What is the difference between a job and a role?

Job basically refers to the content , whereas Role refers to the context .The concept of Job therefore is slowly becoming outmoded

A "role" is a description of what a person does. A "job title" is a convenient name for a role.

The terms ‘job’ and ‘role’ are often used interchangeably. But they are different as defined

below.

Job

A job is an organizational unit which consists of a group of defined tasks or activities to be

Carried out or duties to be performed.

Role

A role has been defined by Ivancevich et al as ‘an organized set of behaviors’. It is the part

people play in their work – the emphasis is on the patterns of behaviour expected of them in

order to achieve agreed outcomes. The term ‘role’ is sometimes used interchangeably with ‘job’.

But they are different. Roles are about people. Jobs are about tasks and duties. It is recognized

more generally that organizations consist of people using their knowledge and skills to achieve

results and working cooperatively together rather than impersonal jobs contained in the boxes

of an organization chart. References are therefore nowadays made more frequently to roles,

although use is still made of the terms job analysis, job design and job evaluation.

full agree with mr. tarig       .