Importance Of Effective Supervision Research Articles

The Assumption of Responsibility: Supervision Practices in Experiential Legal Education

This chapter addresses the importance of effective supervision in harnessing the learning potential of experiential legal education. The title of this chapter highlights the importance of supervision from multiple perspectives: those of the student, the supervisor and the law school. The chapter questions the convenient assumptions that are sometimes made about the effectiveness of lawyers as student supervisors. It also addresses the importance of more effectively preparing students for the supervisory relationship.Having considered the importance of supervision, the chapter then examines the supervision landscape in Australian clinical legal education as a case study of the importance of context in framing supervision. It then draws on the supervision literature from other disciplines, particularly in the health area, with the aim of building our collective understanding of supervision practices that are sustainable in the way they support students and supervisors.

Responsive Leadership in Social Services

Responsive Leadership in Social Services: A Practical Approach for Optimizing Engagement and Performance emphasizes the importance of effective supervision as a key component of quality leadership. The Responsive Leadership Approach considers employee needs, values, goals, and strengths to optimize worker performance. It is posited that when leaders integrate and operationalize the meaning embedded in the “employee story,” they improve employee engagement and work performance as well as advance their own leadership ability. Discovery tools such as the Key Performance Motivators Scale, Preferred Leadership Profile, and Strengths Index are provided. The impact of operationalizing important values and using a strengths-based approach on organizational climate and employee morale is explored. Active listening and empathic response are discussed as practical methods to discover employee meaning. Techniques for dealing with “difficult” employees and undesirable attitudes and behaviors are described. This book is a valuable resource for developing the leadership capacities of first-time and experienced health and social services supervisors.

Critical importance of effective supervision in postgraduate medical education

Supporting trainees more effectively will benefit doctors and patients.