INTRODUCTION TO SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT: Home

The Introduction to Supervisory Management course provides students with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to become effective supervisors in today’s workplace. This guide is designed to support your learning by offering access to recommended textbooks, articles, databases, and practical tools.

Through this LibGuide, you will find resources that:

• Explore the roles and responsibilities of supervisors.

• Highlight essential skills such as leadership, communication, delegation, and problem-solving.

• Provide strategies for motivating teams and managing workplace challenges.

• Connect theory with real-world supervisory practices.

Whether you are preparing for assignments, building your leadership skills, or exploring career opportunities in management, this guide will help you navigate key concepts and develop the competencies required for supervisory success.

UNIT 1 - BASIC MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISON

Recent Research Economics and Administrative Sciences- 2024 (Book)

Educational Management Functions: Planning, Organizing Actuating, Controlling  (Article)

Management Theories: The Contribution of Contemporary Management Theorists in Tackling Contemporary Management Challenges (Article)

Moden Management Theories and Practices (Articles) 

Process Barrier: A Hinderance to Effective Comunication (Article) 

Barriers to Effective Communication in an Organisation: A Case of Selected Multinational Company in Malaysia (Article)

Talent Management and Building High Performance Organisations (Article)

Talent Management, Recruitment and Selection (Article)

Role and Impact of Internal Comunication Among Employees Within an Organization in the Digital Communication Era (Article)

Men as Managers, Managers as Men Critical Perspectives on Men, Masculinities and Managements (Article)

The Material Life of an Office (Article)

Barriers to Communication and How to Overcome Them (Articles)

Overcoming Barriers to Communication (Article)

The Link Between Leadership Style, Communicator Competence, and Employee Satisfaction  (Article)

Communication, Leadership, and Job Satisfaction: Perspectives on Supervisor-Subordinate Relationships (Article)

Workplace Communication Practices and Perceptions of Novice Engineers (Article)

Communication Embracing Difference (Book)

UNIT 2 - TRANSITION FROM SUBODINATE TO SUPERVISOR

The Role of the Supervisor in the Supervisory Process (Article)

The Contribution of Role Characteristics and Supervisory Functions to Supervision Effectiveness (Article)

The Good Supervisor (Article)

Leadership and its Impact on Supervision Being an Effective Supervisor; Learned Behavior or Innate Characteristic (Article)

Relationships Between Employee Readiness for Organisational Change, Supervisor and Peer Relations and Demography (Article)

The Role of Supervisor and Peer Support in Training Transfer in Institutions of Higher Education (Article)

Modelling Managers’ and Subordinates’ Ethical Behaviour on Performance (Article)

UNIT 3 - EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND MORALE

An Overview on Leadership Styles for Organizations (Article)

Sustainability Leadership in Higher Education Institutions: An Overview of Challenges (Article)

Literature Review on Theories Motivation (Article) 

The Effects of Leadership Styles on Team Motivation (Article) 

Leadership: Theories, Styles and Types of Leaders, A Systematic Literature Review and the Narrative Synthesis (Article)

The Role of Leadership in Employee Motivation (Article)

Impact of Motivation on Employee Performance The Case of Some Selected Micro Finance Companies in Ghana (Article)

Managing Workplace Diversity: Issues and Challenges (Articles)

Impact of Workplace Diversity (Article)

Job Design and Employee Performance: the Moderating Role of Employee Psychological Perception (Article)

Impact of Compensation, Job Enrichment and Enlargement, and Training on Employee Motivation (Article)

Performance Management and Employee Engagement (Article)

Process Performance Management (Article)

An Overview of Industrial Relations within the context of Labour Administration (Article)

The Changing Patterns of Industrial Disputes in Jamaica (Article)

Commonwealth Caribbean Employmentand Labour Law (Article)

Employee Ownership in Jamaica: A Case Study Analysis (Article)

UNIT 4 - BASIC TIME MANAGEMENT

Prioritization of Factors Affecting Time Management among Health Managers (Article)

The Influence of Time Management: Balancing Work and Pesonal Priorities (Article)

Time and Priority Management: A Moral Duty Towards a Good Method of Teaching Practice (Article)

Time and Priority Management: A Moral Duty Towards a Good Method of Teaching Practice (Article)

The Factors of Delegation Success: Accountability, Compliance and Work Quality (Article)

A Bond of Trust: Delegation (Article)

Impact of Meeting Procedures on Meeting Effectveness (Article)

Perceived Meeting Effectiveness: The Role of Design Characteristics (Article)

Applying the Controlling Concept in Human Resources Management (Article)

Budgeting and ERP Control Systems in Third Level Educational Institutions: Some Evidence from the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom (Article)

Improving the Budget Process Through Effective Budget Planning Strategy (Article)

To Study Advanced Project Planning and Scheduling-Case Study (Article)

The Effect of Using Break-Even-Point in Planning, Controlling, and Decision Making in the Industrial Jordanian Companies (Article)

An Introduction to Project, Program, and Portfolio Management (Article)

A Project Planning and Development Process for Small Teams (Article)

UNIT 5 - BASIC PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION-MAKING 

Understanding Organisational Culture (Article) 

Understanding Organisational Culture and the Implications for Corporate Marketing (Article)

Workplace Planning (Book)

Workplace Psychological Distress A Concept Analysis (Article)

Problem Solving Techniques in cCognitive Science (Article)

The Iidentity of Problem Solving (Article)

Collective Decisions Features in Face-To-Face and Networked Decision Making Process (Article)

Public Involvement Methods in Natural resource Policy Making: Advantages, Disadvantages and Trade-Offs (Article)

Conflict Management (Book)

A Review of Conflict Management Techniques in Projects (Article)