Chapter 4

Job Analysis and Design:

Store house of HR information

Tasnuva Rahman
Eastern University
What is Job?

Tasks, duties, responsibilities

Place of Job Analysis in HRM
Job analysis

HR planning

Recruitment

Selection

Placement

Induction
Job Analysis Methods

Individual
Observation Group interview
interview

Structured
Diary
questionnaire
Purpose of Job Analysis
Steps of Job Analysis
Determine the purpose of job analysis

Data collection

Review relevant
background information

Selecting representative
positions

Verify the job analysis

information

Develop job description

and specification
Job Design

Organizing tasks, duties,

and responsibilities into a
Job
JobDesign
Design productive unit of work

Job
Job Job
Job Physical
Physicaland
and
Performance
Performance Satisfaction
Satisfaction Mental
MentalHealth
Health
Nature of Job Design

Job Enlargement

Job Simplification Job Rotation

Job Enrichment
 Job Enlargement versus Job Enrichment

Basis of comparison Job Enlargement Job Enrichment

Meaning Broadening the scope of a job Increasing the depth of a job
Expansion Horizontal Vertical
Objective Decrease boredom, reduce no. of Make job more challenging, interesting,
repetitive tasks creative
Outcome May or may not positive Always positive
Supervision More Less
Requirement of additional No Yes
skills
Hackman and Oldham’s
Job Characteristics Model
Job Enrichment and Motivation
Thank You

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