Dear Dr. Zahra,
There are many qualities required to be good supervisor:
1. Great communication skills: As a supervisor one must communicate clearly and correctly to avoid misunderstandings and frustrations. When receiving information from a subordinate, she should be sure to receive it correctly – There is no harm in asking again if necessary.
2. Adapt to the changes: World is changing at a fast pace. The efficient supervisors ought to keep up with it. Do not just blindly follow the age old norms and rules. Think out of the box if required. Adjust to the needs of the organization.
3.Value the employees: The people are any supervisor’s real asset. They are ones running the business and the work. A good supervisor understands their worth and treats them accordingly.
4. A coacher/mentor: Share your experience. A good supervisor shares her wisdom, knowledge and experience with the employees. She helps them perform better. This also strengthens the bond and the trust between them.
5. Disciplined: If a supervisor is disciplined then only can she expect the people to be so. The boss is an example – Come on time, meet the time-lines, set a behavioral code if necessary.
6. Feedback/incentives: Promotions, feedback, raises and accolades should be showered on the deserving people.
7. Be an example: Be hands on – Do not just always delegate. At times the boss should take on projects too. She may try picking up something less attractive or uninteresting and complete it wonderfully. This sets an example to all the team about taking up challenges and about how any work is important.
8. Be approachable: The employees should not hesitate in approaching the supervisor with their concerns and problems. An efficient supervisor will make sure that there is enough trust and openness between her and the employees for the latter to come to her with
9. Be considerate: People are not just employees. They have families, friends and a life beyond work. Unless there is something urgent, do not make them work beyond the usual hours. Let them have their weekends and vacations. Be practical when setting the time-lines. This all will in turn improve the efficiency and the productivity of the employees.
10. Positive attitude: Be polite. Wish employees good mornings and be generous in thanking them. Inquire after about their families off and on.
11. Criticize constructively: When mistakes happen a good supervisor tries and understands the reasons behind the mishap. She criticizes or assesses the employee in proportion to the mistake. And it is always better to not to scream or scold in front of the others. Give constructive feedback; show them the right way to do things.
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REGARDS
Dear Dr. Zahra,
There are many qualities required to be good supervisor:
1. Great communication skills: As a supervisor one must communicate clearly and correctly to avoid misunderstandings and frustrations. When receiving information from a subordinate, she should be sure to receive it correctly – There is no harm in asking again if necessary.
2. Adapt to the changes: World is changing at a fast pace. The efficient supervisors ought to keep up with it. Do not just blindly follow the age old norms and rules. Think out of the box if required. Adjust to the needs of the organization.
3.Value the employees: The people are any supervisor’s real asset. They are ones running the business and the work. A good supervisor understands their worth and treats them accordingly.
4. A coacher/mentor: Share your experience. A good supervisor shares her wisdom, knowledge and experience with the employees. She helps them perform better. This also strengthens the bond and the trust between them.
5. Disciplined: If a supervisor is disciplined then only can she expect the people to be so. The boss is an example – Come on time, meet the time-lines, set a behavioral code if necessary.
6. Feedback/incentives: Promotions, feedback, raises and accolades should be showered on the deserving people.
7. Be an example: Be hands on – Do not just always delegate. At times the boss should take on projects too. She may try picking up something less attractive or uninteresting and complete it wonderfully. This sets an example to all the team about taking up challenges and about how any work is important.
8. Be approachable: The employees should not hesitate in approaching the supervisor with their concerns and problems. An efficient supervisor will make sure that there is enough trust and openness between her and the employees for the latter to come to her with
9. Be considerate: People are not just employees. They have families, friends and a life beyond work. Unless there is something urgent, do not make them work beyond the usual hours. Let them have their weekends and vacations. Be practical when setting the time-lines. This all will in turn improve the efficiency and the productivity of the employees.
10. Positive attitude: Be polite. Wish employees good mornings and be generous in thanking them. Inquire after about their families off and on.
11. Criticize constructively: When mistakes happen a good supervisor tries and understands the reasons behind the mishap. She criticizes or assesses the employee in proportion to the mistake. And it is always better to not to scream or scold in front of the others. Give constructive feedback; show them the right way to do things.
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REGARDS
A good supervisor can guide the accepted candidate through hell, without getting burned. The effective and efficient supervisor can distinguish clearly between project topic and candidate, i.e. knows where the improvements have to be made ! Must be an excellent pedagogical expert (learning partner), not necessarily a specialist on the project topic. As the ancient saying goes: give me a study partner or death.
A good supervisor who creates a comfortable studying/searching environment for his students. Also he or she must to be a good leader of his or her students.
Dear Dr.Al tamimi,
Successful supervisors know what is going on in their organization. They have knowledge about objectives and plans, their product, organizational hierarchy etc. It is necessary for them to store all this information otherwise they will not know where to look for information about all these matters.They also possess technical knowledge such as production technology, basic principles of management like planning, organizing, directing, motivating and controlling. But these are not the only qualities and skills a manager, leader or decision maker needs to be successful.
Personal qualities:
1.Emotional balance: The supervisor works in situations which involve authority, leadership, meeting targets and deadlines, conflicts etc.
2.Being proactive: The supervisors have some objectives to achieve. They cannot plan everything in advance.
