JOB ANALYSIS AND

DESIGN
ANESU MUZENDA 200724
JAMES JAKACHIRA 200583
DENZEL CHIKOSI 200142
WHAT IS JOB ANALYSIS?

• Job analysis aims to investigate and identify the responsibilities, tasks and
duties of a particular job.
• It also assesses the required skills, knowledge and essential qualifications for
a particular job in order for it to be carried out successfully.
• Job Analysis also provides information for employee selection, training, job
evaluation and performance appraisals.
• Job Analysis has two end products i.e., Job Description and Job Specification.
JOB SPECIFICATION JOB DESCRIPTION

• More employee oriented • More job oriented

• Education • Duties and responsibilities
• Experience • Location of Work
• Training • Position in hierarchy
• Initiative • Tools used
• Communication Skills • Relation to other jobs
METHODS OF JOB ANALYSIS

1. Interviews
2. Structured Questionnaires
3. Observation Method
4. Logbooks/Diary Method
USES OF JOB ANALYSIS

• Industrial Relations
• Employee Training and Development
• Performance Appraisal
• Promotion and Transfer
• Induction
• Career and Succession Planning
WHAT IS JOB DESIGN

• Job Design is the process of identifying and deciding the duties, responsibilities and
roles of a particular job profile.
• Job Design aims to structure work and designate specific tasks for employees in
either groups or individually.
• Job Design also integrates the requirements and needs of a company employee
with the objectives of the organisation.
• It determines an employees’: scope of decision making, authority over colleagues
and subordinates, level of personal satisfaction etc.
MAJOR COMPONENTS OF JOB DESIGN
JOB SCOPE/CONTENT
• This mainly includes various
duties and tasks that an employee
has to perform and its relationship
with other jobs in the
organisation.
JOB DEPTH
• This involves the authority and
autonomy that an employee
enjoys in order to plan and
organise organisational activities.
USES OF JOB DESIGN

• Optimisation of work processes

• Defines the roles of employees
• Clarifies the systems and procedures of the organisation
• Reduces repetitive elements between jobs