position descriptions

How to Create Meaningful Position Descriptions

Management Lessons From the Orchestra

Attending a concert is an exhilarating night out. From the moment the hush falls over the audience once the Concert Master has ensured the orchestral members set their instruments to a common pitch, the excitement begins.

To hear the haunting qualities of the oboe, the flights of fancy on the piccolo, the rumbling of the double basses and tubas, the piercing brilliance of the trumpets, and the power and strength of the combined violins, violas and cellos makes a night out at the orchestra an event to be remembered.

But what about those musicians in the orchestra? These are the workers who produce the sounds the audience enjoys as music. They each contribute to the combined outcome of the orchestra. What does their job description look like?

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