3.Creativity: It means that the supervisor must have the ability to come up with new responses to situations.
4.Mental agility: The supervisor must have the ability to grasp problems quickly, to think of several things at the same time.
5.Self-knowledge: Whatever the supervisor does is affected by their own view of their job and role, objectives, strengths and weaknesses etc.
-Managerial skills:
In order to handle their jobs effectively supervisors require a combination of five key managerial skills. These are classified as technical, human, conceptual, diagnostic and political.
-Technical skill:
Technical skill is proficiency in a specific activity that involves methods, processes, procedures or techniques.
-Diagnostic skill:
Diagnostic skill is the ability to analyze the nature of a problem with people, ideas, things or events. A good diagnosis precedes a recommended solution to a problem (like in medicine or automotive repair or management).
-Political skill:
Political skill is the ability to acquire the power needed to achieve one’s objective. Specific political skills include being able to win others over to your cause.
Regards
HI
Being a good supervisor starts with an honest appraisal of your leadership style to identify areas that need improvement.
Interactive Communication Skills
Without an ability to make your desires clear, your employees won’t know how to accomplish the tasks you delegate.
Empathy
If you can’t place yourself in your employees’ shoes, you can’t lead them effectively.
Ability to Delegate
A good supervisor excels in delegating tasks to those employees best-equipped to handle them.
Flexibility
No single approach to management works in every situation.
Confidence
Your employees look to you for inspiration. If you seem wishy-washy or fearful, they’ll assume you don’t know what you’re doing.
Humility
While a confident and positive outlook is important, not every decision you make will work out well.
Regards
What are the qualities of a good supervisor?
You can also refer to the following RG links:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_be_a_good_supervisor
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_most_important_qualities_that_PhD_supervisors_must_have_to_successfully_guide_a_graduate_student/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_good_practices_in_the_supervision_mentoring_of_postgraduate_students
The supervisor should be a good guide to complete tasks, and meet deadlines. A skilled supervisor is an effective communicator, problem-solver and student motivator. He also need to get the most out of all of his students, to have insight into their strengths, and to have a clear set of expectations and goals.
I think good supervisor should have good communication skill,Diversity and Generational Differences in the Workplace and must be Problem Solving ,Leadership, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal Skills.
To all of you . For being delighted with my achievements, For sharing the hard time, Please, accept my sincere appreciation
Best Regards
The answer given by Dr. Doha M Al Saffar includes almost all the points. But I think a good supervisor should have good ability to write articles in English, otherwise the students will face tremendous difficulties in writing Thesis and Research papers. It may be considered as an extra quality if he/she is attached with any journal to check articles regularly or in online checking of articles of his field of specialisation.Such attachment can be done easily.
Good Supervisor should have qualities such as Command on the subject and literature.
Able to discuss the obtained results with available literature in a systematic way.
Keen observation on the experimental approach with patience.
A good supervisor should have a vast knowledge of the field to guide the candidates properly. Should have good communication skills, be patient, be available, should not be boosy, should be accommodating and must be timely.
Moral end ethics should be one of the main characteristics of good supervisor!
Dear @Doha, you have the most popular answer. But, you MUST bring the link of the origin of your answer which was copied from there.
Here it is:
http://www.job-interview-site.com/what-makes-a-good-supervisor.html
When done properly, there is no plagiarism!!!
Yes, dear Ljubomir you're right , But please look at the end of my comment, I said "Quoting", So that means I didn't write it.
REGARDS
Moreover, when I said QUETING everyone can starts searching on this links.
What is the matter?!!
The supervisor should have exemplary sense of responsibility, be a very good motivator and a promoter of team spirit.
Highly educated, highly experienced, highly humanistic, highly creative one. Unfortunately, this kind of personality is a dangerous competitor for the influential mediocre elite in the corrupt countries.Social adaptant is an ideal.
This question makes me wonder whether an Academic Supervisor and an Industrial Supervisor working in an Industry would require identical set of skills ?
I personally feel that an Academic Supervisor is mainly involved in managing highly educated people and this should be a different ball game compared to that of an Industrial Supervisor working in a Production Unit of an industry.
An Academic Supervisor and an Industrial Supervisor from a Research & Development (R&D) unit of an industry may have similar assignment.
Dear @Doha, my advice was very friendly advice from senior researcher. Thus, instead of word Quoting , you should bring the link of original resource. Then, your answer should appear as complete one, as an academic one.
Effective supervisors know what is going on in their organizations. I think being proactive is one of the main qualities that can make a good supervisor.
Well, thank you for explaining dear Dr. Ljubomir Jacić, also I wanted to thank you for your advice. I will follow it.
Best wishes
There is a difference between a supervisor and a leader. A supervisor is more of a manger.
Dear @Khaldoon, you have posted the same answer as of two months ago!
Good supervisor should know the lower limits of knowledge and skills, and know the easiest way to get them, and guide the students to get, to be armed with the needed knowledge, skills and attitude.
An effective supervisor is a person who have a deeper understanding of working with people. He/She must have EMPATHY, be FIRM, UNDERSTANDING and must be TECHNICALLY SOUND in the said subject area of supervision. The attitude of been punitive and supressive which is associated with some supervisors must be the thing of the past. The supervisor must have the mind set that, the one to be supervised is going to be guided to do the right thing.
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