Job analysis

Question 1

What is job analysis?

Answer 1

This is obtaining information about what a job entails and putting in into a job description

Question 2

What does this include?

Answer 2

The duties, roles and responsibilities

Specific job characteristics, e.g. depth of knowledge and pressure points

Specifications, such as education needed, training required, skills advisable

Performance Standards with criteria, such as national occupational standards

Any performance criteria applied, such as targets

Communicates the job requirements to new staff and their managers

It can assist in the setting of salaries and promotion criteria

It provides a basis for negotiations, grievances and disciplinary issues