Creating responsibilities and duties

Responsibilities that you create in this procedure can be shared by responsibility groups, jobs, and positions.

  1. Select Administrator > Set Up > Jobs and Positions > Job Components > Responsibilities.
  2. In the Responsibilities section, click Create.
  3. Specify this information:
    Effective Date

    Required. Specify the effective date for the responsibility.

    Responsibility

    Required. Specify the responsibility name. You cannot change this name after you save the responsibility.

    Short Description

    Specify a short description for the responsibility. This appears in most lists.

    Description

    Specify a full description of the responsibility.

    Weight

    Specify the weight of the responsibility, if applicable. This field is displayed only if Use Weighted Responsibilities is selected on Administrator > Set Up > Performance > Organization Configuration.

  4. Click Save.

    The Duties tab is active.

  5. On the Duties tab, define the list of duties for the responsibility.
    1. Click Create.
    2. On the Duty form, specify the effective date, the duty description, and keep the Active check box selected if you want the duty to be active.
    3. Click Save to save the duty, or click Save and New to save the duty and create another one.
  6. To view the responsibility groups, jobs, and positions that use the responsibility, click the Used By tab.