Organisational Change

9.2.3 Individual and Team

Traditional supervision is primarily concerned with individual employees. Since accountability is individual, the traditional supervisor's focus is the individual employee. Developmental supervision treats them as distinct units needing separate attention. Good individual performance may not ensure effective teamwork. A team has its own dynamics. A developmental supervisor pays attention to both, in fact, more attention to the team, because he believes that an effective team can help its members raise their levels of contribution for effectiveness of change.