Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Job Analysis determines?
A
- tasks and duties of a job
- skills
- knowledge
- behaviour
2
Q
Seven steps in job analysis?
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A
- Identify how information will br used?
- Review background information
- Select representative jobs to be analyzed
- Analyze the job
- Review job information
- Develop job descriptions and specifications
- Review and update job description
3
Q
What is NOC? (National Occupational Classification) ?
A
- reference tool for writing job descriptions
- complied by the federal government
- contains 25,000 occupations
- career handbook counseling component
4
Q
How do you write a job description?
A
- job identification
- job summary
- responsibilities, duties
- authority
- performance standards
- working conditions
- how job is performed
- under what conditions the job is peformed
5
Q
What are the job description guidelines?
A
- Be clear
- Indicate scope of authority
- Be specific
- Be brief
- Recheck
6
Q
What are some Human Rights Issues?
A
- job descriptions not legally required
- clearly identify essential job duties
- knowledge, skills, and abilities should be sole criteria for decisions
7
Q
Why have some job descriptions have been abandoned?
A
- too rigid and lack flexibility needed in todays workplace
- have been replaced by goal statements
