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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Global Edition 12e

Chapter 4
Job Analysis

Part 2 Recruitment and Placement

Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education

GARY DESSLER

PowerPoint Presentation by Charlie Cook
The University of West Alabama
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Discuss the nature of job analysis, including what it is
and how it’s used.
2. Use at least three methods of collecting job analysis
information, including interviews, questionnaires, and
observation.
3. Write job descriptions, including summaries and job
functions, using the Internet and traditional methods.
4. Write a job specification.
5. Explain job analysis in a “worker-empowered” world,
including what it means and how it’s done in practice.

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WHERE WE ARE NOW…

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The Basics of Job Analysis: Terms
• Job Analysis
 The procedure for determining the duties and skill requirements

of a job and the kind of person who should be hired for it.

• Job Description
 A list of a job’s duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships,

working conditions, and supervisory responsibilities—one
product of a job analysis.

• Job Specifications
 A list of a job’s “human requirements,” that is, the requisite

education, skills, personality, and so on—another product of a
job analysis.

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Types of Information Collected
Work
activities

Human
requirements
Information
Collected Via
Job Analysis
Job
context

Human
behaviors

Machines, tools,
equipment, and
work aids

Performance
standards

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Uses of Job Analysis Information
Recruitment
and selection

EEO
compliance

Compensation
Information
Collected via
Job Analysis
Performance
appraisal

Discovering
unassigned duties

Training

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FIGURE 4–1

Uses of Job Analysis Information

Job analysis

Job description
and specification

Recruiting
and selection
decisions

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Performance
appraisal

Job evaluation—
wage and salary
decisions
(compensation)

Training
requirements

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Steps in Job Analysis
Steps in doing a job analysis:
1

Decide how you’ll use the information.

2

Review relevant background information.

3

Select representative positions.

4

Actually analyze the job.

5

Verify the job analysis information.

6

Develop a job description and job specification.

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FIGURE 4–2

Process Chart for Analyzing a Job’s Workflow

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Collecting Job Analysis Information

Methods for Collecting Job Analysis Information

Interviews

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Questionnaires

Observations

Diaries/Logs

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Job Analysis: Interviewing Guidelines
• The job analyst and supervisor should work together
to identify the workers who know the job best.
• Quickly establish rapport with the interviewee.
• Follow a structured guide or checklist, one that lists
open-ended questions and provides space for answers.
• Ask the worker to list his or her duties in order
of importance and frequency of occurrence.
• After completing the interview, review and verify
the data.

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Methods for Collecting Job Analysis
Information: The Interview
• Information Sources

• Interview Formats

 Individual employees

 Structured (Checklist)

 Groups of employees

 Unstructured

 Supervisors with

knowledge of the job

• Advantages
 Quick, direct way to find

overlooked information

• Disadvantage
 Distorted information

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Methods for Collecting Job Analysis
Information: Questionnaires
• Information Source
 Have employees fill out

questionnaires to describe
their job-related duties and
responsibilities

• Questionnaire Formats
 Structured checklists
 Open-ended questions

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• Advantages
 Quick and efficient way

to gather information
from large numbers of
employees

• Disadvantages
 Expense and time

consumed in preparing and
testing the questionnaire

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FIGURE 4–3

Job Analysis Questionnaire for Developing Job Descriptions

Note: Use a
questionnaire like
this to interview job
incumbents, or have
them fill it out.

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FIGURE 4–3

Job Analysis Questionnaire for Developing Job Descriptions (cont’d)

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FIGURE 4–4

Example of Position/Job Description Intended for Use Online

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FIGURE 4–4

Example of Position/Job Description Intended for Use Online (cont’d)

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Methods for Collecting Job Analysis
Information: Observation
• Information Source

• Advantages

 Observing and noting the

 Provides first-hand

physical activities of
employees as they go
about their jobs by
managers.

information
 Reduces distortion
of information

• Disadvantages
 Time consuming
 Reactivity response distorts

employee behavior
 Difficulty in capturing
entire job cycle
 Of little use if job involves a
high level of mental activity
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Methods for Collecting Job Analysis
Information: Participant Diaries/Logs
• Information Source
 Workers keep a

chronological diary or log
of what they do and the
time spent on each activity

• Advantages
 Produces a more complete

picture of the job
 Employee participation

• Disadvantages
 Distortion of information
 Depends upon employees

to accurately recall their
activities

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Quantitative Job Analysis Techniques
Quantitative Job
Analysis

Position Analysis
Questionnaire

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Department of
Labor (DOL)
Procedure

Functional Job
Analysis

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FIGURE 4–5

Portion of a Completed Page from the Position Analysis Questionnaire

The 194 PAQ elements are
grouped into six dimensions.
This exhibit lists 11 of the
“information input” questions
or elements. Other PAQ
pages contain questions
regarding mental processes,
work output, relationships
with others, job context, and
other job characteristics.

