Question

Ravi, a young and enthusiastic employee, loved his job as a technical service executive. He enjoyed being creative and dealing with challenges. Ravi was offered a supervisory position in his department because of his performance and enthusiasm. He accepted the job assuming that it is challenging and creative. However, he finds that the job has little creativity and challenge in it. Later, his team performs poorly under his supervision. In the context of characteristics of a successful supervisor, Ravi lacks:_______
a. desire for the job.
b. a positive attitude.
c. the ability to delegate.
d. communication skills.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) desire for the job

Explanation:

From the question we are informed about Ravi, a young and enthusiastic employee, who loved his job as a technical service executive. He enjoyed being creative and dealing with challenges. Ravi was offered a supervisory position in his department because of his performance and enthusiasm. He accepted the job assuming that it is challenging and creative. However, he finds that the job has little creativity and challenge in it. Later, his team performs poorly under his supervision. In the context of characteristics of a successful supervisor, Ravi lacks desire for the job. Desire for ones job can be regarded as craving, longing to carry out ones responsibility with great enthusiasms in one's profession. When an employee desires his/ her job there will be strong intention in performing the required task inorder to achieve the goals of the organization.