A formal account of an employee’s responsibilities.
(More detailed definition:) 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.
EXAMPLE:
Once he knew his job description and how to do it, he needed very few orders and could just do the job.
