MHR 523 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Performance Management, Performance Appraisal
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Job analysis: process by which info about jobs is systematically organized and gathered. To determine the tasks, duties, responsibilities of each job and the human attributes required to perform it. The used for developing job descriptions and specifications. Job: group of related activities and duties held by a single employee or number of incumbents; set of similar tasks eg. professor, accountant; can be held by many people; incumbents. Position: collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by a person. Job descriptions/specifications > output of job analysis; understanding of the job to help plan future needs of organization and hire the right staff. Need to have people who are informed about the job to have input in this process. Internal equity: make sure salaries bing paid are justifiable in terms of what employee is doing. Hr planning: for future staffing needs; internal or external recruitment. Recruitment and selection: job description and specification info used to decide what sort of person to hire.