A broad, general, and written statement of a specific job, based on the findings of a job analysis. It generally includes duties, purpose, responsibilities, scope, and working conditions of a job along with the job's title, and the name or designation of the person to whom the employee reports. Job description usually forms the basis of job specification.

* There are several uses of job description, like • * Preliminary drafts can be used as a basis for productive group discussion, particularly if the process starts at the executive level. * It helps in the development of job specification. * It acts as during the orientation of new employees, to learn duties & responsibilities. It can act as a basic document used in developing performance standards.
CONTENTS OF JOB DESCRIPTION: A statement containing items such as
• Job title / Job identification / organization position • Location • Job summary • Duties • Machines, tools and equipment
• Materials and forms used • Supervision given or received • Working conditions
• Hazards Job identification or Organization Position: - This includes the job title, alternative title, department, division and plant and code number of the job. The job title identifies and designates the job properly. The department, division etc., indicate the name of the department where it is situated and the location give the name of the place. Job Summary: - This serves two important purposes. First is it gives additional identification information when a job title is not adequate; and secondly it gives a summary about that particular job. Job duties and responsibilities: - This gives a total listing of duties together with some indication of the frequency of occurrence or percentage of time devoted to each major duty. These two are regarded as the “Hear of the Job”. * 4. Relation to other jobs: -