Job Analysis Dessler - Chapter 3 Ferris Reader

Agenda – 2/1/05 Announcements and Reminders Questions or Comments? Job Analysis Next Week

Announcements No Class Thursday (2/3/05) HRMA First Meeting (2/3/05) Add/Drop Reminder (2/4/05)

College of Business Scholarships Awards Range from $500 – s/scholarships/index.html 2/4/05 Info Session 1003 TAH from 2 – 3 PM

Reminder Performance Report 1 Due via by 3:00 PM (2/4/05) Follow the Syllabus

Questions or Comments? What is the Traditional View of HRM? How is that View Different than the Strategic View of HRM?? What is Performance?

Job Analysis (JA) What Is JA? When Do Organizations Conduct JA? “How To” Conduct a JA Methods to Collect JA Information Why Conduct JA? End Results of JA

What Is JA The Process of Defining the Job Backbone of HRM Defining Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSAs) Required for the Job All About the Job not About the Incumbent Identifies Competencies Required for the Incumbent Holding the Job All About the Person-In-Job

Timing of JA Continual Process Begins With Creation of New Job Periodic Updates Watch for Job Shift Respond to Market Shift Keep Old Jobs Off of the Books Time Prohibitive Process…Don’t Add to It

“How To” Conduct JA Decide on the Use of JA Chart the Job Organization and Process Find Key or Benchmark Jobs Collect Data Multiple Methods Preferred Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Write Job Descriptions/Specifications

Choosing the Data Collection Method Weigh the Costs/Benefits Each Organization Differs Interviews, Employee Surveys, and Employee Diaries Timely, Relatively Cheap Social Desirability Time and Motion Studies Thorough Yet Cost Prohibitive Hawthorne Effects Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) Info-Laden and Quantifiable Copyrighted and Expensive O*Net Replaced the Dictionary of Occupational Titles Internet-Ready and Available

Why Conduct and Re-Evaluate JA? All HRM Practices Flow From JA Recruiting Whom do We Recruit? Interviews What Questions do We As? Performance Evaluation What Factors are Relevant? Legally Defensible Challenges to: Discriminatory Hiring Compensable Factors of Pay Promotion and Raise Challenges Collective Bargaining Choice: Pay Upfront or Settle Lawsuits

Challenges of JA in the Modern Workplace Does JA Limit Organizations… Job Enlargement? Job Enrichment? Job Rotation? A “Boundaryless” Organization? Is JA Feasible in Modern Organizations?

Examples Write a Job Description, Including Job Specifications, for: A Student A Professor

Next Week Organizational Recruiting Chapter 4 in Dessler Handouts (also on Reserve in Library) Assignment to Your Final Presentation Groups Remember…NO CLASS ON THURSDAY! Have a Great Week