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TABLE 4–1

Basic Department of Labor Worker Functions

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FIGURE 4–6

Sample Report Based on Department of Labor Job Analysis Technique

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Internet-Based Job Analysis
• Advantages
 Collects information in a standardized format from

geographically dispersed employees
 Requires less time than face-to-face interviews
 Collects information with minimal intervention or guidance

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FIGURE 4–7

Selected O*NET General Work Activities Categories

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Writing Job Descriptions
Job
identification

Job
summary

Job
specifications
Sections of a
Typical Job
Description

Working
conditions

Standards of
performance

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Responsibilities and
duties

Authority of
the incumbent

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The Job Description
• Job Identification

• Responsibilities and Duties

 Job title

 Major responsibilities and

 FLSA status section
 Preparation date

duties (essential functions)
 Decision-making authority

 Preparer

 Direct supervision

• Job Summary
 General nature of the job
 Major functions/activities

• Relationships
 Reports to:
 Supervises:

 Budgetary limitations

• Standards of Performance
and Working Conditions
 What it takes to do the job

successfully

 Works with:
 Outside the company:
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FIGURE 4–8

Sample Job Description, Pearson Education

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FIGURE 4–8

Sample Job Description, Pearson Education (cont’d)

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FIGURE 4–9

Marketing Manager Description from
Standard Occupational Classification

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Using the Internet for Writing Job Descriptions

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TABLE 4–2

SOC Major Groups of Jobs

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Writing Job Descriptions (cont’d)
Step 1. Decide on a Plan
Step 2. Develop an Organization Chart
Step 3. Use a Simplified Job Analysis Questionnaire
Step 4. Obtain List of Job Duties from O*NET
Step 5. Compile the Job’s Human Requirements
from O*NET
Step 6. Finalize the Job Description

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FIGURE 4–10 Preliminary Job Description Questionnaire

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Using O*Net for Writing Job Descriptions

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Using O*Net for Writing Job Descriptions (cont’d)

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Using O*Net for Writing Job Descriptions (cont’d)

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Writing Job Specifications
“What human traits and
experience are required to
do this job well?”

Job specifications
for trained versus
untrained personnel

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Job specifications
based on judgment

Job specifications
based on statistical
analysis

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Writing Job Specifications (cont’d)
• Steps in the Statistical Approach
1. Analyze the job and decide how to measure job

performance.
2. Select personal traits that you believe should

predict successful performance.
3. Test candidates for these traits.
4. Measure the candidates’ subsequent job

performance.
5. Statistically analyze the relationship between the

human traits and job performance.

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Job Analysis in a Worker-Empowered
World
Job Design:
From Specialized
to Enriched Jobs

Job
Enlargement

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Job
Rotation

Job
Enrichment

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Other Changes at Work

Changing the
Organization and
Its Structure

Flattening the
organization

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Using self-managed
work teams

Reengineering
business processes

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Competency-Based Job Analysis
• Competencies
 Demonstrable characteristics of a person that enable

performance of a job.

• Reasons for Competency-Based Job Analysis
 To support a high-performance work system (HPWS).
 To create strategically-focused job descriptions.
 To support the performance management process in

fostering, measuring, and rewarding:


General competencies



Leadership competencies



Technical competencies

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How to Write Job Competencies-Based Job
Descriptions
• Interview job incumbents and their supervisors
 Ask open-ended questions about job responsibilities

and activities.
 Identify critical incidents that pinpoint success on the
job.

• Use off-the-shelf competencies databanks

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FIGURE 4–11 The Skills Matrix for One Job at BP

Note: The lighter color boxes within the individual columns indicate
the minimum level of skill required for the job.

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KEY TERMS
job analysis
job description
job specifications
organization chart
process chart
diary/log
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
job enlargement
job rotation
job enrichment
competency-based job analysis
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America.

