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Your Employees' Work is Changing: From a Job to Several Roles
Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
We live and work in a very dynamic and competitive world. In order to survive, our organizations are forced to be flexible and high-performing too. This is increasingly influencing the way work and jobs in organizations are set up: instead of 1 job, workers are expected to perform several roles in projects.
Traditionally, the purpose and requirements for a job are described in a 'job description': a structured and factual statement of a job's functions and objectives. It defines the boundaries of the job-holder's authority and includes the job title, department, associated responsibilities, reporting lines, tasks, required experience, knowledge, skills, level and perhaps a clear career path. 
A job description is static, and is reflected in an organization chart (organogram). Both get out of date qui...
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Borderless Demand Makes Job Descriptions a Formality
Bernard N Owusu - Sekyere, Consultant, South Africa, Member De Jonge is right when he argues there is a whole shift in work performance and obligation.
Many employees are not observing this change. They ar...
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Are Job Descriptions Now Just Guidelines?
Onyangore Peter Ogendi, Teacher, Kenya, Member Indeed a job description is now just 'a guideline'. With the arrival of new technology and adults going in for evening/part-time classes things have c...
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Put it in the Job Description
justice john a, Student (Other), Ghana, Member Job enrichment comes as a result of technical know-how in ICT. Recently smart people are enshrined with more than one job at the same time because of ...
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Avoid that Side Jobs Become the Main Job
I Gede Darmawijaya, Teacher, Indonesia, Member Most employees are working based on their job descriptions. It's their main job. They have to make every effort to succeed in their main job.
Wha...
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Bringing Out More Talents
Onyangore Peter Ogendi, Teacher, Kenya, Member We tend to force ourselves in some careers because we have no other options at that moment. With multi-tasking, people will be more innovative than be...
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Job / Roles Discussion
Olli Kansanen, HR Consultant, Finland, Member Exactly the same question was discussed in 1990 in management development forums in Europe. This is an important issue, but I am a bit disappointed th...
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Purpose of the Job
Olli Kansanen, HR Consultant, Finland, Member In my opinion the most important question is the purpose of the job (=Why does the job exist?). This question leads to value added =output requ...
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Borderless Demand and Job Description
LEAH LYNDA I. STA ANA, Student (MBA), Philippines, Member Borderless demand makes job description a formality, due to the fact that job descriptions are just a stepping stone on how to begin your work. Once y...
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Implications for Managers' Roles
Jasper Mugambi, Manager, Kenya, Member The implication of this is for managers is that they have to be more keen in their monitoring role. Because the employees are performing multiple role...
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Job-Roles Discussion and Unions
Richard Mariwa, Manager, Member The ongoing discussion assumes the employees are aligned with the objectives of multi-tasking or broader roles. Once employees are onboarded, they are...
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Technology Helps Increase New Roles and Duties
Leticia Olaverria, Accountant, Dominican Republic, Member I agree with some of the point of views expressed; the fast development of digital tools forces the employess and bossess to discover that we are able...
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Information Technology and its Implications
Sachin Yemul, Student (MBA), India, Member Day by day IT is evolving and making jobs more critical and complex in terms of roles and at the same time the requirement of manpower is decreasing, ...
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Mental Boundaries
Helen Strong, Business Consultant, South Africa, Member The above discussion makes some excellent points about how people can grow and have more job satisfaction. However in our country one has to take into...
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Working on Mental Boundaries
rajat baisya, Professor, India, Member @ Strong has raised a point which we indeed have experienced in the past. Workers suffer from two basic problems - o...
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Mental Boundaries and Performance
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member The trend with management is towards a "more with less"-philosophy in terms of resources, materials, and technology. Hence the limits are extended in ...
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Recruiting Multi-skilled Employees
seechurn, HR Consultant, Mauritius, Member I am agreeable to the views expressed by Jaap de Jonge. We are living in a modern world where there has been a change in our system of doing things. I...
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Change is the Watchword of the Future
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member The only thing that is constant in the world is change, and for survival in the future everyone should accept that, whether he or she likes it or not...
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Job Descriptions and Organizations Chart
kvssiyer, Consultant, India, Member A typical organization chart is the pictorial representation of the relationships in an organization, indicating the line of control and authorities i...
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Employees with Multiple Roles May Be Beneficial
David Wilson, Manager, Canada, Premium Member In my experience, if an employee has only one role, the longevity of the employee's job (and career) may be limited. Whereas an employee able to perfo...
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People Need to Future Proof Their Jobs
David Wilson, Manager, Canada, Premium Member I am reading a report from the Brookfield Institute on future jobs. The report notes "Everyone expects automation and other technological advances to ...
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