Question

What should the manager do if employees and their supervisors do not agree on what is part of the job?

Answer 1

This is a common scenario where it has been seen that managers and employees or supervisor do not agree on the terms and there are difference of opinion. Both have their own perspective to see the things this may be distinct with each other. If I talk about the manager’s action in this scenario then I will suggest to collect more data. Collected data on this will help the manager to prove his or her point.

Further a meeting can be held with the employees and supervisors to discuss those discrepancies. There could be agreed signature on the outcome of the meeting and that should be followed by managers as well as supervisor and employees.

The managers should take this difference of opinion as an opportunity. By this way the manager can clarify his or her expectations from the supervisors or job holders.

This difference of opinion tells that a certain job has been limped under the umbrella of a job title. So the manger can redesign this.