MEANING AND DEFINITION OF JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Description is the product of the process of Job Analysis. A job analyst studies a job and collects all the relevant statistical information
relating to the job. Then he prepares a summary that is summarised the
information collected by him. This information is prescribed form and this form is
known as the Job Description. It is a summary of statistical information relating
to a particular job. It defines the rights, responsibilities, and organizational
relations attached to a particular job.
The job analysis has
been defined as follows:
“The first and immediate product of the analysis process is the Job Description. As its title indicates, this document is basically descriptive in nature and constitutes a record of existing pertinent job facts.”
Edwin B.
Flippo,
“Job description is a bailed down statement of the analysis and serves to identify the job for consideration by other Job Analysis.”
Smith
and Stakeman,
“A Job Description is a word picture in writing of the duties, responsibilities, and organizational relationships that constitute a given job or position. It defines continuing work assignment and scope of responsibility that are sufficiently different from those of other jobs to warrant a specific title.”
Pigour and
Myers,
Thus, a Job Description is related to a particular job. It
presents a written picture of the duties, responsibilities, and organizational
relationships that are attached to a particular job. It differentiates a
particular job from other jobs. It also describes the working conditions that
should be provided for the better performance of a job.
RELATED TOPIC
Characteristics of Human Resource Management
Objective of Human Resource Management
Scope of Human Resource Management
