Experts say highly structured job titles no longer suit the corporate framework. Titles really are not functional anymore. People should transcend their job description, asking what are the challenges and problems I can address. This title redefinition is a necessary part of the review process as companies grow, according to Roger Sobkowiak, a consultant with Drotter Human Resources, a Pennsylvania firm that works with companies on organization structure.
Every company starts with a plethora of titles.
The current simplification focuses on what Sobkowiak calls the left-hand side of the title. It's a repeating process. Then you have to go back in and clean up the right-hand side. Despite these straightforward goals, implementing title changes across a company is a difficult process for both management and rank and file. The key for successfully redefining titles is congruence, Sobkowiak says, with reporting structures, compensation, and other tools reworked in line with the new titles.