Job Descriptions

Challenges associated with maintaining job descriptions is the fact that a lot of companies are dealing with staff shortages. I believe that companies have been adding or eliminating certain tasks they require, so they are able to accommodate to what future candidates are looking for. Personally, since there are issues with people not wanting to work due to their own personal preferences when it comes to a job, I think companies are just trying to keep employees while at the same time hire new ones who will actually stay at the company for a long time. Viewing this topic from a human resource manager perspective I know that management of human resources is one of the most important and challenging responsibilities within organizations. But from the weekly learning materials I have the understanding of how the performance of the organization is dependent on individual human performance.

Thus, job descriptions should never be changed just because someone doesn’t want to do a certain thing because it is “not their job.” Personally, when someone is getting hired on with a company it is the duty of the management team to explain the culture of the company. When the culture is explained it should discuss the values and the goals that everyone who works for the company is trying to achieve. Furthermore, for a company to achieve the large organizational goals they need to understand that employees need to know what their workplace culture is and how it is represented to the public. This topic will lead to the discussion of what their job tasks are and what they will be doing (their job description). Having a job description for each position will allow the management team to ensure they’re recruiting the best candidate for the job. But, most importantly it gives the potential future candidate to express their concerns before accepting the position they might feel like is not the best fit for them.

But to maintain job descriptions that task falls onto the management team.  For a company to be able to achieve their mission they need a management team to create a culture that welcomes everyone but still is able to make it clear what their expectations are from their employees.