Assertion (A): A supervisor helps to avoid misunderstandings and conf…

Assertion (A): A supervisor helps to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts between management and workers.

Reason (R): A supervisor conveys management ideas to the workers and workers’ problems to the management.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Assertion (A): A supervisor helps to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts between management and workers. — True. This is one of the roles that make supervision important.

Reason (R): A supervisor conveys management ideas to the workers and workers’ problems to the management. — True. The supervisor acts as a link between workers and management. He carries messages both ways.

Why R explains A?

Misunderstandings grow when one side does not know what the other side thinks. The supervisor passes management’s ideas down and workers’ problems up. Because each side learns the other’s view in time, differences are cleared before they turn into conflicts.

NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Importance of Supervision The importance of supervision can be understood from multiple roles performed by a supervisor. These are explained below:
(i) Supervisor maintains day-to-day contact and maintains friendly relations with workers. A good supervisor acts as a guide, friend and philosopher to the workers.
(ii) Supervisor acts as a link between workers and management. He conveys management ideas to the workers on one hand and workers problems to the management on the other. This role played by supervisor helps to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts between management and workers/employees.”