supervisory

supervisor | Business English

supervisor
noun[ C ]
 MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACEuk /ˈsuːpəvaɪzər/ us /-pɚvaɪzə˞/
a person who is in charge of a group of people or an area of work and who makes sure that the work is done correctly and according to the rules:
All managers and supervisors should be familiar with policy and procedures relating to equal employment opportunities.
A significant proportion of workers felt they had been bullied by their immediate supervisor.
a sales/factory/catering supervisor

Examples of supervisor

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Employees may happily chant the slogan before approving supervisors or wear it on a button.
Students largely chose to undertake their own project, refining the question and its scope during their first term with their supervisor's assistance.
They grumbled about supervisors, poor wages, long hours, bad work rules and dozens of other issues.
The bilingual supervisors, though better paid, are a conflicted group.
Institutional-based supervisors of the practicum were perceived by student teachers to provide the strongest support, alongside peers and schoolbased mentors.
The staffing supervisors appear to be more lenient with the candidates with whom comembership is established.
In addition, the bilingual supervisors code-switch among themselves, though rarely with the workers.
The eight were the two supervisors (maestros), the vigilante and the three machinists.
Traditionally, it uses the unsystematic way of plucking fruits by just assigning two supervisors to oversee the 30 or so workers harvesting the fruits.
Co-operation with market actors and national supervisors has increased overall policy effectiveness.
On these occasions, at least two extra supervisors assisted the instructor with the testing procedure.
Students wishing to embark on jazz research are thus likely to be assigned supervisors who are virtually unaware of popular music scholarship.
Large firms pay more and supervisors tend to earn more.
As a further result, students who cannot afford to do this complain about it to their supervisors and academic advisers.
As before, the clinicians assessing the dyad and their supervisors each assigned ratings, and disparities were discussed to reach consensus.
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county supervisor
He became countysupervisor in 1825, and was made treasurer of the village 18261828.
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