Supervisor Case Application Paper

1. There is so little information given in the case study that it is hard to know how well the situation was really handled. It certainly seems as though there was some merit in the choice of Miles as a team leader. We can only assume that the evaluation process was good. I am a proponent of promoting from within. I have been promoted to a supervisory position over my peers and have promoted others in the same circumstances. There are some definite benefits of promoting from within. You get an employee who is a known quantity so it is easier to identify any special training or instruction that might be required. The employee is already familiar with the company culture and expectations. The employee has experience performing several job functions and understands how they relate to each other. This allows the employee to …show more content…
My personal experience with being promoted from within was positive because I had an experienced manager who helped walk me through the promotion and into the new position. He helped me understand the various responsibilities and job requirements before I accepted the position. I was given opportunities to lead small groups and projects leading up to my promotion. My promotion was announced well in advance of responsibilities being turned over to me. I was placed with an experienced manager for a while which accomplished two things. First, it separated me from my peers for a time which helped demonstrate to me and them that things were changing. Second, it gave me some hands on training with an experienced supervisor. I was given some established measuring and tracking tools to help me evaluate my team’s performance. I was also given several opportunities to take training courses during my first year in leadership. Perhaps the most important thing for me was my having a mentor to help me understand the impact my promotion would have on my relationships with my peers. Process and support are very important when promoting from within a