Lesson 1: Managing Positions Day to Day

• Recognize a supervisor’s role
• List possible effects of position changes on an organization

Lesson 2: Planning Your Positions

• Evaluate the impact of position changes on efficiency, staffing and morale
• Plan position changes in light of organizational mission and goals

Lesson 3: Describing Positions

• Understand how writing position descriptions relates to the position planning process
• Describe what a position description should contain

Lesson 4: Classification and the Position Planning Process

• Explain how position planning actions can affect classification
• Recognize the principal differences and similarities of the traditional and job grading classification systems
• Use the information in job grading, narrative, and FES classification standards in position planning