Explain the purpose and importance of each section within the job description. Support your reasoning with at least two credible or professional resources.

Description

Job Design

[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 3]

For this assignment, you will create the job description using the information from your Job Analysis assignment in Week 2. The job analysis is a critical step in the process for a job description to be reliable and useful. Remember, as an HR leader, you would typically have input from more than one position questionnaire to complete a job analysis.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

Read Chapters 2 and 3 in the textbook, Job and Work Analysis.

You may consider reviewing Chapter 4 in the textbook, Job and Work Analysis.

Using the job analysis that you conducted for the Week 2 assignment,

Determine the appropriate design for the position.

Analyze the various elements required for creating a job description for the specific position.

Consider addressing the following to get started:

What would this person do and to what extent?

What is the job title and purpose?

What education or skills are required?

What duties and responsibilities are required?

What are the working conditions?

Create a job description that includes the information defined in the job analysis.

Provide a rationale for the chosen design.

Explain the purpose and importance of each section within the job description.

Support your reasoning with at least two credible or professional resources.

The Job Design paper

Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

Student’s name

Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Due date

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Topic Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

Must use at least two credible or professional sources in addition to the course text.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.).

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

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