overseeing
Watching from above
Overseeing is supervising or watching over something to ensure it proceeds correctly: She's overseeing the renovation project.
The word implies responsibility without necessarily doing the hands-on work—a manager oversees employees, a director oversees production.
He was overseeing the transition to the new system.
Directing and monitoring work
- directingOverseeing a production
- managingDirecting or controlling something
- coordinatingArranging for unified action
- administeringGiving or applying formally
governing · leading · steering · orchestrating · facilitating · delegating · presiding · shepherding
Actively looking at something
- observingPerceiving attentively
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
watchfulness · vigilance · alertness · attentiveness · inspection · checking · review · examination
Organizational oversight and control
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
policy · accountability · responsibility · jurisdiction · trusteeship · custodianship · fiduciary · board
supervising
Directing and monitoring work
- directingOverseeing a production
- managingDirecting or controlling something
- coordinatingArranging for unified action
administering · governing · leading · steering · orchestrating · facilitating · delegating · presiding · shepherding · guidance
watching
Actively looking at something
- observingPerceiving attentively
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
scrutiny · watchfulness · vigilance · alertness · attentiveness · inspection · checking · review · examination · assessment
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
regulation · policy · accountability · responsibility · jurisdiction · trusteeship · custodianship · fiduciary · board · committee
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- watching overguarding, protecting, monitoring, supervising, minding
- administeringmanaging, governing, running, directing, supervising
- watchingwatching, viewing, observing, looking, gazing
- delegationdelegating, assigning, entrusting, tasking, handing off
- perceptionvision, senses, observing, watching, noticing
overseeingdelegating
Transferring authority to another
neglecting · abandoning · ignoring · stepping back · letting go
overseeingoverlooking
Failing to see or consider
ignoring · turning a blind eye · neglecting · disregarding · missing
see, sight, seeing, observe, oversee, oversight, observer, observant, observation