Job descriptions are essential for recruitment, job evaluation, performance appraisal, training and development, and in grievance and disciplinary cases. This handbook is a comprehensive resource to help managers construct individualized job descriptions, with helpful advice on how to analyze jobs. It presents hundreds of ready-to-use descriptions and features a unique ""job description builder"" with templates for constructing original job descriptions.
Barry Cushway is an independent HR consultant and Personnel Adviser to the IOD. With over 30 years' HR and employment law experience, he has previously worked for Price Waterhouse, Hay and MSL and undertaken projects for over 100 public and private sector organizations. He is author and Executive Editor of Gee's best-selling loose-leaf work, Essential Facts: Employment and numerous other titles including The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions and Human Resource Management (Kogan Page). He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Institute of Personnel and Development.