Q. What do you mean by Job description?
Meaning & definition: a job description (JD) is a written statement of what the job holders does, how it is done under what conditions it is done ad why is it done, it describes what the job is all about, throwing light on the job content, environment and conditions of employment. It is descriptive is no differentiate the job from the other jobs and state its outside limits.
M.W. Cuming defined a job description as, "a broad statement of the purpose, scope, duties, and responsibilities of a particular job".
In the other words of Flippo, "the best and first and immediate product of the job analysis process is the job description. It is descriptive in nature and constitutors a record of existing and pertinent jobs facts".
According to the P. Pigoures and C.A. Myers, "a job description is a word picture in writing of the duties, responsibilities and organizational relationships that constitute a given job or position".
According to another definition, "a job description is a bailed down statements of the job analysis and serves to identity the job for consideration by other job analysis".