ADM 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paq, Job Analysis, Software Engineering
2 Dec 2016
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The collection of tasks and activities performed by one person. Therefore there could be 1 software developer job, but 20 software developer positions in a company. As well the job could belong to a job family (ex: software engineering, with software analysts, developers, senior developers, architects) Process for obtaining info about jobs by determining the tasks, duties, and activities. Used to develop job descriptions and job specifications. Identify the human attributes (knowledge, skills and abilities - ksa) Reference tool for writing job descriptions and specifications. Organizes 40,000 job titles into 500 occupational groups (a collection of jobs that shre some or all main duties) Four popular methods: position analysis questionnaire (paq) Very structured job analysis questionnaire which contains 194 items measuring six dimensions on a 5 point scale. Information input: mental processes, work output (physical activities and tools, relationships with others, job context (physical and social environment, other job characteristics (pace and structure, critical incident method.
