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Hi, Can someone please help me get clarity if

there exists any difference between role &
designation. Thanks a lot

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QUAMPS - Member Since: Sep 2010

Hi Vimee,
if I'm not wrong, the difference between role & designation can
be curved out like this:
while Recruitment Executive is a designation, the roles played
under this are CV Sourcer, Telecalling, Candidates Screening,
Interviewing, Document & Background Verifying, etc.
While for an employee in a company, the designation On-paper
is 1 but roles to be played under it may be multiples.
Every role can be a designation in itself, but no vice-versa.
Hope this is enough to understand the difference between roles
& designations.
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PHANIKUMAR_D66 - Member Since: Feb 2008

Designation is for identification purpose. It will be given on the

experience. Where as the Role is the exact position of the
person with the exact role he is expected to play. A person may
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be a HR Manager. He may not play the roll of the HR Head it

there is already a Sr. Manager/ AGM-HR, who will be the HR
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VAISHALI.CHAVAN@ROCKETMAI - Member Since: Mar 2009

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Yes there is a vast difference between Role & Designation.

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Role includes Job description & specification.

Designation is a name given by Organization to an individual
pertaining to the role.

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Role is comprehensive whereas Designation is brief/short.

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Role is formalised as per the Designation.

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AVINASH969 - Member Since: Nov 2010

Hi,
Yes, there is a difference between role and designation
For better understanding lets put it in this way.
Designation = Tag given to an employee through which he is
being recognized
Role = With the given designation what roles are expected to
perform.
Designation = Ex: JR HR, Sr HR, HR Lead, HR Mgr, HR admin,
etc.
Role = The activities which are expected out of the designation.
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One way you can say that designation is an identity given and
role is the activity to meet the identity.
Hope this helps
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Avi

N DEV - Member Since: Nov 2009

Which r the issues or areas are related with or comes under

Industrial relations ? Please suggest. Nilesh.

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For any employee there should be both Designation and role

for that designation.
Designation is used to identify the role of any employee in the
organization, this may be true only when there is a clear cut
clarity in the role defined for a designation.
So every designation has a role.
While Designation is a single term which plays as identifer.
Role could be multiple, so a designation could have multiple
roles (Activities)
hope this helps.

VIVEK_1438 - Member Since: Dec 2010

hi... Designation define the cedar of the employee, role is

define as it was which work we do in the organization. role is
depending upon the designation.

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SSKUMARHR - Member Since: Jan 2008

Hi
Role is the expected behavior/tasks.
Designation is the level in the organization.
for example in small organizations you might be given higher
designations n will be offered lower when you move to big. But
role is same.

K RAMESH CHANDRA - Member Since: Apr 2009

Hai,
Hope you are satisfied with the above answers. But still i will put
it in simple way
Role : performing duties and responsibilities as described by co
(eg: separation officer, who takes care of release formalities of
the resigned employees)
There will not be any promotions in the role
Designation : Where we have promotions in this like exe, sr
exe,asst mgr, mgr etc.
so the separation officer can be designated as any of the
above.
Cheers
Ram

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