How does job description help us

Question

How does job description help us?

Answer 1

A job description helps us in:

(i)   Job grading and divison

(ii)   Relocations and promotions

(iii)  Alteration of grievances

(iv) Defining promotional steps

(v) Creating a common understanding of a job between employers and employees

(vi)  Investigating mishaps

(vii) Representing faulty work procedures or paper duplication

(viii) Retaining, operating and adjusting machinery

(ix)  Defining the limits of authority

(x)  Time and motion studies

(xi) Facilitating job placement

(xii) Indicating case of personal merit

(xiii) Providing performance indicators

(xiv) Providing hiring specifications

(xv) Finding jobs suitable for occupational therapy

(xvi) Scientific guidance

(xvii) Studies of health and fatigue