Business GCSE
Job Description
What Job Description means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Job Description
Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.
A document that outlines the duties, responsibilities, and tasks associated with a specific job.
A document outlining the duties, responsibilities, and conditions of a specific job.
A document outlining the duties, tasks, and responsibilities of a specific job.
Topics that use Job Description
- People (OCR GCSE)
- Recruitment and selection (OCR GCSE)
- The role of human resources (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Person Specification
- Chain of Command
- Span of Control
- Delegation
- External Recruitment
- Internal Recruitment
- Piece-rate Pay
- Hygiene Factors
Using Job Description in the exam
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