What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)?

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What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)? Use specific details and examples to explain why these qualities are important.

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People hold diverse opinions about important qualities of a good boss, with some of them thinking that it does not care and they can cooperate with any boss; however, I really disagree with their mentality and I strongly think a good boss can increase our performance. I prefer to work with a boss who respects my personality and take me an appropriate possession in company; moreover, I think he should help his employee to progress.

First of all, I think that respect is a mutual thing and everybody should behave others properly and I want to work with a boss who understands this simple note. He should not think that he is in a higher possession and I am obligated to respect him unilaterally. Unfortunately I had a boss that did not respect me and behaved me such as a slave and I was obligated to quit my work. If I and my boss have a close relationship, I definitely believe that this friendly behavior takes us a better enjoy in our work and life.

Furthermore, I expect him to take me a possession based on my talent and education that I am deserved for that because I think I am a good employee and I never do stuff. One day I saw a newscast and the anchor alerted a wired statistics, saying, “Psychologists say: If an employee thinks that work in a lower passion, his performance will decrease 50 percent!” In addition, I want him to see me and my try, so, I think he should raise my possession if I was working properly.

Apart from respect and possession, I think every employee cares about an appropriate salary and I prefer to get enough money. I also care about progress in my salary and want to get more salary if I work better than other employees. A good boss also should maintain situations and, by taking money and other gifts, can encourage employees to work better and propose new ideas.

In conclusion, I earnestly emphasize that a good boss can change situation of companies and all manager should employ best bosses for their companies and it will provide numerous benefits to employees and employers.

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I am waiting for evaluating and scoring. Thanks Lushchen.

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When is my turn? :frowning:

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Hi Tesoke, sorry I missed this - usually I look for the essays with no responses, so if you follow up, I may miss it, though I am not saying that happened in this case.
I think your essay is pretty good. You have addressed the prompt very well, and have included some detailed examples to support your arguments. You had some unclear phrases and sentences though, especially “take possession” , along with a few others. You also had some grammatical errors and some word choices that could be improved. Overall, I would rate this a 3.5 out of 5.

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Thank you very much, but I have few questions and I asked them with red comments. I will appreciate you if you do me a favor and answer them. Thanks again.

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Hi, great questions!

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Thank you Luschen, but I have some problems again! Would you answer my questions. I have wrote my questions by red comments.

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Hi, great questions!

[quote=“Tesoke”]
Thank you very much, but I have few questions and I asked them with red comments. I will appreciate you if you do me a favor and answer them. Thanks again.

[quote=“Luschen”]

You had some unclear phrases and sentences though, especially “take possession”, along with a few others. Unfortunately, I used “possession” instead of “position”! This bad mistake lead you to have many difficulties to understand my writing.
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People hold diverse opinions about [the] important qualities of a good boss, with some of them thinking that it does not care[matter] {this is still a little vague - what is “it”?} {I think that I should use “they do not” instead of “it does not” right? Is this OK?} {“they do not” is better, but it still sounds odd, as you are saying “important qualities do not matter” if they didn’t matter, they would not be important - maybe you are saying “no qualities are important”, but that is not very convincing to me at all. I think what you need to say is that different people have different views on what qualities are most important} and they can cooperate with any boss; however, I really disagree with their mentality and I strongly think a good boss can increase our performance. I prefer to work with a boss who respects my personality and take [grants ] me an appropriate [stake] possession [the] in company; {is this what you mean? It was a little unclear?} moreover, I think he should help his employee to progress.

First of all, I think that respect is a mutual thing and everybody should behave [toward] others properly and I want to work with a boss who understands this simple [precept] note. He should not think that he is in a higher [position] possession {is this what you mean? - he actually is in a higher position though } {I think I should write this: He should not think that I am obligated to respect him unilaterally because he is in a higher position, so he should respect me too. Is this sentence means properly?} {yes, this makes more sense - or you could be more concise by saying “He should not think that his higher position obligates me to respect him unilaterally”} and I am obligated to respect him unilaterally. Unfortunately I had a boss that did not respect me and behaved[treated] {Would you please explain more what is difference between “treat” and “behave”?} {Behave is intransitive, so it never has an object - a person or thing behaves in a certain way, but does not behave something else. On the other hand, treat must have an object - there is something or someone that you treat} me such as a slave and I was obligated to quit my[job] work. If I and my boss have a close relationship, I definitely believe that this friendly behavior takes [allows] us a [to] better enjoy in our work and life.

