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¶ … Job, a Position, and a Class Description
A position refers to the range of duties and responsibilities carried out by an individual employee, at a particular point in time (Henderson, 2006). Taking the example of a health facility; the clinical officer, the pharmacist, the cashier, the laboratory technician, and the nurse, are serving in their respective individual positions. The positions in an organization need to be divided, and classified in order to assist the management realize, among other things, the proper levels of compensation, and the required standards of employee performance (Khan, 2008). Classification of positions is made possible through a "job analysis, which involves collecting information about the tasks performed, and the required qualifications for the job" (Khan, 2008, p.109). Once job analysis is complete, a position description is generated, stating the set of responsibilities...
Therefore, a position description is simply an employer's recruitment guide.
A set of positions, tasked with similar responsibilities forms a job (Henderson, 2006). Using the health facility example above; the cashier position in the outpatient section, and another cashier position in the inpatient section, could be serving within the same job. Jobs, like positions, are classified into a number of job classes. The number of job classes depends on, among other things, the size of the organization, and its structural organization. Job classification is an important component of various personnel activities, including, compensation, employee training, and generation of job descriptions. A job description, in the words of Henderson (2006), is simply "a statement of facts that describe the job" (p.141).
It is important to note, at this point,…
References
Henderson, R.I. (2006). Compensation Management in a Knowledge-Based World (10th ed). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Khan, H.A. (2008). An Introduction to Public Administration. Maryland: University Press of America.
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At the level of the individual worker, motivation and job satisfaction among other things, generate a sense of security and confidence. Moreover, it offers them the opportunity for flexibility where they are able to apply varied approaches in meeting work requirements (Adeyinka et al., 2007, pp. 3-15). This makes the work environment interesting thus providing the employees with the pleasure and urge to facing their day-to-day lives at the workplace.
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