A schedule is a list of employees who are working on any given day, week, or month in a workplace. A schedule is necessary for the day-to-day operation of any retail store or manufacturing facility. The process of creating a schedule is called scheduling. An effective workplace schedule balances the needs of employees, tasks, and in some cases, customers.

A daily schedule is usually ordered chronologically, which means the first employees working that day are listed at the top, followed by the employee who comes in next, et cetera.

A weekly or monthly schedule is usually ordered alphabetically, employees being listed on the left hand side of a grid, with the days of the week on the top of the grid.

A schedule is most often created by a manager. In larger operations, a Human Resources manager or specialist may be solely dedicated to writing the schedule.

A schedule by this definition is sometimes referred to as workflow.

See also

• on call schedule.
• Shift work
• Duty

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Human resource management