Empowerment and Delegation
In many circumstances in a supervisor’s career, he or she will have to implement or stress on company policies. In most cases, these policies are always in line with achieving company goals. However, some of these changes in policies could be aimed at improving the welfare of employees. For this reason, the best way for a supervisor to bring up the issue of change in policies is by demonstrating the benefits of the policies to both the company and the employees. The supervisor should clearly illustrate the positive results that the organization and employees are likely to experience from the implementation of the policies (Bamberger, et al., 2014).
For instance, if the supervisor feels the need to burn smoking in the office, he should explain the negative health effects of smoking to the employees. He should also explain how smoking would destruct clients. After demonstrating the benefits of the policies, the supervisor should take appropriate action in the implementation to increase the likelihood that employees will accept the policy and believe it is fair. To achieve this, the supervisor should actively involve the employees in the implementation of the policies. He could do this by holding meetings with the employees to find out how they feel about the policies and what changes they would wish to be made on the policies (Bamberger, et al., 2014).
Employees should be given opportunities to give their views and ask questions about the new policies. In this way, they will feel part of the policy implementation; hence, there is high likelihood that they will accept the policy. The supervisor should also ensure that the policy is applied equally among all employees for them to feel the policy is fair. After implementing the policy, the supervisor is obligated to establish whether the policy should strictly be followed, or there should be some flexibility. This task involves establishing the magnitude of the impact that the policy has on the organization or the employees. The policy could be flexible if the impacts are less severe. It is normal that supervisors are often overwhelmed by work and may feel the need to delegate some of the tasks to employees. However, such delegation will also require some commitment to ensure the work is done properly and within the required timeline. For this reason, the supervisor needs to follow- up the performance of the employee.
The best way to do this is by seeking feedback from the employee on the progress of the task (Certo, 2012). For instance, if the employee is assigned to complete a report, the supervisor could email him a short questionnaire to get his feedback on the progress of the report. The supervisor is also obligated to ensure that the task is done properly. To accomplish this, he should give clear and precise instructions on how the task should be done. He should explain explicitly how he wants the job done and how the outcomes should be. …
