PSYC 3050 Study Guide - Job Evaluation, Performance Appraisal, Interpersonal Communication
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Job: collection of positions similar enough to one another to share a common job title. Job-oriented: focus on describing various tasks that are performed on the job, very specific task description, worker-oriented, examine broad human behaviors involved in work activities, description of general facets of the job. Job analytic methods overview: note: job analysis not focused on job holder. Job-oriented approaches: task inventory approach, functional job analysis (fja) Job element method: position analysis questionnaire, common metric system. Job-oriented approaches: task inventory approach, task inventory approach (figure 3. 2) Task statements generated by subject matter experts (smes: smes - individuals who are incumbents or experts regarding the target job. Incumbents then put a check next to statements that describe their job: data provide a picture of the job, functional job analysis (fja) Obtain information about what tasks a person performs and how those tasks are performed.