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Dunn and Wilson scholarship project 1997 Job Descriptions: improving their currency, accuracy and usefulness

Appendix 2: What job descriptions include?

(from literature review)


Job Descriptions Include* [see below for legend]
author 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Russell 1996     X             X      
Allen 1990     X         X       X  
Grant 1989 X X X X X X         X    
Drummond 1994 X X X   X   X       X X  
Sattler and Doniek 1993 X X   X         X     X X
DeLapa 1989 X X X       X X X X     X
Osborne 1992     X         X   X X X X
Lemos 1994   X X         X   X   X  
DeLon 1994     X     X X X   X      
Kramer et.al 1997 X X       X   X X X     X
Degner 1995 X X       X     X X      
Segall 1989 X   X       X X          
Mona 1991 X   X       X X X       X
How to write job descriptions the easy way 1993 X   X X                  
Meng 1992                       X  
Giles 1995   X X X   X X   X X X    
Herman and Herman 1995     X                    

* Apart from title, identifying code, grade/level. department, name of company, physical location, job status, date name of incumbent

legend

1: Job function/ purpose. Includes job summary, position description
2: Duties/ tasks
3: Responsibilities. Includes area of responsibility, critical success factor
4: Accountabilities. Includes results expected
5: Organisational relationships. Includes organisation structure and organisational chart
6: Environment. Includes working conditions
7: Contacts. Includes working relationships, position relationships, functional relationships
8: Skills. Includes competencies, knowledge, abilities
9: Education/ qualifications
10: Reporting relationships. Includes supervision exercised and received
11: Authority
12: Performance standards. Includes outcomes, achievements expected, measures of accomplishments, management expectations
13: Experience


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