“Job Descriptions”  Please respond to the following:

• Create an argument that describes why job descriptions are necessary in a health care organization. Provide support for your argument.
• From the e-Activity, evaluate the value of the work of the Joint Commission in the health care environment, indicating one thing that you may change. Provide support for your rationale.

“Civil Service”  Please respond to the following:

• Suggest the most significant difference in the recruiting and hiring process for civil services versus private employment. Examine the resulting impact to the hiring process if this difference is not acknowledged. Provide support for your rationale.
• Predict the likely outcome of disciplining a civil service employee. Provide support for your prediction.

E-Activities:

• Go to the Joint Commission’s Website located athttp://www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/jcfaq.aspx. At “Standards FAQs,” select a field-related manual category from the drop-down list, type in “human resources” in the “Optional Keyword” box, and then click the “Go” button. Be prepared to discuss.