Ch. 3 Job Analysis Flashcards
Define: Personnel Psychology
The specialty area of I/O/P focusing on an organization’s human resources
Goal of Personnel Psychology
Maintaining human resources
Define: Job Analysis
The systematic study of the 1) tasks, duties and responsibilities of a job, 2) the qualities to perform it
What does Job Analysis produce?
- Job Description
- Job Specifications
- Job Evaluation
- Performance Criteria
Define: Job Description
A detailed accounting of the tasks, procedures, and responsibilities; the tools and equipment used; and the end product or service
Define: Job Specifications
Provides information about the human characteristics required to perform the job, such as physical and personal traits, work experience, and education
Define: Job Evaluation
The assessment of the relative value or worth of a job to an organization to determine appropriate compensation.
Define: Performance Criteria
Are the means for appraising worker success in performing a job
Define: Observations as it relates to job analysis
trained job analysts gather information about a particular job by observing the job incumbent and taking detailed notes.
When is observations best used?
Manual operations, repetitive tasks or other easily seen activities
What concern is there in observing incumbents?
Whether the presence of the observer in some way influences workers performance. AKA: Hawthorne effect
Define: Participation as it relates to job analysis
Analyst may want to perform a particular job or job operation to get firsthand understanding of how the job is performed
Define: Existing Data as it relates to job analysis
Previous job analysis for the position or an analysis of a related job. Some data may be borrowed from another organization
Define: Interviews as it relates to job analysis
Interview several job incumbents, supervisors, subordinates to get a more reliable representation of the job
Define: Surveys as it relates to job analysis
Administration of a pencil-and-paper questionnaire that the respondent completes and returns to the job analyst
What are two advantages of surveys over the interview method?
- The survey allows the collection of information from a number of workers simultaneously making them cost effective when analyst needs to study several positions
- Because survey can be anonymous, there may be less distortion or withholding of information than in a face-to-face interview
What is a drawback of surveys?
Cannot probe for additional information or for clarification of a response
Define: Subject Matter Experts
Job incumbents or knowledgeable supervisors of job incumbents
What are Job Diaries?
Job incumbents record their daily activities in a diary
What is an advantage of job diaries?
Provides detailed, hour-by-hour, day-by-day account of the worker’s job
What is a disadvantage of job diaries?
Time consuming, both for the worker who is keeping the diary and the job analyst who has to analyze the large amount of info contained in the diary
Define: Job Element Method
Looks at the basic knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics - KSAOs - that are required to perform a particular job. SMEs rank or rate the elements in terms of importance.
What are SMEs?
Subject Matter Experts
True or False: The job element method is person oriented.
True. It is person oriented as it focuses on characteristics of the individual who performs the job.
Define: Critical Incidents Technique (CIT)
Records the specific worker behaviors that have led to particularly successful or unsuccessful job performance
How is information obtained in the Critical Incidents Technique (CIT)?
Information is obtained by giving interviews or questionnaires to job incumbents, job supervisors, or other knowledgeable individuals
What does Critical Incidents Technique (CIT) determine after obtaining information?
Determines the particular skills, knowledge and ability needed for the position