Supervisory Management articles from April 1992

Supervisory Management archives from April 1992

A closer look at hostile-environment harassment.
April 1, 1992... The situations generally involved in hostile-environment sexual harassment claims are less clear-cut than those associated with quid pro quo harassment--that is, the exchange of a job benefit in return for expressed or implied sexual favors....

Can you pass the crucial "I" test? (integrity and involvement in management)
April 1, 1992... I have been fortunate to have worked for and with some outstanding executives. Their skill levels, positions, ages, personalities, and managerial styles varied. They were quite different, but what they had in common led me to believe that...

Keep your distance without losing rapport. (includes related article)
April 1, 1992... Your success as a supervisor depends in part on how well you maintain the "supervisory gap" between yourself and your staffers. Striking a balance between acting like "the boss" and trying to be one of the gang takes conscious effort, but it...

Is it sexual harassment? (defining sexual harassment in the workplace; includes related article)
April 1, 1992... The recent attention given to sexual harassment in the press may trigger complaints in your workplace. Do you know what is sexual harassment? To test you, see how you to with the situations presented below. Which ones are sexual harassment? How...

Self-defeating behavior in the workplace.
April 1, 1992... Self-defeating behavior at work is a problem that is more common than one might initially assume because it often goes unnoticed. In the workplace, self-defeating behavior takes three forms. First, it may be of an intrapersonal nature....

Team building and leadership.
April 1, 1992... As constant change has become the norm for business, the hallmark of a truly effective supervisor is the ability to function as a leader. A successful leader interprets the present, creates a shared horizon of possibilities for the future, and...

A big job: how to psyche yourself up. (managing a difficult project)
April 1, 1992... All of us encounter tasks that seem monumental. The specifics will vary, but the consequences are always the same: worry, fear, dislike, and an increasing desire not to tackle that kind of job ever again. The next time you're faced with the...

A six-step approach to solving recurring problems.
April 1, 1992... When all is said and done, most supervisors are confronted with essentially the same problems over and over. One reason this happens is that many supervisors, instead of trying to solve the problem itself, choose only to fix some of its...

Building through internal service. (managing work flow)
April 1, 1992... Departments can no longer remain independent islands, and organizations that continue to treat them this way are risking too much. So said Tim R. Davis, whose article "Internal Service Operations: Strategies for Increasing Their Effectiveness...