Leadership from the Balcony: Job Analysis Part 2

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Job Analysis Part 2

Duties & Tasks

Base units of a job is the performance of specific tasks

Frequency
Skill
Complexity
Duration

Relationships & Requirements

Need for Supervision
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Need for Training
Minimum Requirements for the Performance of the Task

Tools & Equipment

Relationship between the performance of a task and the tools and equipment being employed to perform the task successfully
State of Equipment
Availability of Tools
Protective Clothing

Environment

Working Conditions
Legislation
Hazardous Material

Job Analysis Interview
Structured Interview

Definite Set of Prepared Questions
Set the Purpose of the Interview
Pre-set Questions follow the sequence of activities with which the jobholder’s performs
Probing Questions by Interviewer to Expand

Un-Structured Interview

No Set of Prepared Questions
Set the Purpose of the Interview
Ask Interviewee About the Job they Perform
Probing Questions by Interviewer to Expand

Advantages

Very Flexible
Not Necessarily Job or Task Dependent
Convenient
Provides a good overall understanding of a particular job or task

Disadvantages

Some Interviewer Training Involved
Interviewer may not appreciate the sensitivity of some of the information discussed
Cannot be used effectively for new jobs

Problems arise in data collation

Until next time...

Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/

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