superintendents

Apartment complex bosses

Superintendents is the plural of superintendent, a person who oversees or manages an operation.

A school superintendent heads a district's administration.

A building superintendent (often shortened to super) maintains an apartment complex: The superintendents of both buildings met to discuss shared utilities.

In law enforcement, superintendent is a rank in some police forces.

school

district

Bounded administrative area

enrollment · standards · assessment · accreditation · policy · budget · pedagogy · academic · students · extracurricular

building

maintenance

Preserving working condition

property · premises · tenants · repairs · boiler · utilities · services · complex · doorman · complaints

oversight

administration

Organizational oversight and control

accountability · evaluation · coordination · governance · oversight · stewardship · regulation · audit · review · direction

authority

jurisdiction

Legal authority's scope

autonomy · power · mandate · enforcement · decision-making · hiring · firing · policy · budget · approval

Categories
Opposites
hierarchical authority

superintendentssubordinates

Those ranked below

underlings · employees · workers · rank and file · staff

building/property management role

superintendentstenants

Property renters

renters · residents · occupants · lessees · lodgers

Phrases
Family

superintendent, superintendency

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