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JOB ANALYSIS
HRM
DEFINITION
“Process of obtaining information about jobs by determining what the duties,
tasks, or activities of jobs are.”“Systematic study of a job to discover its
specifications and skill requirements for wage-setting, recruitment, training, or
job-simplification purposes.”
“Systematic way to gather and analyze information about content, context, and
the human requirements of jobs.”
Job analysis
MethodsQuestionnairesInterviews ObservationLogs Diaries
Sources of data
EmployeesSupervisorsManagersJob analyst
Conducted byJob analyst Outside consultantSupervisors Managers
Job Analysis Terminology
• Job– Group of related activities and duties– May be held by one or several employees
--Facilitate the Organization's Goals
• Job Design– Process of dividing work into specific tasks
needed to do a job
Position
– Tasks and responsibilities performed by one individual
– The different duties and responsibilities performed by only one employee
HR Activities Relying on Job Analysis
Improve productivityImprove productivity
Eliminate discriminationEliminate discrimination
Person-job matchingPerson-job matching
PlanningPlanning
TrainingTraining
CompensationCompensation
Quality of work life Quality of work life
Performance standardsPerformance standards
Re-design jobsRe-design jobs
Performance appraisalPerformance appraisal
Relationship of Job Requirementsto Other HRM Functions
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
SELECTION
RECRUITMENT
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT
LABOR RELATIONS
JOB
REQUIREMENTS
Determine recruitment qualifications.
Provide job duties and job specifications for selection process.
Determine training needs and develop instructional programs.
Provide performance criteria for evaluating employees.
Provide basis for determining employee’s rate of pay.
May help to determine bargaining units.
Steps in Job Analysis
Step1: Identify Jobs and Review Existing Documentation
• The first step is to identify the jobs under review. such as existing job descriptions, organization charts, previous job analysis information, and other industry related sources. In this phase, those who will be involved in conducting the job analysis are Determined and the methods that will be used are specified.
Step 2: Explain the Process to Managers and Employees
• A step is to explain the process to managers and affected employees. Items to be covered often include: the purpose of the job analysis; the steps involved, the time schedule; how managers and employees will participate; who is doing the analysis; and whom to contact when questions arise.
Step 3: Conduct the Job Analysis.
• The next step is actually the collection of job analysis information. Questionnaires might be distributed, interviews conducted, and/or observations made.
Prepare Job Descriptions and Specifications
• On the basis of the collected job analysis information, descriptions and specifications are drafted for each job under review. The drafts are then sent to appropriate managers and employees for their review
Maintain and Update Job Descriptions and Specifications
• Once job descriptions and specifications are completed and reviewed with all appropriate individuals, a system must be developed for keeping them current. Otherwise, the entire process, beginning with a job analysis, ay have to be repeated.
How to Collect the Information
• Information about jobs can be gathered in several ways.
• Observation • Interviewing
• Questionnaires • Performance evaluation
• Diaries
• Combination of these methods frequently are used, depending on the situation and the organization.
OBSERVATION.
• In observation, a manager, job analyst, or industrial engineer observes the individual performing the job and takes notes to describe the tasks and duties performed
INTERVIEWING. • The interview method of
gathering information requires that a manager, or HR specialist, visit each job site and talk with the employees performing each job. A structured interview form is used most often to record the information . Both the employee and the employee's supervisor must be interviewed to obtain a complete understanding of the job. For certain difficult to define jobs, group interviews may be used. The interview method may be time consuming and expensive, especially if the interviewer talks with two or three employees doing the same job.
QUESTIONNAIRE
• The questionnaire is a widely used method of gathering data on jobs. A survey instrument is developed and given to employees and managers to complete. The typical job questionnaire often includes questions on the following areas:
Panel of experts
• Expensive and time consuming• Panel consist senior and immediate
supervisors.• Interview with group• Benefit: clarification of expected job
duties among the worker and supervisors who are in jury.
Mail questionnaires
• Fast and less costly
• Accuracy is low
• Incomplete response
Employees log or diary
• Worker periodically summarize their task and activities in the log.
• If entries are made over the entire job cycle, the diary can be quite accurate.
COMBINATION
• Since each method is faulty analyst often rely on combination.
• Two or more techniques are used.
Application of job analysis information
• Job Job Analysis Analysis
• InformatioInformationn
JobJobSpecificationsSpecifications
Job Job PerformancePerformance
StandardsStandards
Job Job DescriptionsDescriptions
JobJobDesignDesign
Job Description
• A recognized list of functions, tasks, accountabilities, working conditions and competencies for a particular occupation or job.
• Job Description is a list of a job’s duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships,, and supervisory.
• There is no standard format using writing job description but it contain:
Job Title
Job Identification
Job summary
Responsibilities and duties
1. Title.
2. Statement.
3. Essential Functions.
4. Specifications.
Job Description
1. XXX2. XXX3. XXX4. XXX
1. XXX2. XXX3. XXX4. XXX
Job Descriptions
Working condition
JOB TITLE• Indicates job duties and organizational level • It specifies title of job like, marketing manager,
clerk etc
JOB IDENTIFICATION• Distinguishes job from all other jobs• Contain several type of information.• Job status section permits quick identification of
the exempt or non exempt status of job• The date at which description written, the name of
a person who wrote it and name of a person who approved it.
• The immediate supervisor title is some times also shown in identification section.
• Job summary:• Describes general nature of job, listing only major function
and activities.• For example,marketing managerPlans, direct and coordinates themarketing of the organizational product.• Responsibilities and duties• List of major responsibilities and duties.• All major duties should be separately and described in
few sentences.• Example.establishes marketing goals,develop marketing
plans and programs, communicates with advertising agencies etc.
• .
• Working conditions:• It also explain working condition, hours of
work, safety and health hazards etc
SAMPLE JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Information Technology Manager Job Code: 1224-11
Incumbent: Georgina Antonio Business Unit/Division
Group ITS
Effective Date: 17 November 1998
Reports to: Executive Manager, Information Technology Services
Approved by: Anthony Vandenberg
Position Statement:
The Information Technology Manager, Group Information Technology Services is accountable for supervising the planning, administration and review of the acquisition, development, installation, implementation, maintenance and use of computer and telecommunications systems provided through Group Information Technology Services across all locations.
JOB SPECIFICATION
• Skills required to perform the job• Physical demands of the job• specify the minimum qualifications required of
a worker to fill specific jobs• Describes what the job demands of
employees and the human factors and traits required to do job well.
• It include specific tool, action, experience, education, training, that help clarify individual requirement for successful job performance.
EXAMPLEOF JOB SPACIFICATION
Job Specification (Example): relevant bachelor degree or higher
qualification
at least 5 years managerial experience, in IT environment
demonstrated leadership and team skills
ability to motivate team members
good communication skills
willingness to learn new skills
Job Performance Standard
• These standard serve two function:
• First, they become target for employee’s effort,the challenge or pride in meeting objectives may motivate employees.
• once standard are meet employee get sense of accomplishment and achievement.
• with out standard employee performance may suffer.
• Second,
• standard are criteria against which job success are measured.
• When measured performance stray from the job standard, HR expert or line managers intervene (come between) and corrective action is taken.
ASSIGNMENT
• Explain how would you conduct a job analysis in a company that had never had job description.
• You have been hired as a job analyst by CCBIT. The following is the assignment that you have been given: -
o Identify different jobs in the organization.o Explore the most effective ways in which you can
gather information about the jobs you have identified.
o Determine the job description, job specifications and job performance standards for these jobs.