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You should have a formal induction covering all the immediate practical information you need. If not, ask for information such as “What is the fire drill procedure”, “where can I get lunch”, “what about car parking”? Get passwords and login details for email and any other systems you need to access. Make a note of them! It is useful to have a small, pocket or handbag sized notebook on you at this stage to note down things you need to remember, or follow up. Using one will probably massively improve your performance. Or else use the calendar and notes function in your phone or tablet -but do remember to follow up! You will probably have a meeting scheduled with your manager, where they will be able to provide guidance. If not, ask for one. If you are senior enough to have a secretary or assistant, then it would be reasonable to assume they will be able to guide you through a lot of the difficulties you will face, and supply answers to your questions. If you are not that senior thoug...

Management is defined in several ways, generally as the organisation of resources in a business to achieve defined targets. My favourite definition is “achieving things through other people “. Administration can be defined in many different ways, sometimes as the process or activity of running the business, so an administrator may be the person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business. Administration is itself a legal term, and means the person legally appointed to manage and dispose of the property of a deceased person, debtor or insolvent company. An administrator can also be used to indicate someone who works alongside a decision maker and implements their decisions, as an assistant or secretary. In this latter context the manager makes the decisions, and the administrator helps to implement them, perhaps controlling paperwork, communicating requirements. I can’t answer your question specifically as it depends on local usage and the context of your question...

Some job roles are specifically to supervise a team of workers, and purely that, but almost all management positions include an element of supervision, as managers need to supervise their team members and their workload as well as perform their own work. Examples of a pure supervisory role would be;- in a process environment a call centre environment deploying an emergency services team In these instances, the supervisors’ role is to manage the workload, allocate work to the team, balance the workload. They don’t usually perform the work themselves, but manage the team. So in this context, a supervisor can usually be considered as a junior member of the management team. In a professional environment such as law or medicine, there is usually a team working under a solicitor or doctor who are not as qualified or experienced as the team leader or supervisor. They play a supporting role to the team leader, performing administrative or less skilled work. In this situation, the supervisor ...