The Group "Supervisor's" members

Ryan Iswanto Kusuma/ 081217169 / IBMP 2008 / Advanced Financial Management (KEU330)/ CLASS A

Hello everybody, my name is Ryan. I’m 19 years old and I’m still single. I like eating, sleeping, and playing game. Nice to meet you.

Anissa Mitasari Susanto / 081217169 / IBMP 2008 / Advanced Financial Management (KEU330)/ CLASS A

Hai friends… My name is Anissa Mitasari Susanto but you can call me MITA, simple but nice. I like shopping very much even though it spends much money. I like to buy dolls, clothes, and bags. The most interesting in is tries various ice creams. I love it very much, cold and soft. In my last holiday, my family asks me to work in a company. It became the end of my day because I couldn’t sleep anymore...

Adithia Rahayu Lumi / Exchange Student/ Advanced Financial Management (KEU330)/ CLASS A

Haai new friends! My name is Adithia Lumi. I am a exchange student from the Rotterdam Business School (The Netherlands). My hobby’s are playing soccer, swimming, traveling, chatting with friends, making new contacts and many more. I like to be in Yogya!

Why we choose "Supervisor" as our group name

We choose ‘supervisor’ as our group name because it is responsible for the productivity and actions of a small group of employees. The Supervisor has several manager-like roles, responsibilities, and powers. Two of the key differences between a Supervisor and a Manager are (1) the Supervisor does not typically have "hire and fire" authority, and (2) the Supervisor does not have budget authority.

Lacking "hire and fire" authority means that a Supervisor may not recruit the employees working in the Supervisor's group or does the Supervisor have the authority to terminate an employee. The Supervisor may participate in the hiring process as part of interviewing and assessing candidates, but the actual hiring authority rests in the hands of a Human Resource Manager. The Supervisor may recommend to management that a particular employee be terminated and the Supervisor may be the one who documents the behaviors leading to the recommendation but the actual firing authority rests in the hands of a Manager.

Lacking budget authority means that a Supervisor is provided a budget developed by management within which constraints the Supervisor is expected to provide a productive environment for the employees of the Supervisor's work group. A Supervisor will usually have the authority to make purchases within specified limits. A Supervisor is also given the power to approve work hours and other payroll issues. Normally, budget affecting requests such as travel will require not only the Supervisor's approval but the approval of one or more layers of management.

As a member of management, a supervisor's main job is more concerned with orchestrating and controlling work rather than performing it directly.

The meaning of "Supervisor"

Definition: A supervisor is the lowest, or most-junior, management position. It is usually a step above lead (Accounting Supervisor is senior to Lead Accounting Specialist), but below Manager.

A supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day performance of a small group. It may be a team, or a shift. The supervisor has experience in what the group does, but is not necessarily better at it than everyone he/she supervises. The supervisor's job is to guide the group toward its goals, see that all members of the team are productive, and resolve problems as they arise.

A supervisor generally does not have the power to hire or fire employees or to promote them. A supervisor usually recommends such action to the next level of management. The supervisor does, however, often have the authority to change the work roles of the members of the team, for instance deciding which individual will work at which station.

A supervisor holds a job position that can vary tremendously from company to company. In many businesses, the supervisor’s job is to oversee the actual work the company produces, train new employees in their jobs, give performance reviews, and create work schedules. The supervisor in some settings may do some of the work, or they may merely implement management’s wishes and work on employee training and production, acting as a go-between for employees and managers, and occasionally assist with work as needed.

The position can hold a lot of responsibility or relatively little depending upon each company’s definition. Sometimes the supervisor is merely the lead person for a particular section of a company. In sales, supervisors commonly are required to sell merchandise too, and occasionally, the title supervisor is given to trustworthy personnel in retail stores who handle a few more tasks than the average sales person, like granting returns and doing the books for the night.

In larger companies, supervisors can have numerous tasks. They may need to address employee problems directly, taking disciplinary action when necessary. They’re often involved in the hiring process of new employees and may sit on a panel with managers and other supervisors to make choices about who gets hired. They implement employee safety recommendations, and naturally they give orders as requested by heads or managers of companies.

Most supervisors don’t directly get to hire or fire people. At least they don’t necessarily make the decision of who stays or goes at a company. Many do have the disagreeable task of conveying the news to employees that their services are no longer required, and may take care of any last minute details associated with terminating a person’s employment.

A supervisor also does not usually get to make decisions about employee raises, except that they may recommend an amount to managers based on employee performance. If a company decides not to give raises during a certain year, the supervisor can’t override this decision, since he or she doesn’t have control over the budget. Sometimes employees view these “overseers” as the bearer of bad messages, when a company is not doing well and workers are not given even minimum pay increases.

It is true that supervisors often have to be “the bad guy” in an organization, and have many disagreeable tasks to perform to appease upper level management. Even a good supervisor can be disliked by employees as a pawn of the management, and be at the same time, under constant pressure from the management to improve work output. It can be a disagreeable position in some cases, because it may not win you a lot of friends.

(http://management.about.com/od/policiesandprocedures/g/supervisor1.htm)