Jobs and Jobs Analysis PDF

Jobs and jobs analysis  WORK JOB Effort directed toward Grouping of tasks, duties, accomplishing results, and responsibilities that organized into jobs for constitutes the total work people to do assignment for an...

Jobs and jobs analysis  WORK JOB Effort directed toward Grouping of tasks, duties, accomplishing results, and responsibilities that organized into jobs for constitutes the total work people to do assignment for an employee Approaches to Dealing with Jobs  Study of the way work (outputs, activities, and Workflow analysis inputs) moves through an organization Business process Measures for improving such activities as product re-engineering (BPR) development, customer service, and service delivery Organizing tasks, duties, responsibilities, and other Job design elements into a productive unit of work Matching characteristics of people with Person/job fit characteristics of jobs  Job design Job enlargement Broadening the scope of a job by expanding the number of different tasks to be performed Job enrichment Increasing the depth of a job by adding responsibility for planning, organizing, controlling, or evaluating the job Job rotation Process of shifting a person from job to job Possible “Levers” for Job Design Job Characteristics Model  Extent to which the work requires several different Skill variety activities for successful completion Extent to which the job includes a “whole” identifiable unit of Task identity work that is carried out from start to finish and that results in a visible outcome Task significance Impact the job has on other people Extent of individual freedom and discretion in the work Autonomy and its scheduling Amount of information employees receive about how Feedback well or how poorly they have performed Approaches to Dealing with Jobs  Teams Organizational team formed to address specific problems, Special-purpose team improve work processes, and enhance the overall quality of products and services Organizational team composed of individuals who are Self-directed team assigned a cluster of tasks, duties, and responsibilities to be accomplished Organizational team composed of individuals who are Virtual team separated geographically but linked by communications technology Factors Affecting Virtual Team Success Approaches to Dealing with Jobs  Schedule in which a full week’s work is accomplished Compressed workweek in fewer than five 8-hour days Scheduling arrangement in which employees work a set Flextime number of hours a day but vary starting and ending times Scheduling arrangement in which two employees perform Job sharing the work of one full-time job Approaches to Dealing with Jobs  Job Analysis in Perspective Job analysis Systematic way of gathering and analyzing information about the content, context, and human requirements of jobs Task Distinct, identifiable work activity composed of motion Duty Work segment composed of several tasks that are performed by an individual Responsibilities Obligations to perform certain tasks and duties Competencies Individual capabilities that can be linked to enhanced performance by individuals or teams  Typical Division of HR Responsibilities: Job Analysis Stages in the Job Analysis Process Approaches to Dealing with Jobs  Identification of the tasks, duties, and responsibilities Job description of a job The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) an individual Job specifications needs to perform a job satisfactorily Indicators of what the job accomplishes and how Performance standards performance is measured in key areas of the job description SUMMARY