Many organizations and establishments have philosophies about how an organization should operate and what positions are needed to execute the plan. One of the crucial positions that keep the facility running is that of Supervisor. The term supervisor is a word of Latin origin meaning “to look over.” However, a supervisor is considered a person who is the immediate supervisor of an employee in a workplace. The supervisor is the person to whom an employee reports directly for any work-related situation. A supervisor plays a vital role in the management team that provides purpose and leadership to an organization by being responsible for employee progress and productivity (Bittel and Newstrom, 1992). Supervisors and managers share some similarities in how they supervise people, but they have clear differences. which allows one to be distinguished from the other. Managers are generally busy in four areas which include: planning, organizing, directing and coordinating the activities of the organization. Like supervisors, managers provide purpose and leadership to an organization, but their responsibilities are traditionally greater than those of a supervisor in carrying out responsibilities such as identifying goals, objectives, methods, resources needed to implement methods, responsibilities, and task completion dates (McNamara, 2010). Managers are considered the organizational group above supervisors and require supervisors to carry out their mandate and convey goals to staff through supervisors. Supervisors carry out many activities in order to keep their part of the organization functioning. Supervisors are responsible for the progress and productivity of their direct reports within the organization. Sup... middle of paper ... there is a chance for skewed salary scales. A second use of a job description is to serve as a reference when the employee must undergo a performance evaluation (McNamara, 2010). An evaluator may refer to the job description if an employee feels that they do not believe a certain task that was asked of them was part of the job description. An employee should be familiar with the job description as well as performance evaluation procedures. before being evaluated. An evaluator can always reference the job description to base an evaluation and an employee can reference the job description if they feel they are being evaluated unfairly (McNamara, 2010). Both are essential because the job description allows the employee to understand what is expected of them and the performance evaluation indicates whether the worker met the expectations asked of them..