Assignment: Value of a Job Description

How can a job description secure your future with a company, improve the likelihood of increased pay, improve the likelihood of promotion, and help you better understand your fit for the role to be filled?

Using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the value and uses of job descriptions for employees, managers, and the human resource (HR) department.

Tasks:

For your current job or a previous job, evaluate and explain the value of a job description from the perspectives listed below.

An employee performing a selected job

The manager or supervisor of that employee

The human resource (HR) department

Explain how and why organizations might use job descriptions to enhance the value of employees and departments.