Management Position Description Questionnaire

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The Management Position Description Questionnaire (MPDQ) is a questionnaire used in human resource management for the purpose of analysing management positions. It allows HR departments to establish training requirements, salary bands and job groupings for new posts.{{cite book|title=Fresh Perspectives: Human Resource Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_acBYy_77oC&pg=PA55|year=2006|publisher=Pearson South Africa|isbn=978-1-86891-417-3|page=55}} It has 208 items grouped in 13 categories.{{cite book|author=K Aswathappa|title=Human Resource And Personnel Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xIWlA_UHnAC&pg=PA110|year=2005|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-07-059930-7|pages=110–111}}{{cite book|title=Personnel & Human Resources Management' 2006 Ed.| date=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oz-ezT3IeGUC&pg=PT39|publisher=Rex Bookstore, Inc.|isbn=978-971-23-4396-4|page=39}} These categories also include 197 performance elements.{{cite book|author=Achim Krausert|title=Performance Management for Different Employee Groups: A Contribution to Employment Systems Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qH_dUI5H3cUC&pg=PA197|date=27 August 2009|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-7908-2197-0|page=197}}{{cite book|author1=Angelo DeNisi|author2=Ricky Griffin|title=HR 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jhBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT121|date=21 January 2015|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-305-47810-7|page=121}} Due to its narrative format, the MPDQ generally requires some degree of training before it can be properly used.{{cite book|author1=Randall S. Schuler|author2=Peter Dowling|author3=John Smart|title=Personnel/human resource management in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMe2AAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-312094-5|page=89}} The questionnaire was created by Walter W. Tornow and Patrick R. Pinto in 1976.{{cite book|author=Pieter A. Grobler|title=Human Resource Management in South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ieVmpbt6ZNwC&pg=PA154|date=1 November 2005|publisher=Cengage Learning EMEA|isbn=1-84480-328-7|page=154}}{{cite book|title=Personnel and Human Resources Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzfTcTmhZecC&pg=PA108|publisher=Rex Bookstore, Inc.|isbn=978-971-23-1002-7|page=108}}