more intresting by trying to avoid negative tasks if they are not
going to produce much., second by treating the imployees as individual, and respect each
one as long as he/she does her /his job perfectly, no matter how his/her way is, third by
ofcourse encouraging participation which makes the employees feel that we are one team "
? From your piont of view, what are the main funtions of a supervisor?
? "The first function of a supervisor is planning, and this is done by 3 steps ,step
number one is by determining the present situation,the second step is put a head the
objective and the third dtep would obviuosly be determing the ways for achieving this
objective.. Another very important function of the supervisor is organizing. In other
word arranging distributing the work among employees. A supervisor carries out work
arranged by managers..staffing is also an essential function of the supervisor for a
supervisor accomplish his work through other people. Psychologically the supervisor's
funtion is to motivate and control the employees, getting them to put thier maximum
effort . finally the supervisor is supposed to check how good the work was done compared
to what was planned."
? What are the potential benefits of improving work methods?
? "You gain alot from improving the methods, ofcourse you are going to have higher
productivity, and better quality. You are going to reduce delays and waste, have
satisfied employees and provide a sence of safty for them and the customers."
? What are the mistakes you may be to commit while making a decision at work?
"He smiled almost telling me with his smile that he learnd it the tough way 
and said : 
? "Decision making is such a tough task at work because of the huge responsibilty that is
on a supervisor or even an employee, personally the mistake I made was that creating a
crisis situation that prevents me from thinking logically.
But from my experience with mployees is that they always fail in gathering enough data
and utelizing policies. A terrible mistake is also to make all decisions big decisions
and failing to consult with others. It is very important that you hear other people
opinions and respect them, while also accepting the fact that you could benefit from
them."
? What do you believe was your best accomplishment in this company?
? "That I managed to reduce the company's costs almost 45% since I got promoted although
the compamny was in debt , and that I managed create a sence of belonging for all the
employees."
? And how did you manage to reduce the costs?
? "I had a written plan and my objective was to make it happen no matter what. 
I was just going to ask him what the paln was but he interrupter me and continued by
saying:
It was a plan made from 9 steps
1) Instal modern equipment.
2) Minimize waste
3) Reduce over-heads
4) Invest employee's training
5) Increase output
6) Improve methods
7) Have adequate storage place
8) Refulate or level the work flows
9) Analyse all control points
If all those point were done completely the company's costs will definatly reduce."
? Thank you so much for the useful lesson you tought me and the readers and finally I
would like to conclude with a simple question "are you satisfied with you
accomplishments?"
? Yes I am but I wont stop here. I still want to do much more, I am still as enthusiastic
as when I started work.
Although he was a very serious man he was very entertaining and friendly, his personlity
is the kind of personality that you might not lo love but admire. He is very charismatic
and answed every question I asked clearly as if he knew the questions. He knew exactly
what to say, his words were to organized that you can notice most of the questions were
answered by points (first, second....ect).he is the type of man who you wish that he
could be your supervisor to learn from his deep mind. We finished our bueatiful
interview, he gave me a serious hand shake and I left. With an intention of spending more
time with this person in the future.