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  • 1. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Global Edition 12e Chapter 4 Job Analysis Part 2 Recruitment and Placement Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education GARY DESSLER PowerPoint Presentation by Charlie Cook The University of West Alabama
  • 2. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Discuss the nature of job analysis, including what it is and how it’s used. 2. Use at least three methods of collecting job analysis information, including interviews, questionnaires, and observation. 3. Write job descriptions, including summaries and job functions, using the Internet and traditional methods. 4. Write a job specification. 5. Explain job analysis in a “worker-empowered” world, including what it means and how it’s done in practice. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–2
  • 3. WHERE WE ARE NOW… Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–3
  • 4. The Basics of Job Analysis: Terms • Job Analysis  The procedure for determining the duties and skill requirements of a job and the kind of person who should be hired for it. • Job Description  A list of a job’s duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships, working conditions, and supervisory responsibilities—one product of a job analysis. • Job Specifications  A list of a job’s “human requirements,” that is, the requisite education, skills, personality, and so on—another product of a job analysis. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–4
  • 5. Types of Information Collected Work activities Human requirements Information Collected Via Job Analysis Job context Human behaviors Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids Performance standards Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–5
  • 6. Uses of Job Analysis Information Recruitment and selection EEO compliance Compensation Information Collected via Job Analysis Performance appraisal Discovering unassigned duties Training Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–6
  • 7. FIGURE 4–1 Uses of Job Analysis Information Job analysis Job description and specification Recruiting and selection decisions Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Performance appraisal Job evaluation— wage and salary decisions (compensation) Training requirements 4–7
  • 8. Steps in Job Analysis Steps in doing a job analysis: 1 Decide how you’ll use the information. 2 Review relevant background information. 3 Select representative positions. 4 Actually analyze the job. 5 Verify the job analysis information. 6 Develop a job description and job specification. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–8
  • 9. FIGURE 4–2 Process Chart for Analyzing a Job’s Workflow Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–9
  • 10. Collecting Job Analysis Information Methods for Collecting Job Analysis Information Interviews Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Questionnaires Observations Diaries/Logs 4–10
  • 11. Job Analysis: Interviewing Guidelines • The job analyst and supervisor should work together to identify the workers who know the job best. • Quickly establish rapport with the interviewee. • Follow a structured guide or checklist, one that lists open-ended questions and provides space for answers. • Ask the worker to list his or her duties in order of importance and frequency of occurrence. • After completing the interview, review and verify the data. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–11
  • 12. Methods for Collecting Job Analysis Information: The Interview • Information Sources • Interview Formats  Individual employees  Structured (Checklist)  Groups of employees  Unstructured  Supervisors with knowledge of the job • Advantages  Quick, direct way to find overlooked information • Disadvantage  Distorted information Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–12
  • 13. Methods for Collecting Job Analysis Information: Questionnaires • Information Source  Have employees fill out questionnaires to describe their job-related duties and responsibilities • Questionnaire Formats  Structured checklists  Open-ended questions Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education • Advantages  Quick and efficient way to gather information from large numbers of employees • Disadvantages  Expense and time consumed in preparing and testing the questionnaire 4–13
  • 14. FIGURE 4–3 Job Analysis Questionnaire for Developing Job Descriptions Note: Use a questionnaire like this to interview job incumbents, or have them fill it out. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–14
  • 15. FIGURE 4–3 Job Analysis Questionnaire for Developing Job Descriptions (cont’d) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–15
  • 16. FIGURE 4–4 Example of Position/Job Description Intended for Use Online Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–16
  • 17. FIGURE 4–4 Example of Position/Job Description Intended for Use Online (cont’d) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–17
  • 18. Methods for Collecting Job Analysis Information: Observation • Information Source • Advantages  Observing and noting the  Provides first-hand physical activities of employees as they go about their jobs by managers. information  Reduces distortion of information • Disadvantages  Time consuming  Reactivity response distorts employee behavior  Difficulty in capturing entire job cycle  Of little use if job involves a high level of mental activity Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–18
  • 19. Methods for Collecting Job Analysis Information: Participant Diaries/Logs • Information Source  Workers keep a chronological diary or log of what they do and the time spent on each activity • Advantages  Produces a more complete picture of the job  Employee participation • Disadvantages  Distortion of information  Depends upon employees to accurately recall their activities Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–19
