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Techniques of job analysis
Job Analysis
What is Job Analysis?
• Definition : Job analysis is the process used to
collect information about the
duties, responsibilities, necessary
skills, outcomes, and work environment of a
particular job so as to distinguish it from other
jobs. Job analysis was conceptualized by two
of the founders of industrial/organizational
psychology, Frederick Taylor and Lillian Moller
Gilbreth in the early 20th century.
Techniques of job analysis
Need?
• It provides the following information:
– Job Identification
– Characteristics of the job
– What a typical worker does and uses
– How is the Job performed
– Required Personnel Attributes
– Job Relationships
• Job Description
– Statement that
explains the
duties, working
conditions of a
job, etc.
• Job Specification
• Statement of
what a job
demands of an
employee.
• Example: KSA-
Knowledge, Skills
, Abilities and
other
characteristics
required to
perform a job.
Job Description
• Job Description: Organised
statement of job contents, with
duties and responsibiliities of that
job.
– It includes the following:
• Job title or name
• Job Location
• Job Summary
• Duties
• Tools
• Relationship
• Environment
Job Specification
• It states the minimum human
qualities/skills needed by a
prospective employee to perform
the job properly. Example:
– Educational Qualifications
– Training and Experience
– Physique and Health
– Personality
– Creativity, etc
Description vs Specification
Description
• It is a written statement of
contents of a job.
• Its purpose is to
identify, define and describe
a job.
• Includes:
Titles, Duties, Working
Conditions, Supervisions, R
elationships of that job.
• It is prepared before Job
Specification.
Specification
• It is a written statement of
qualities required for a job.
• Its purpose is to facilitate
recruitment, training of the
people for the job.
• Includes:
Education, Training, Experie
nce, Aptitude, etc required
for the job.
• It is prepared after Job
Description.
Process of Job Analysis
• Organisational Analysis: Overview of various jobs, linkages.
• Obtaining Info. About Jobs: List of titles, Type, How, Skills, etc.
• Selecting Representative Jobs(Sample) for Analysis
• Responsibility for collecting Info: External or Internal Help.
• Collection of Data: 1st hand or 2nd hand( Supervisors)
• Developing Job Descriptions
• Developing Job Specifications
Techniques of job analysis
Techniques of job analysis
Introduction
• Integral part of HRM
• Helps in redesigning jobs
• Aid in formation of Organisation Structure
• Planning staffing process
• Organising training programs
• It provides base to everything of HRM
• Lets see all Purposes/benefits of Job Analysis
1. Human resource Planning
• Determines demand of job in terms of
responsibility.
• Helps in determining the number of Jobs and
type of Qualification
• Helps us to know Average Work of Employees.
• Division of work into different jobs.
2. Recruitment
• Provides clear statement of jobs
• Tells about skill and Knowledge
• Helps us to match the job requirements with
workers ability and interests
• Job Duties to be included in advertisement of
vacant position
• Appropriate salary
Techniques of job analysis
3. Job Evaluation
• Relative worth of jobs
• Determining base compensation
• Ensures internal pay equity of one job to
another
• Judges the requirement of jobs and its
importance in organisation
4. Training & Development
• Training content
• Training is to help employees gain skills
required to do a particular job
• Methods of Training
• Tests to measure effectiveness of training
5. Performance Appraisal
• Set Goals and objectives
• Set Performance standards
• Length of probationary periods
• Duties to be evaluated
• Evaluation criteria
Techniques of job analysis
6.Job Design
• Reduce personnel costs, streamline work
processes,
• Increase productivity and employee
empowerment,
• Enhance job satisfaction and provide greater
scheduling flexibility for the employee.
• Simplify job with too many disparate activities
• Identifies what must be performed, how it will be
performed, where it is to be performed and who
will perform it.
