HRM 2600 Chapter 4: Chapter 4
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Position: different duties and responsibilities performed by only one employee job family: group of individual jobs with similar characteristics. Discrepancies between knowledge, skills, and abilities demonstrated by a jobholder and requirements contained in description & specification for that job provide clues to training needs. May reveal that certain requirements established for a job are not completely valid. Compensation management: relative worth of the job is one of most important factors. Based on what job demands of an employee in terms of skill, effort, and responsibility, as well as conditions and hazards under which work is performed. Having a job analysis in place can minimize possibilities of legal damages, if they are challenged on any hr decisions. Job analysis: is process of obtaining information about jobs by determining the duties, tasks, or activities of those jobs. Procedure involves systematically investigating jobs by following a number of predetermined steps specified in advance of the study.