  • 20. Quantitative Job Analysis Techniques Quantitative Job Analysis Position Analysis Questionnaire Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Department of Labor (DOL) Procedure Functional Job Analysis 4–20
  • 21. FIGURE 4–5 Portion of a Completed Page from the Position Analysis Questionnaire The 194 PAQ elements are grouped into six dimensions. This exhibit lists 11 of the “information input” questions or elements. Other PAQ pages contain questions regarding mental processes, work output, relationships with others, job context, and other job characteristics. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–21
  • 22. TABLE 4–1 Basic Department of Labor Worker Functions Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–22
  • 23. FIGURE 4–6 Sample Report Based on Department of Labor Job Analysis Technique Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–23
  • 24. Internet-Based Job Analysis • Advantages  Collects information in a standardized format from geographically dispersed employees  Requires less time than face-to-face interviews  Collects information with minimal intervention or guidance Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–24
  • 25. FIGURE 4–7 Selected O*NET General Work Activities Categories Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–25
  • 26. Writing Job Descriptions Job identification Job summary Job specifications Sections of a Typical Job Description Working conditions Standards of performance Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Responsibilities and duties Authority of the incumbent 4–26
  • 27. The Job Description • Job Identification • Responsibilities and Duties  Job title  Major responsibilities and  FLSA status section  Preparation date duties (essential functions)  Decision-making authority  Preparer  Direct supervision • Job Summary  General nature of the job  Major functions/activities • Relationships  Reports to:  Supervises:  Budgetary limitations • Standards of Performance and Working Conditions  What it takes to do the job successfully  Works with:  Outside the company: Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–27
  • 28. FIGURE 4–8 Sample Job Description, Pearson Education Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–28
  • 29. FIGURE 4–8 Sample Job Description, Pearson Education (cont’d) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–29
  • 30. FIGURE 4–9 Marketing Manager Description from Standard Occupational Classification Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–30
  • 31. Using the Internet for Writing Job Descriptions Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–31
  • 32. TABLE 4–2 SOC Major Groups of Jobs Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–32
  • 33. Writing Job Descriptions (cont’d) Step 1. Decide on a Plan Step 2. Develop an Organization Chart Step 3. Use a Simplified Job Analysis Questionnaire Step 4. Obtain List of Job Duties from O*NET Step 5. Compile the Job’s Human Requirements from O*NET Step 6. Finalize the Job Description Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–33
  • 34. FIGURE 4–10 Preliminary Job Description Questionnaire Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–34
  • 35. Using O*Net for Writing Job Descriptions Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–35
  • 36. Using O*Net for Writing Job Descriptions (cont’d) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–36
  • 37. Using O*Net for Writing Job Descriptions (cont’d) Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–37
  • 38. Writing Job Specifications “What human traits and experience are required to do this job well?” Job specifications for trained versus untrained personnel Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Job specifications based on judgment Job specifications based on statistical analysis 4–38
  • 39. Writing Job Specifications (cont’d) • Steps in the Statistical Approach 1. Analyze the job and decide how to measure job performance. 2. Select personal traits that you believe should predict successful performance. 3. Test candidates for these traits. 4. Measure the candidates’ subsequent job performance. 5. Statistically analyze the relationship between the human traits and job performance. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–39
  • 40. Job Analysis in a Worker-Empowered World Job Design: From Specialized to Enriched Jobs Job Enlargement Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Job Rotation Job Enrichment 4–40
  • 41. Other Changes at Work Changing the Organization and Its Structure Flattening the organization Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education Using self-managed work teams Reengineering business processes 4–41
  • 42. Competency-Based Job Analysis • Competencies  Demonstrable characteristics of a person that enable performance of a job. • Reasons for Competency-Based Job Analysis  To support a high-performance work system (HPWS).  To create strategically-focused job descriptions.  To support the performance management process in fostering, measuring, and rewarding:  General competencies  Leadership competencies  Technical competencies Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–42
  • 43. How to Write Job Competencies-Based Job Descriptions • Interview job incumbents and their supervisors  Ask open-ended questions about job responsibilities and activities.  Identify critical incidents that pinpoint success on the job. • Use off-the-shelf competencies databanks Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–43
  • 44. FIGURE 4–11 The Skills Matrix for One Job at BP Note: The lighter color boxes within the individual columns indicate the minimum level of skill required for the job. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–44
  • 45. KEY TERMS job analysis job description job specifications organization chart process chart diary/log position analysis questionnaire (PAQ) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) job enlargement job rotation job enrichment competency-based job analysis Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–45
  • 46. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education 4–46

