Toefl_essay 18: What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)?
Score 4.0
A good boss is important for both the organization itself and subordinates, making it prosper and helping them succeed. It is said that there are some important qualities that good supervisors have in common regardless of the organization situations. Of those qualities, in my opinion, leadership skills and impartiality are essential to good supervisors.
First of all, a good boss should have leadership skills with which he can lead his staffs. Leadership skills are the ability to set the proper target for the organization, motivate the subordinates, and attain the goals. Considering that every organization should have its own goals, this ability is absolutely necessary for the boss. The power of a boss with good leadership skills is beyond imagination. For example, Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, made GE the greatest company in the world with his powerful leadership during his terms, which might have been impossible without him. Thus, I think leadership skills are the most important quality required for a good boss, whether he leads a company, an army, or any other group.
Besides, a good supervisor should be impartial, when managing the organization. He should treat all his subordinates fairly and evaluate them according to clear and reasonable principles, not his prejudices. If the staffs begin to think that they will not be rewarded or criticized on proper criteria, they do not have any more motivation to work well. For instance, according to an article of Chosun-ilbo, the most popular newspaper in Korea, employees want to leave their company most when they feel that their boss have a prejudice against them and do not estimate them fairy. So, I believe impartiality is an indispensable quality for a good boss.
In summary, those who have leadership skills and impartiality are entitled to good supervisors. If your boss is the man of this type, you and your organization are lucky and will prosper. If you are a boss, you should make an effort to be equipped with these qualities for your company, your staffs, and finally yourself!
Score 5.0
Though everyone will work in different situations such as company, college or university, factory and so on, I think there are the same standards judging a good supervisor in several aspects.
Firstly, a good supervisor treats his/her employee fairly. He won’t let an employee do many things and others only do a few things once. If he wants you to do something, he will tell you in advance. Moreover, he won’t let you finish a project in a few days which needs half a month indeed. A poor supervisor never considers his employee’s sense. He usually is rather lazy, so he is very nervous when a project must be done immediately, he will add his fault to his employee. A company will not be a good one if there is a supervisor like this.
Secondly, a good supervisor praises or criticizes in a straightforward attitude. If you do very well, he will praise you and encourage you to do better, at the same time, if you do badly, he will criticize you in front of you directly, he won’t tell others here and there you are very bad. And he will not criticize you if you do not very well under the situations he doesn’t do how to do and improve work. Furthermore, he will encourage you and believe you will do well next time if you make a mistake.
Thirdly, a good supervisor will care for his employee very much. He can usually notice your feeling and emotion. When you are ill, he will go to hospital and see you in time, and even he will arrange his other employees to see you if he is busy. He loves his employee like loving his estate. Smile often appears in his face when he sees you. A poor supervisor often tenses his face and pretends his seriousness. He never knows his employees’ situation except their work.. like this supervisor, his employee will not have a good mood when he works. His work will not be done very well.
To my last point, a good supervisor must give his employee an excellent example by himself. He first must work hard, and has a strong responsibility for his company. If he often strolls in the company daily and only supervises his employee to do project, he will let his employee feel irritated.
In a short, a good supervisor treats his employee justly, cares for his employee’s everything including feeling and emotion, loves his employee like loving his estate and has a strong responsibility for his company and his every employee.