7. Compensation
• Skill levels
• Compensation job factors
• Work environment (e.g., hazards; attention;
physical effort)
• Responsibilities (e.g., fiscal; supervisory)
• Required level of education (indirectly related
to salary level
8. Organisational Design
• Creating interrelationship among jobs
• Responsibility with authority
• Accountability
• Minimising duplications
• Formation of Hierarchical positions
9. Safety
• Uncover or Identify hazardous condition
• Corrective measures to prevent it
• Safeguard the Human Resource of
Organisation

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Techniques of job analysis

  • 3. What is Job Analysis? • Definition : Job analysis is the process used to collect information about the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work environment of a particular job so as to distinguish it from other jobs. Job analysis was conceptualized by two of the founders of industrial/organizational psychology, Frederick Taylor and Lillian Moller Gilbreth in the early 20th century.
  • 5. Need? • It provides the following information: – Job Identification – Characteristics of the job – What a typical worker does and uses – How is the Job performed – Required Personnel Attributes – Job Relationships
  • 6. • Job Description – Statement that explains the duties, working conditions of a job, etc. • Job Specification • Statement of what a job demands of an employee. • Example: KSA- Knowledge, Skills , Abilities and other characteristics required to perform a job.
  • 7. Job Description • Job Description: Organised statement of job contents, with duties and responsibiliities of that job. – It includes the following: • Job title or name • Job Location • Job Summary • Duties • Tools • Relationship • Environment
  • 8. Job Specification • It states the minimum human qualities/skills needed by a prospective employee to perform the job properly. Example: – Educational Qualifications – Training and Experience – Physique and Health – Personality – Creativity, etc
  • 9. Description vs Specification Description • It is a written statement of contents of a job. • Its purpose is to identify, define and describe a job. • Includes: Titles, Duties, Working Conditions, Supervisions, R elationships of that job. • It is prepared before Job Specification. Specification • It is a written statement of qualities required for a job. • Its purpose is to facilitate recruitment, training of the people for the job. • Includes: Education, Training, Experie nce, Aptitude, etc required for the job. • It is prepared after Job Description.
  • 10. Process of Job Analysis • Organisational Analysis: Overview of various jobs, linkages. • Obtaining Info. About Jobs: List of titles, Type, How, Skills, etc. • Selecting Representative Jobs(Sample) for Analysis • Responsibility for collecting Info: External or Internal Help. • Collection of Data: 1st hand or 2nd hand( Supervisors) • Developing Job Descriptions • Developing Job Specifications
  • 13. Introduction • Integral part of HRM • Helps in redesigning jobs • Aid in formation of Organisation Structure • Planning staffing process • Organising training programs • It provides base to everything of HRM • Lets see all Purposes/benefits of Job Analysis
  • 14. 1. Human resource Planning • Determines demand of job in terms of responsibility. • Helps in determining the number of Jobs and type of Qualification • Helps us to know Average Work of Employees. • Division of work into different jobs.
  • 15. 2. Recruitment • Provides clear statement of jobs • Tells about skill and Knowledge • Helps us to match the job requirements with workers ability and interests • Job Duties to be included in advertisement of vacant position • Appropriate salary
  • 17. 3. Job Evaluation • Relative worth of jobs • Determining base compensation • Ensures internal pay equity of one job to another • Judges the requirement of jobs and its importance in organisation
  • 18. 4. Training & Development • Training content • Training is to help employees gain skills required to do a particular job • Methods of Training • Tests to measure effectiveness of training
  • 19. 5. Performance Appraisal • Set Goals and objectives • Set Performance standards • Length of probationary periods • Duties to be evaluated • Evaluation criteria
  • 21. 6.Job Design • Reduce personnel costs, streamline work processes, • Increase productivity and employee empowerment, • Enhance job satisfaction and provide greater scheduling flexibility for the employee. • Simplify job with too many disparate activities • Identifies what must be performed, how it will be performed, where it is to be performed and who will perform it.
  • 22. 7. Compensation • Skill levels • Compensation job factors • Work environment (e.g., hazards; attention; physical effort) • Responsibilities (e.g., fiscal; supervisory) • Required level of education (indirectly related to salary level
  • 23. 8. Organisational Design • Creating interrelationship among jobs • Responsibility with authority • Accountability • Minimising duplications • Formation of Hierarchical positions
  • 24. 9. Safety • Uncover or Identify hazardous condition • Corrective measures to prevent it • Safeguard the Human Resource of Organisation