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  1. The human resource management process begins with deciding what the job entails. The main purpose of this chapter is to show you how to analyze a job and write job descriptions. Analyzing jobs involves determining in detail what the job entails and what kind of people the firm should hire for the job. We discuss several techniques for analyzing jobs, and explain how to draft job descriptions and job specifications. Then, in Chapter 5 (Personnel Planning and Recruiting), we’ll turn to the methods managers use to actually find the employees they need.
  2. Organizations consist of jobs that have to be staffed. Job analysis is the procedure through which you determine the duties of these positions and the characteristics of the people to hire for them. Job analysis produces information for writing job descriptions (a list of what the job entails) and job specifications (what kind of people to hire for the job). We’ll see in a moment that every manager should understand the mechanics of analyzing jobs. Virtually every personnel-related action you take—interviewing applicants, and training and appraising employees, for instance—depends on knowing what the job entails and what human traits one needs to do the job well. The supervisor or human resources specialist normally collects one or more of the following types of information via the job analysis (see next slide):
  3. Actual work activities of the job—how, why, and when the worker performs each activity. Human behaviors the job requires: communicating, deciding, and writing, lifting weights or walking long distances. Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids used on the job: tools used, materials processed, knowledge dealt with or applied, and services rendered. Standards of expected employee job performance: quantity andor quality output levels that can be used to appraise employees. The organizational and social context in which the job exists: physical working conditions, work schedules, and incentives The job’s human requirements: job-related knowledge or skills (education, training, work experience) and required personal attributes (aptitudes, physical characteristics, personality, interests).
  4. Job analysis provides the information required for other organizational activities that depend on and also support the job. Job analysis provides required duties and desired human characteristics information needed to effectively Recruit and Select individuals for jobs. Compensation factors such as skill and education level, safety hazards, degree of responsibility, and so on are assessed by job analysis. Knowledge of specific duties and requisite skills of a job is required for proper Training of employees. Correctly conducting a Performance Appraisal requires knowledge of the job’s duties and standard. Job analysis is a method for Discovering Unassigned Duties that should become a formal part of a job. Job analysis is required to validate essential job functions and other HRM for EEO Compliance under the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection.
  5. As Figure 4-1 summarizes, job analysis is important because managers use it to support just about all their human resource management activities.
  6. A process chart provides a detailed picture of a job’s work flow. In its simplest form, a process chart shows the flow of inputs to and outputs from the job you’re analyzing. In this figure, a quality control clerk is expected to review components from suppliers, check components going to the plant managers, and give information regarding components’ quality to these managers. An existing job description, if there is one, usually provides a starting point for building the revised job description.
  7. There are various ways to collect information on a job’s duties, responsibilities, and activities. In practice, you could use any one of them, or combine several. The basic rule is to use those that best fit your purpose. Interviews, questionnaires, observations, and diaries/logs are the most popular methods for gathering realistic information about what job incumbents actually do. Managers use these methods for developing job descriptions and job specifications.
  8. Job analysis interviews range from completely unstructured interviews to highly structured ones containing hundreds of specific items to check off. Managers may conduct individual interviews with each employee, group interviews with groups of employees who have the same job, and/or supervisor interviews with one or more supervisors who know the job. Distortion of information is interviewing’s main problem—whether due to outright falsification, honest misunderstanding, or statements inflating the importance of their jobs by interviewees.
  9. Questionnaires can be structured or opened-ended. A questionnaire is a quick, efficient, and cost-effective way to obtain information from a large number of employees. However, developing the questionnaire and testing it to make sure the workers understand the questions can be time consuming. And as with interviews, employees may distort their answers, consciously or unconsciously.
  10. Direct observation is especially useful when jobs consist mainly of observable physical activities. Observation is usually not appropriate when the job entails a lot of mental activity or if the employee only occasionally engages in important activities. Reactivity—the worker’s changing what he or she normally does because you are watching—can also be a problem.
  11. Workers are asked to keep a record of what they do during the day by writing a diary/log. Employees record each of their activities (along with the time) in a log. This can produce a very complete picture of the job, especially when supplemented with subsequent interviews with the worker and the supervisor. The employee, of course, might try to exaggerate some activities and underplay others. However, the detailed, chronological nature of the log tends to mediate against this. Diaries/logs have gone high-tech. Some firms give employees pocket dictating machines and pagers. Then at random times during the day, they page the workers, who dictate what they are doing at that time. This approach can avoid one pitfall of the traditional diary/log method: relying on workers to remember what they did hours earlier when they complete their logs at the end of the day.
