Why Use Results-Oriented Job Standards

Job Standards are benchmarks (references, rulers, yardsticks) against which job performance is measured. Job Standards augment the basic definition of job responsibilities in a job description by specifying how well a job responsibility must be accomplished.

Job Standards guide an employee’s job performance so that she can achieve required results just the way the organization wants them. Without Job Standards, employees are free to make their own decisions about how well work will be accomplished.

Job Standards, along with our other products—job descriptions, job objectives, job-specific employee management forms and job evaluation—are an integral part of a total Results-Oriented Management Strategy.