One of the most important assets of any organization is their people. A better way to maximize their potential and productivity is to identify the roles they are playing in the organization and the expectations in terms of functions, outputs and behavior. The best reference to enumerate these is the job description.
Job description defines the essential functions, duties and responsibilities, requirements and qualifications needed for a particular job. It serves as important tool in manpower planning, culture management, job clarity, recruitment and selection, management, training and development, career planning and management, and even in employee discipline and grievance. Job description will align expectations and work performance. Clarity of roles and expectations will ensure a productive, efficient, and effective workforce that is the key to the overall success of the organization.
This is an ideal book for schools that are building and organizing their human resource set-up. The practical insights of this book are a handy guide in establishing an inventory of the requirements needed for a particular job. These insights will help in the development of job descriptions to formalize the expectations and alleviate conflicts in roles and functions.
Furthermore, this book contains a compendium of job descriptions of key positions in the academic setting that can serve as a platform for any school. The author ensures that at the end of the chapter, the readers will be able to write a job description for their school.