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"Job Descriptions and the Changing American Workplace"
Author: Rulfs, Sherry L. and John D. Rulfs
Published In: Tapping Potential: Issues in Human Resource Management
Date: 1991

Provides guidance on the effective use of one of the most fundamental human resource management tools.  Discusses the use of job descriptions to respond to the modern worker and the changing workplace in which he or she must function.  Defines a job description as a written document designed to inform the reader about the duties, responsibilities, and expectations attached to a particular position within an organization.  Covers special considerations for physical plant, responding to workplace changes, using job description terms very precisely, job analysis, and job evaluation techniques.

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