  12. Qualitative methods like interviews and questionnaires are not always suitable. For example, if your aim is to compare jobs for pay purposes, a mere listing of duties may not suffice. You may need to say that, in effect, “Job A is twice as challenging as Job B, and so is worth twice the pay.” To do this, it helps to have quantitative ratings for each job. The position analysis questionnaire and the Department of Labor approach are quantitative methods for doing this.
  13. The position analysis questionnaire (PAQ) is probably the most popular quantitative job analysis tool, and consists of a detailed questionnaire containing 194 items. The 194 items (such as “written materials”) each represent a basic element that may or may not play a role in the job.
  14. The Department of Labor method uses a set of standard basic activities called worker functions to describe what a worker must do with respect to data, people, and things. Another technique, functional job analysis, is similar to the DOL method. However, it rates the job not just on data, people, and things, but also on the extent to which performing the task also requires four other things—specific instructions, reasoning and judgment, mathematical ability, and verbal and language facilities.
  15. Methods such as questionnaires and interviews present some drawbacks. For example, face-to-face interviews and observations can be time consuming. And collecting the information from geographically dispersed employees can be challenging.
  16. There is no standard format for writing a job description. However, most descriptions contain sections that cover: 1. Job identification 2. Job summary 3. Responsibilities and duties 4. Authority of incumbent 5. Standards of performance 6. Working conditions 7. Job specifications
  17. A job description is a written statement of what the worker actually does, how he or she does it, and what the job’s working conditions are. You use this information to write a job specification; this lists the knowledge, abilities, and skills required to perform the job satisfactorily.
  18. The U.S. Labor Department’s printed Dictionary of Occupational Titles is now evolved in an Internet-based resource for managers both within and outside the government to turn to for standard job descriptions. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) classifies all workers into one of 23 major groups of jobs.
  19. The Standard Occupational Classification User Guide provides detailed descriptions of thousands of jobs and their human requirements.
  20. The Department of Labor’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) guide classifies all workers into one of 23 major groups of jobs.
  21. We’ll focus here on the steps in writing a job description using job information gathered from the Bureau of Labor’s O*NET site.
  22. The U.S. Department of Labor’s occupational information network, called O*NET, allows users to see the most important characteristics of various occupations, as well as the experience, education, and knowledge required to do each job well.
  23. O*NET descriptions include the specific tasks associated with many occupations. O*NET also lists skills, including basic skills such as reading and writing, process skills such as critical thinking, and transferable skills such as persuasion and negotiation.
  24. O*NET job listings include information on worker requirements such as the required knowledge, occupation requirements, and experience requirements (including education and job training). You can also use O*NET to check the job’s labor market characteristics, such as employment projections and earnings data.
  25. The job specification focuses on the person in answering the question, “What human traits and experience are required to do this job effectively?” It shows what kind of person to recruit and for what qualities you should test that person. The job specification may be a section of the job description, or a separate document. Job specifications for trained employees focus on traits like length of previous service, quality of relevant training, and previous job performance. Job specifications can be based on the best judgments of the common-sense experiences of supervisors and human resource managers. The basic procedure here is to ask, “What does it take in terms of education, intelligence, training, and the like to do this job well?” Basing job specifications on statistical analysis is more defensible than the judgmental approach because equal rights legislation forbids using traits that can’t be proved to distinguish between high and low job performers.
  26. The aim of the statistical approach is to determine the statistical relationship between (1) some predictor (human trait, such as height, intelligence, or finger dexterity), and (2) some indicator or criterion of job effectiveness, such as performance as rated by the supervisor.
  27. Job enlargement attempts to make work more motivating by assigning workers additional same-level activities. Job rotation involves systematically moving workers from one job to another. Job enrichment involves redesigning jobs in a way that increases the opportunities for the worker to experience feelings of responsibility, achievement, growth, and recognition.
  28. Changes in how work is organized is evidenced by flattening of the organization, the rise of self-managed teams, and the constant focus on improving productivity through reengineering.
  29. Competency-based job analysis means describing the job in terms of measurable, observable, behavioral competencies (knowledge, skills, and/or behaviors) that an employee doing that job must exhibit to do the job well.
  30. Defining the job’s competencies and writing them up involves a process that is similar to traditional job analysis. In other words, you might interview job incumbents and their supervisors, ask open-ended questions regarding job responsibilities and activities, and perhaps identify critical incidents that pinpoint success on the job. But there the similarity ends. Instead of compiling lists of job duties, you will ask, “In order to perform this job competently, the employee should be able to . . . ?” You can use your knowledge of the job to answer this, or use a list like that mentioned at O*NET. There are also off-the-shelf competencies databanks.
  31. The skills matrix lists the basic skills needed for that job (such as technical expertise) and the minimum level of each skill required for that job or job family. The emphasis is no longer on specific job duties. Instead, the focus is on developing the new skills needed for the employees’ broader and empowered responsibilities.