subordinate

Examples of subordinate in the following topics:

• Downward Communication

  • Managers need to effectively communicate information to their subordinates; they do this through downward communication.

• Leadership and Decision Making: The Vroom-Yetton-Jago Model

  • Is acceptance of the decision by subordinates critical to its implementation?
  • If I were to make the decision by myself, is it reasonably certain that it would be accepted by my subordinates?
  • Do my subordinates share the organizational goals to be met by solving this problem?

• How Emotion and Mood Influence Behavior

  • The implication for behavior is important for both managers and subordinates to understand.
  • Managers are tasked not only with monitoring and controlling their own moods and emotions, but also with recognizing emotional issues in their subordinates.
  • Managers should strive to balance the emotions of their subordinates, ensuring nothing negatively affects their mental well-being.

• Defining Job Satisfaction

  • Superior–subordinate communication, or the relationship between supervisors and their direct report(s), is another important influence on job satisfaction in the workplace.
  • The way in which subordinates perceive a supervisor's behavior can positively or negatively influence job satisfaction.
  • Communication behavior—such as facial expression, eye contact, vocal expression, and body movement—is crucial to the superior–subordinate relationship.

• Mintzberg's Management Roles

  • Leader: motivates and activates subordinates; performs staffing, training, and associated duties.
  • Disseminator: transmits information received from outsiders or from other subordinates to members of the organization.

• Upward Communication

  • The content of such communication can include judgments, estimations, propositions, complaints, grievances, appeals, reports, and any other information directed from subordinates to superiors.
  • Subordinates should make an effort to identify the preferred means of receiving communication from their manager or other higher-ups.

• The Organizational Chart

  • Examples of such roles include managers of various departments, subordinates within these departments, directors, and chief executive officers.
  • Every entity within the organization—except for the owners—is subordinate and reports to a higher level entity.

• Fulfilling the Organizing Function

  • Through delegation, managers transfer authority and responsibility to their subordinates.
  • One critical risk of command chains is micromanagement, where managers fail to delegate effectively and exercise excessive control over their subordinates' projects.
  • Line authority: Managers have the formal power to direct and control immediate subordinates executing specific tasks within a chain of command, usually within a specific department.
  • The superior issues orders and is responsible for the result; the subordinate obeys and is responsible only for executing the order according to instructions.

• Honesty in Leadership: Kouzes and Posner

  • In leadership, honesty is an important virtue, as leaders serve as role models for their subordinates.
  • Subordinates have faith in the leaders they follow.

• A Leader's Influence

  • Leaders use social influence to maintain support and order with their subordinates.