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for its development; • Who will be covered by the program; • The procedure for reviewing the various drafts of the job descriptions; • Meetings with the manager to answer questions, uncover conficts, clarify goals and evaluate suggestions from participants. performance evaluations. The book is one of the nine professional books in the association's educational library, and can be purchased from the NKBA. In my next article, I'll cover the companion topic to job descriptions… and that is Job Performance Evaluations. These two go hand-in-hand, and I guarantee that if you implement them, your employees and your company will be much better for having done it! COLLECTING INFORMATION The next step in the process would be how you collect information for the job descriptions. An easy way to gather information is to ask each employee to keep a written analysis of each day's activities for one month. They can use a legal pad or computer to help them document each and every undertaking. After a month, they should have covered every activity involved with the job. This information should then be consolidated and prioritized. This way each employee is, in efect, writing the basis for their own job description. In addition to this, the employee's immediate supervisor should spend time analyzing the job. Then break down all of the activities into four main areas: • Title, reporting responsibility, accountability and location; • Essential tasks, duties and responsibilities: What is being performed, how is it performed and what its purpose is; • What skills, knowledge and individual abilities are required of the job holder to provide an acceptable level of performance; • The working conditions, especially if they are unusual. This takes into account the physical surrounding of the job such as noise, dirt or hazards. It can also mean the social atmosphere, which indicates the degree of isolation from, or involvement with, other people. Since we don't have the space here to share specifc job descriptions or a job analysis worksheet that can be used in helping you develop job descriptions, I would be happy to share these with you privately. Just email me at darlingtonconsulting@gmail. com and I'll send them along to you. Another valuable resource you may fnd useful would be the business management book I wrote for the National Kitchen & Bath Association, entitled Kitchen and Bath Business Management. The book contains a number of pages dedicated to the topics of job descriptions and Lighting the Way to a Greener Future The unbeatable combination of our intelligent, ultra-efficient DC motor and leading edge LED light engine ensures you won't find a better performing, quieter, more eco-responsible fan/light solution. Panasonic WhisperGreen LED Choose the fan that's revolutionizing the ventilation industry — once again. Can be used to comply with ASHRAE 62.2, LEED, CalGreen and ENERGY STAR® for Homes 3.0. Learn more at us.panasonic.com/ventfans | Kitchen & Bath Design News Circle No. 19 on Product Card July 2013 | 27