From the course: Human Resources: Job Structure and Design
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Writing job descriptions
From the course: Human Resources: Job Structure and Design
Writing job descriptions
- I'm going to go a little off script here, as writing job descriptions is often considered a separate activity from job design. But I'm going rogue because I disagree. Job design and job descriptions go hand in hand. For example, if you're the HR manager for a restaurant chain, and currently everyone is doing one job, the fryers fry, the hosts host, and the waiters wait on people, then you'd have a single job description for each of those jobs. But if you decide to implement job rotation and the waiters will be hosts, and the hosts waiters, you have to update the job descriptions to reflect that. So it just makes sense that job design leads right into writing job descriptions. So let me share three simple tips. First and foremost, people and organizations grow and change, and so should job descriptions. These poor neglected documents are often created and then only pulled out at an annual performance review, or when you need to recruit. But job descriptions can be used to map out…
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