Job analysis and evaluation
16 important questions on Job analysis and evaluation
What is the 'Peter princeple' about?
What are the contents of a job description?
- job summary
- work activities
- tools/equipment used
- job context: conditions, type of organization
- compensation information (salary grade, not actual salary)
- job competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics)
What is the difference between skills and abilities in KSAO's?
- Abilities takes time to develop and inborn difference to begin with
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What is the correct order of steps when conducting a job analysis?
2: write task statements
3: rate task statements
4: determine essential KSAO's
5: select tests to tap KSAO's
What are some 'other characteristics' in KSAO's?
The 'ammerman technique' in identifying tasks performed is about?
- have panel identify objectives and standards to be met by ideal worker
- have panel list specific behaviors necassary for each objective to be attained
- have panel identify critical behavior for reaching objective
- have panel rank-order objectives based on importance
What are structured methods for providing general info about worker activities?
JSP: job structure profile - used by analysts
JEI: job elements inventory - lower educational level workers
FJA: functional job analysis - comparison of thousand jobs
What are structured methods for providing general info about tools/equipments?
What are structured methods for providing general info about environment?
What are structured methods for providing general info about competencies?
- CIT: critical incident technique -
- JCI: job competency inventory
- TTA: treshold traits analysis
- F-JAS: fleishman job analysis
What does internal pay equity stand for?
What 3 things should be determined when deciding on internal pay equity?
- Levels for each factor: education requirements, education levels
- Factor weights: awarding points to the level of each factor, leading to wage trend line, predicting salary by number of points awarded to a job, makes over/underpaid jobs visible
What is external pay equity important for?
- getting view of salaries in certain sector
- about the worth of the job, not only direct compensation, but also secondary working conditions
Are men more inclined to negotiate pay than woman?
What is the explanation for gender differences in pay between men and woman?
What helps to alleviate gender differences in pay?
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