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In the organizations realm, human resources departments view job
analysis as a very key component of a firm. Here are some of the key
contributions of job-analysis.
?Job Analysis is a process to identify and determine in detail the
particular job duties and requirements and the relative importance of
these duties for a given job. Job Analysis is a process where
judgments are made about data collected on a job.?
Job Analysis can be used in order to determine the following tasks:
a. Training Needs
b. Appropriate Compensation
c. Employee Selection Procedures
d. Employee Performance Review Criteria
You can get more discussions of each of the above from the link below.
?HR Guide to the Internet: Job Analysis: Overview?
http://www.hr-guide.com/data/G000.htm
Our next link also explains why job analysis is crucial but it also
presents other uses and practical methods on how one can create such a
methodology in your firm.
?Understanding and being able to perform good job analysis is an
essential human resource function forming the basis of selection,
promotion, training, and etc. It is the best way to establish what
exists, is good and should be changed. Without a job analysis or needs
assessment human resources is a stab in the dark, at best, and
probably a waste of time and money.?
More uses for job analysis:
- Assembling work groups or teams
- ?provide a basis for putting together recruitment?
- ?describe the physical needs of various positions to determine the
validity of discrimination complaints?
- Tool for organizational analysis
- Tool strategic planning
- Tool for human relations needs assessment
- ?as a basis for coordinating safety concerns?
?Simple Job Analysis?
http://www.hrzone.com/topics/joba.html#anchor1548479
The US Department of Labor website meanwhile has additional insights
on how job-analysis can be used in organizations.
- ?Develop objective job-related interview questions.?
- ?Write current and accurate position descriptions. Position
descriptions should be updated on a regular basis and a job analysis
done if any factors outlined above have to be altered.?
- ?Determine if accommodations can assist a person with a disability
to perform the job.?
- ?Conduct personnel functions in a non-discriminatory manner.?
?Job Analysis: An Important Employment Tool?
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/analysis.htm
Additional uses for job analysis can be gleaned from our next link.
- ?Job enlargement?
- Plant or Workplace safety
- ?Writing or amending manuals and publications?
- ?Establishment of lines of responsibility?
- ?Establishment of organizational relationships?
- ?Union relationships (e.g., contract negotiations, grievances, etc.)?
?Common Applications of Job Analysis?
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/comp/jobanalysis/applications.html
Another website provides a different take on the importance of job analysis.
?Job analysis is required in the field of staffing since any predictor
used to select a person must be job-relevant. Determining job
relevance requires having a knowledge of what is happening in the job,
usually through job analysis. Likewise, in compensation, the
requirements of the Equal Pay Act requires jobs that are substantially
similar to be paid the same. The determination that two jobs are
substantially similar is done through job analysis.?
?Job analysis is also an important part of Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) determinations. When making an FLSA exempt employee
determination, you need up-to-date and accurate job descriptions.
These are crucial for determining the duties of a position. After all,
according to new FLSA overtime regulations, its the duties that count.
For in-person instruction on job analysis and new FLSA regulations,
see DLC HR Training Seminars.?
?JOB EVALUATION METHODS?
http://www.eridlc.com/onlinetextbook/chpt14/text_main.htm
Here are other links to resources about Job Analysis.
?HR Guide to the Internet: Job Analysis: Tips and FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions?
http://www.hr-guide.com/data/G022.htm
?Is Job Analysis Doing the Job? Extending Job Analysis with Cognitive
Task Analysis?
http://siop.org/tip/backissues/TipJul01/13reynolds.htm
?Introduction to Job Analysis?
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/comp/jobanalysis/
?Work in the 21st Century: Implications for Job Analysis?
http://siop.org/tip/backissues/tipapr96/may.htm
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