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1. Rating of the job should be done rather than the rating of man
doing the job which is a concern of merit rating.
The ranking method is th e si mplest fo r m of job evalu ation . In this method , each job as a
w hol e i s co mpared with oth er and this co mparison of jobs goes on until all th e jobs h ave
b een evalu at ed and r ank ed . All jobs are r ank ed in th e order of th eir i mportan ce fro m the
s i mp l es t t o t h e h ar d est o r f r o m t h e h i g hes t t o t h e l o w es t .
M eri t s :
1 . I t i s t h e s i mp lest met h o d .
2 . I t i s q u i te eco n omical t o p u t i t i n t o eff ect .
3 . I t i s l es s t i me co n s umi ng an d i n v olves l i ttle p ap er w o r k .
D emeri t s :
1. The main d emerit of th e r anking method is that ther e ar e no d efinite stand ards of
j u d gment an d al s o t h er e i s n o w ay o f meas u r i ng t h e d i ffer ences b et ween j o b s .
2. I t s u ffers f r o m i t s s h eer u n man ageability w h en t h er e ar e a l arg e n u mb er o f j o b s .
G r ading method i s also kno wn as ‘ classifi cation method’ . On ce th e gr ades ar e est ablish ed ,
each job i s th en pl aced into its approp riat e gr ad e or class d epending on ho w w ell its
charact eristi cs fit in a grad e . In thi s w ay, a s eries of job grad es i s cr eated . Th en , diff erent
w ag e/ s alary r at e i s f i x ed f o r each g r ad e.
M eri t s :
Th e ma i n meri t s o f g ra d in g met h o d o f j o b ev a l uation a re :
D emeri t s :
Th e d emeri t s o f t h i s met h o d i n cl ud e:
This is the most widely used method of job evaluation. Under this method, jobs
are broke down based on various identifiable factors such as skill, effort,
training, knowledge, hazards, responsibility, etc. Thereafter, points are allocated
to each of these factors. Weights are given to factors depending on their
importance to perform the job. Points so allocated to various factors of a job are
then summed.
Merits:
2. Prejudice and human judgment are minimised, i.e. the system cannot be
easily manipulated .
3. Being the systematic method, workers of the organisation favour this method.
4. The scales developed in this method can be used for long time.
Demerits:
The method, however, suffers from the following drawbacks:
5. The trade unions often regard job evaluation with suspicion because
some of the methods, particularly point method and factor comparison
method, are not easy to understand, and they fear that job evaluation
will do away with collective bargaining.