Position of The Construction Supervisor

Like in most other organisations, in a construction  organisation  too there are many levels of management which are in effect the levels of authority and responsibility. Generally, three levels of management are identified which are briefly discussed below: 

a) Top Level Management 

This is generally concerned with the formulations of goals and ,policies of the organisation. 

b) Mid Level Management 

This comprises  people who report to the top management.  They interpret the policies and objectives laid down by the top management in terms of the areas'of their specialization or operation. A few examples of the areas where the middle level managers operate could be procurement of materials, equipment management, labour management etc. On a construction site middle level management may be concerned with specialisation like concreting work; installation of lifts or air-conditioning systems. On large works spread over wider area middle level management may deal with independent portions of work like head works; spillways, canals etc. in case of the river valley projects or a group of buildings on a building complex comprising a large number of buildings. In some organisation middle level management itself may be made up of more than one levels. 

c) First-line Management 

This is the lowest level of the management and has'to  deal with non-managerial employees viz. workers. First line managers obtain instructions from and report to the middle level management. First line managers (supervisors) convert the policies and goals of the organisation. In reality organisations employing the supervisors vary widely and workers who obtain instructions from the supervisors carry out tasks which are of varying nature. The nature of the organisation  and the nature and magnitude of the work named out by the organisation determine the nature of work which the supervisor has to get accomplished from the workers.