HRM303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Eval, Job Evaluation, Job Analysis
10 Aug 2016
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Chapter 7: evaluating jobs the job evaluating process. Job analysis: process of collecting information on which job descriptions are based. Job description: summary of the duties, responsibilities, and reporting relationships pertaining to a particular job. Job specifications: employee qualifications deemed necessary to successfully perform the duties for a given job. Job duties are changing all the time in larger organizations. Four methods of job analysis: observation, interviews, questionnaires and functional job analysis. Organizations that are just being created must depend on fourth one. Watching employee as the job is performed and noting kinds of activities performed, with whom they are performed and with what tools or equipment. Can be conducted with a sample of employees or supervisors or both. Main drawback to interviewing people is the cost of time involved both for the job analysis and for the interviewees. Depend on two dimensions: open ended or close ended.
