There has been many argument which pros and cons this statement, whether your business need a job description for each personnel or not. It is not just yes or no question. Further more, it’s a little bit tricky question.

From one side, when we admit that we need a job description, we will find it useless because nothing seem very important to be listed as a job description. But, if we say that we don’t even need it, everything seems to be messed up. So what actually need to be considered before deciding to have a job description?

Organization (business) size is the first thing need to be considered. When you decide to start your own home-based business, usually you are the first person that takes in charge.

So it’s just you, yourself working alone, building your dream. As the time goes by, when your business have shown positive improvement, you will need to employ someone. So, my question is, when you start your business as a single fighter, do you really need the job description or not?

I bet you don’t because, instead of doing some part of the job, you do every job, from cleaning the floor until deciding the marketing strategy.

When you have already employed someone to work with you, it is the time you should consider having the job description.

What it is all about? The main function of job description is to delegate some roles. What I mean is, when your business expanded you won’t be able to handle everything. If you handle the floor cleaning at the beginning, now you need some one to get it done for you. You can still control your business by having a job description.

The second thing is business culture. Every organization has its own culture. The bigger the organization size, it should employ more formal culture. When the culture becomes strictly professional it needs a clear job description.

It has to state each of the job description clearly so there will be no ambiguous role in the organization.

As the conclusion, the need of a job description really depends on business size and business culture. As the business owner, you should know when the right time to put the job description into practice is.

The clue is at the very beginning at the business you should know every detail about your business so you can delegate some part of your job to someone else when your business is expanded.