Furthermore, I expect him to take me a possession {“take me a possession” is odd and unclear} based on my talent and education that I am deserved for [based on] that because I think I am a good employee and I never do stuff.{stuff is extremely vague here} {I will never do low-level stuff. Is this OK?}{not really, it is the word “stuff” I don’t really like - maybe try “I never goof off at work”} One day I saw a newscast and the anchor alerted [viewers to] a wired statistics, saying, “Psychologists say: If an employee thinks that work i[s ] a lower passion, {this is still unclear to me - what do you mean?} {If an employee thinks that he works in a lower position. Is that OK?} {I would say “that he works in a meaningless position” or “if his work in unimportant and not meaningful”} his performance will decrease 50 percent!” In addition, I want him {who is him? the newscaster? the employee? this pronoun is sort of “hanging out there”} to see me and my [dedication]try {What is difference between “try” and “dedication”?}, {they are completely different words - try is usually a verb but when it is used as a noun in means an attempt - “I had never eaten sushi before, but I gave it a try.” dedication means to be dedicated or committed to something} [color=red]{Sorry, but unfortunately I cannot understand the difference between these two words. I also checked Longman dictionary and red these meaning:
Try (n): an attempt to do something.
Dedication (n): hard work or effort that someone puts into a particular activity because they care about it a lot.
Effort (n): an attempt to do something, especially when this involves a lot of hard work or determination.
Longman says that “try” means “attempt” and “dedication” means “effort”. In addition, Longman says that “effort” means “attempt”, so I can conclude that “try” means “dedication”. Why this conclusion is wrong?!}
so, I think he should raise my possession {still unclear - do you mean salary?} if I was[am] working properly.

Apart from respect and possession, I think every employee cares about an appropriate salary and I prefer to get enough money.{“enough” sounds a little vague - maybe “I prefer to be remunerated appropriately for my work”} I also care about progress in my salary and want to get more [a higher] {would you explain more? I cannot why “more” is wrong?} {this is not that big of an error, it just sounds a little bit odd. Salary is a countable noun, so saying “more” sounds a little like you mean “additional salaries”, which doesn’t make sense. Note that “pay” as a noun is non-countable, so more sounds fine with it. “I want a higher salary so I will get more pay.” I think a lot of native English speakers would be fine with “more salary”, but I bet the TOEFL graders would prefer you to use “a higher salary”.} [color=red]{Do you mean that we can only use “more” before uncountable nouns? I red this sentence in Longman dictionary which has used “more” before countable noun: “Perhaps next year more of us will be able to afford holidays abroad.”} salary if I work better than other employees. A good boss also should maintain situations {“maintain situations” is vague - what do you mean?} {“manage situations” is OK?} {yes, that is much better

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If you look at Longman’s definition for effort: ldoceonline.com/dictionary/effort , definition 1 is a synonym for dedication and definition 2 is a synonym for try. So we can say “it takes effort to get a good grade” or “it takes dedication to get a good grade” but we cannot say "it takes try to get a good grade. Also, using definition 2, we can say “I passed the class on my second effort” or “I passed the class on my second try”, but we cannot say “I passed the class on my second dedication.”

If you use more with a countable noun, it means more than one of them - like more sailboats means 1 or 2 or 3 additional sailboats than what I have now. It doesn’t mean a bigger sailboat. You can say “more sailboat”, but that is just incorrect grammar and still doesn’t mean a bigger sailboat. So “more salary” is incorrect - if you use more, you have to say “more salaries”, but that doesn’t mean a bigger salary, it means additional salaries. An example would be “More employees means more salaries that the company has to pay.” If you mean a bigger sailboat you have to say “bigger sailboat” or “larger sailboat” or “longer sailboat”. Likewise, for a bigger salary, we have to say “bigger salary” or “larger salary” or “higher salary” {things involving numbers are often referred to as higher or lower}.

The trouble is in informal English, more is sometimes used even with countable nouns to indicate bigger or better. An example would be “Honda gives you more car for your money.” But this is informal slang and as an English learner I would avoid it and definitely not use it in formal essays.