Employee Functions

What are Your Employees’ Functions?

 

On paper, most managers and executives know and understand what each employee is responsible for accomplishing during a given time period.  Employees, on the other hand, may have different views entirely.  A good exercise is to have all of your business’ managers specifically write down each employee’s responsibilities.  Then have the employees write down what they do on a day to day basis.  Next have some of the employees write down other employee’s responsibilities.  Having done this look everything over and see how closely each responsibility sheet matches the others.  During this exercise it might be beneficial to work with a third party to ensure that the true nature of each position is being expressed and an anonymous assessment may be provided.  

The above exercise will also let you know where responsibilities overlap which may in turn lead to finding some efficiency in the organization.  For example you might realize that a particular task is being performed more than one time and resources within the company aren’t being fully utilized.  You might also find that changing the location of certain stations within the company might make for a more efficient use of time and resources by your employees.  It is always helpful to ask employees what can be improved upon because they know their job better than anyone else and more than likely have official or even unofficial ways of handling things that could be shared across the company.

 Your employee’s functions are very important to your business, vendors, and customers.  Understanding what each employee does on a given day will help business owners and managers improve processes and gain insights and appreciation for the day to day goings on within the company.  Cost savings and process improvements may greatly impact relationships with vendors and customers.  Employees may also feel more empowered if they are provided an opportunity to explain their functions and ways for possible improvement.  

Filed Under Human Resources | Leave a Comment  | March 12th, 2010

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