MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Succession Planning, Walmart, Markov Chain
18 Apr 2013
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Systematic study of a job to discover its specifications and skill requirements. Gathering information tells hr about the job roles, tasks, and responsibilities. Usually done for companies that are just starting up or currently non-existent. Helps identify jobs that are required and how many employees are required. Important to know that jobs change a lot becoming enlarged. Employees often find themselves doing tasks that weren"t included in the job description. If employees are doing more work that they have agreed to do, their wages should also go up because the job has become more difficult. Used for: wage-setting, recruitment, training, or job-simplification. ****hr activities relying on job analysis (define 5 hr activities that influence job analysis) Improve productivity: high performers identified and analysed to be better than others. Person-job matching: characteristics required of employees required for job. Planning : better suited jobs are given to another department"s employees. Other department many not require as many employees in the other department.
