Job descriptions are a very important aspect of a workplace and help the function of a workplace. When employees are confused about their job duties it can affect the efficiency and tasks of the company. Job analysis has many functions in the workplace that includes: recruitment, interviewing, orientation, training, job evaluation, wage compensation survey, performance appraisal, and outplacement and is an essential HR function(Job Analysis and Job design outline). Job descriptions are very important to have in a workplace because if an employee does not understand their duties, it can prevent tasks from being complete and can cause confusion among the employees. As a manager’s assistant at work, I have experienced how a job analysis or lack of one can affect a workplace. My job has a very basic set of tasks but they can change depending on the environment and the time of the year. I help hire new employees and schedule them based on their class schedule. Because student hiring can increase and decrease depending on the term, I sometimes have a light flow of work. This has caused my managers to find things for me to do that may not be considered within my job descriptions. In the past, this has caused an issue because it was hard to differentiate between my regular work duties and the duties they assigned to me during slow times. Job analysis and job descriptions are very important to a companies success and help decrease the chance of confusion among the employees and bad quality of service.
