A job description procedure vas developed for use by Army service schools in identifying all of the tasks performed by Junior officers in a Job assignment. This procedure was based on a model of officer Job behavior, illustrating the nature 'and sequence of tasks performed to attain specific goals within each area of responsibility. The behavior model was itself developed from considerations of existing job descriptions, the nature of job information typically provided by interviews with officers, and an information-processing view of purposive behavior. Application of the description technique to one officer Job yielded 8l6 tasks covering troop leadership and unit management, as well as tactical and technical functions. General statements of work were effectively broken into task-level statements of Job activities. The technique should provide a practical means for describing most supervisory and command Jobs characterized by a high propor¬tion of variable, nonroutine, and covert activities. (Author)
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