How clear is your job role?
Home > IT Answers > CIO > How clear is your job role?
Michael Morisy
720 pts.
0
Q:
How clear is your job role?
Career development, Open IT Forum, Network administration, Windows administration
In a tip he wrote for SearchWinIT, resident expert Kevin Beaver suggests fully understanding and defining your job role
can not only boost performance, but also your career satisfaction. How
well do you really know what management expects you to do, and what
have you found helpful in better defining your job role?

Is this something that management has typically done a good job of mapping out, or does it require more initiative?
ASKED: Sep 21 2009  6:25 PM GMT
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
RELATED QUESTIONS
0
Mshen
23535 pts.
0
A:
 RATE THIS ANSWER
+1
Click to Vote:
  •   1
  •  0
  • AddThis Social Bookmark Button
Kevin does bring up very good points. According to my position and title, I make assumtions as to what is expected of me. They usually tell me I'm doing a good job for specific projects, but I've never actually asked management what they really expect of me and what they really want me to do.

It does take the initiative to ask. Something I should be doing more regularly. Thanks for bringing this article to my attention.
Last Answered: Sep 21 2009  8:55 PM GMT by Mshen   23535 pts.
  •   
0
0
RSS - Discussions Help
Discuss This Answer:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _



_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

KevinBeaver   7610 pts.  |   Sep 30 2009  3:29PM GMT

A big thing I’m seeing regarding this is a lack of communication between employee and manager. One is often afraid to talk to the other, expectations aren’t properly set, and the employee is ultimately setup for failure. Don’t be this employee, or manager.

 
0