Chapter 4 - Job Analysis & Rewards
Chapter 4 - Job Analysis & Rewards
PART 2
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
Chapter 04:
Job Analysis
and Rewards
Organization Strategy
Planning
Recruitment:
Selection:
External, internal
Job analysis
Employment:
Decision making, final match
Competency Based
General KSAOs for all applicants
4-6
4-7
4-8
TASK STATEMENTS
Definition
objectively written descriptions of the behaviors or work
activities engaged in by employees in order to perform the job
TASK DIMENSIONS
Definition
Involves grouping sets of task statements into dimensions, attaching
a name to each dimension
Other terms duties, accountability areas, responsibilities, and
performance dimensions
Characteristics
Creation is optional
Many different grouping procedures exist
Guideline - 4 to 8 dimensions
Grouping procedure should be acceptable to organizational members
Empirical validation against external criterion is not possible
4-10
4-11
IMPORTANCE OF TASKS/DIMENSIONS
Involves an objective assessment of importance
Two decisions
Decide on attribute to be assessed in terms of importance
Decide whether attribute will be measured in categorical or
continuous terms
KSAOS
What are KSAOs?
Knowledge
Skills
Ability
Other Characteristics
4-13
4-14
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Identify a team-based job situation. What are examples of
job-spanning KSAOs required in that situation?
How should task statements be written, and what sorts of
problems might you encounter in asking a job incumbent to
write these statements?
Would it be better to first identify task dimensions and then
create specific task statements for each dimension, or should
task statements be identified first and then used to create task
dimensions?
What would you consider when trying to decide what criteria
(e.g., percent time spent) to use for gathering indications
about task importance?
4-15
Job Specifications
Describes KSAOs
4-16
Sources to be used
Job Analyst
Job Incumbents
Supervisors
4-18
4-19
KSAOS OR COMPETENCIES?
Similarities between competencies and KSAOs
Both reflect an underlying ability to perform a job
4-21
4-22
ORGANIZATION USAGE
Organizations are experimenting with
Developing competencies and competency models and
Using them as underpinnings of several HR applications
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using
multiple methods of job analysis for a particular job?
Multiple sources?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
identifying and using general competencies to guide
staffing activities?
4-26
JOB REWARDS
Extrinsic Rewards
Intrinsic Rewards
intangibles
experienced by employees as an outgrowth of doing the job
variety in work duties, autonomy, feedback, coworker and
supervisor relations
Organizational practices
4-28
4-29
RECOMMENDATIONS: ESTABLISHING
JOB-RELATED NATURE OF STAFFING PRACTICES
Job analysis must be performed and must be for the job for
which the selection instrument is to be utilized
Analysis of job should be in writing
Job analysis should describe in detail the procedure used
Job data should be collected from a variety of current sources
by knowledgeable job analysts
4-31
RECOMMENDATIONS: ESTABLISHING
JOB-RELATED NATURE OF STAFFING PRACTICES
Sample size should be large and representative of jobs
for which selection instrument is used
Tasks, duties, and activities should be included in analysis
Most important tasks should be represented in selection
devise
Competency levels of job performance for entry-level jobs
should be specified
Knowledge, skills, and abilities should be specified,
particularly if content validation model is followed
4-32