Job Roles and Positions

Everyone has a boss.  But what about the person who is at the top of the organization?  In many cases this person is answerable to shareholders or ultimately the customers of the company.  If a company does not keep its customers happy they will go somewhere else!

There are many positions or job roles in any company.   Often they will mean different things from one company to the next.   The responsibilities of a supervisor are not likely to be the same from one business to another.   Today let’s consider two similar words.  Boss and Supervisor.

Boss.  Definition: Someone who is in charge and gives orders or directions to a team of workers.  Also a general term for the person who is immediately above you.  A supervisor would consider the assistant manager to be his boss.   Example: George became the boss after many years of hard work.

Supervisor.   Definition: Someone who oversees and gives direction to a group of people.    Example: The supervisor told his lead hands to emphasize safety.

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