What is a manager? "Manager" may represent a variety of different ideas at your organization, but within the application, "Manager" describes an individual who has certain system-based access or permissions over an employee or group of employees. |
These permissions include options for:
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It is important we emphasize again that "manager" here does not necessarily refer to an employee's direct supervisor. An employee may be part of multiple groups with varying group managers. |
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For example, let us say Emma has several direct reports. A group of these direct reports would be created with her as the group manager. |
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| We may also have a group created for all employees who work, either full-time or only occasionally, in a specific department. If Bruce is responsible for scheduling all shifts in this department, he would be granted schedule permissions for those who work in this department. |
Finally, let us say Lilly is the payroll administrator for the entire location. Consequently, she may require certain time permissions from all employees at this location.
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| Now let us meet Alan. Alan reports directly to Emma, works a few shifts in Bruce's department, and is employed at Lilly's location. Three separate groups of "managers" have varying permissions for Alan's information, but he only reports to one manager, Emma, in the traditional sense of a direct supervisor. |
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