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Job Analysis
The systematic process of collecting information that identifies similarities and differences in the systematic
process of collecting information that identifies similarities and differences in the work.
Why Perform Job Analysis
challenged.
What Information Should Be Collected?
Conventional Method
➢ The most common way to collect job information is to ask
the people who are doing a job to fill out a questionnaire.
➢ Sometimes an analyst will interview the jobholders and
their supervisors to be sure they understand the questions
and that the information is correct.
➢ Or the analyst may observe the person at work and take
notes on what is being done
How Can the Information Be Collected?
Advantages
Disadvantage
➢ Time consuming
How Can the Information Be Collected?
Quantitative Methods
➢ Increasingly, employees are directed to a Web site where they
Advantages
Disadvantage
Reliability
➢ Is a measure of the consistency of results among various
analysts, various methods, various sources of data, or over
time.
➢ Differences in performances seem to influence reliability.
Validity
➢ Examines the convergence of results among sources of data
and methods
➢ If several job incumbents, supervisors, and peers respond
in similar ways to questionnaires, then it is more likely that
the information is valid
Judging Job Analysis
Acceptability
➢ If job holders and managers are dissatisfied with the initial
data collected and the process, they are not likely to buy
into the resulting job structure or the pay rates attached to
that structure.
Usefulness
➢ It refers to the practicality of the information collected.
➢ Work-related information of job analysis helps to
determine how much to pay for a job.
➢ It helps determine whether the job is similar to or different
from other jobs.