Basics of Job Analysis

What is Job Analysis?

Is the process of describing and recording aspects of jobs and specifying the skills and other requirements necessary to perform the job. Is the procedure used for determining or collecting information relating to the operations and responsibility of a specific job. The end result of this analysis is job description and job specifications.

Job analysis provides information in several cases including the following:

1. How much time is taken to complete basic tasks? 2. How are tasks grouped together into a job? 3. How can a job designed so that employee performance can be improved? 4. What kind of skills are needed to perform a given job? 5. What kind of person is best suited to perform a certain type of job?

Specific Information Provided by Job Analysis 1. Job title and location

2. Organizational relationship brief explanation or the number of persons supervised (if applicable) and job title or the position supervised. It also reflects supervision received. 3. Relation to other jobs describes and outlines the coordination required by the job 4. Job Summary condensed explanation of the content of the job 5. Information concerning job requirements it varies from job to job. Usually provide informations about machines, tools, materials, mental complexity and attention required, physical demands and working conditions.

Uses of Job Analysis Information

1. Preparing the job description and writing the job specifications 2. Recruitment and selection 3. Determining the Rate of Compensation 4. Performance Appraisal 5. Training 6. Career Planning and Development 7. Safety 8. Labor Relations