Psychology 2660A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Job Analysis, Job Performance, Job Evaluation
9 Apr 2016
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Job analysis: method for describing jobs and or the human attributes necessary to perform them: never conducted without a speciic expressed purpose. Provides information about the nature of tasks done on the job; describes what needs to be completed (more involved than person oriented) Characteristic isn"t a speciic task describes common features across tasks. Purposes of job analysis determine which type of approach is more useful tasks divided into hierarchy (brannick et al: higher level descriptions broken down into smaller and smaller pieces of the job, contains 5 levels. Position: collection of duties performed by a single individual. Duty: major component of job (eg: enforce the law) Each accomplished by performing 1+ associated tasks. Task: complete piece of work accomplishing some particular objective (eg: arrest subject) Activities: individual parts that make up the task (driving to home to make arrest) Element: speciic actions necessary for each activity (turning ignition of car on)
