Supervisory Management Selection and Development

Details

• Personal Author:
  Brown GR ; Dreifke WL ; Knoebel KY ; Murphy DE ; Temple MG
• Description:
  This report presents the results of a study examining the relationship between supervisor characteristics and performance in underground coal mines. The specific objectives of the research include: document tasks performed by first-line supervisors during a normal shift; explain why supervisors carry out their duties as they do; identify salient characteristics of effective first-line supervisors; and formulate criteria for selecting and developing candidate supervisors. To accomplish the study objectives, on-site observation and data collection was carried out at 13 underground mines in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. One hundred thirty-eight first-line supervisors were observed during a full work-shift and discussions with the supervisors and the mine superintendent were held during the course of the visit. The observational data from the study provide a detailed description of what supervisors do during their shift. The report concludes with a discussion of the results of the study and recommendations concerning supervisor selection and development. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Management analysis; Management methods; Personnel development; Personnel selection; Mines; Excavations; Safety factors; Industrial safety; Accident prevention; Employee relations; Leadership; Personality; Surveys; Industrial management; Supervisor productivity; Selection testing; Psychological testing; Mine productivity
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-183
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006103
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-208699
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 8-88, 1987 Jan; :1-183
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Performing Organization:
  Ketron, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 8-88
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f5bd581d4bf094eed94fcec79664ef9795961492caff2b47d3d5b0f4dc2b732164919520dba94ebba8bc6facd71d00591b2324c051c88a64659df8fc1844b2fd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/235403/cdc_235403_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.55 MB ]