Answer to Question #133716 in Management for lesego

Question

Differentiate between job description and job specification and provide examples to support your discussion

Answer 1

          The job description, explains the internal document that states the essential job requirements, duties, responsibilities, and skills required to perform a specific role. while job specification states the qualifications, experiences, training, skills, emotional, mental, attributes and capabilities of an individual to perform job.

          An organization required people with professional skills to run the company to handle specific area examples accounting must have certificate in accounting field, Marketing must have a minimum of five years of marketing work experience and others, also one must have ability to remain calm under pressure.