This presentation deals with the various aspects of superior management and strategies to deal with them.

1. Superior Management
Anup K Singh

2. You Can Manage Your Boss
 He is a human being
 He also needs you
 You cannot choose him. Therefore, manage
him
 Effective relationship is also your
responsibility
 He is a resource for you
 He can make or break you

3. Meeting of Perspectives
Superior’s
World
Subordinate’s
World
Superior’s
World

4. Roles of An Effective Subordinate
 Communication link
 Team member
 Follower
 Employee representative
 Initiator
 Assistant
 Resource mobilizer

5. Dilemmas of Boss Management
 My interests vs. his interests
 Getting influenced vs. influencing
 Task vs. relationship
 Being close vs. being distant

6. Ways To Manage Superior
 Expertise
 Information sharing
 Assistance
 Visibility
 Judicious praise
 Saying no tactfully
 Recognising mutuality
 Assertiveness
 Third party intervention
 Political game

7. Types Of Difficult Bosses
 Incompetent boss
 Insensitive boss
 Bureaucratic boss
 Task obsessive boss
 Unethical boss
 Spoon feeding boss
 Neurotic boss