Poor worker selection may mean years of worker unhappiness and conflict with fellow workers and supervisors. If the supervisor does a poor job of sizing up the applicant, then a misfit is as likely as not to occur. Letting the Job Grow Like Topsy Careless supervisors plus particularly ambitious of lazy workers can shape jobs carelessly. New duties are assigned to the worker who has the capability or the time to squeeze the work in. Lazy workers tend to shrug off unpleasant, demanding or boring duties.
Good supervision requires good job design.
Failure to Make Assignments Clear Vague instructions are bad. Supervisors should make specific, detailed assignments and then give subordinates the authority needed to accomplish them. A worker can't do a job without adequate authority. Everybody knows the type. The easy way for a supervisor is to know it all and brook no interference.