week 5 Flashcards
A job-related document that
shows the duties and
responsibilities attached to
the job position. It further indicates how the
worker will do the job, and the
job’s working conditions
Job description
Shows the specific qualifications and individual characteristics
expected to match the job
requirements
Job specification
✓The job description gives them the opportunity to find the right applicant for the vacant position.
✓It also provides factual
knowledge about the actual duties responsibilities of
the employees
Employer’s Standpoint
✓A job description serves as a
guidepost to employees in
understanding and defining
the scope of their job
Employee’s Standpoint
- The job analyst elicits
information about the
job from current
employees. - He may also refer to the
supervisors and
managers if he needs
more information.
Interviewing Current
Employees
Under this method, the job
analyst meticulously observes
the incumbents while
performing the job, how do
they do the job, and
determines the length of time
it takes them to complete the
job
Observing Activities of
Current Employees
This is the most popular way of
gathering job analysis information. The
analyst distributes the prepared
questionnaire
to
incumbents,
instructing them to answer questions
related to their jobs.
Distributing Survey
Questionnaires
requires the
incumbents to keep a detailed
record of their daily task. If
this is done honestly, this
method assures the job
analyst of the accuracy of
data
Use of Diaries
is the process of collecting, interpreting, and keeping
records about the requirements of a job, and the conditions in which
jobs are performed
Job analysis
The following are the important information that a complete job analysis should provide:
- Job Content
- Job Context
- Worker Requirements
Shows the actual duties of the worker. how or she performs the job, and the facilities,materials amd devices tp be used in performing the job
Job Content
This is about the conditions or the environment
where the job is performed. It also specifies the
demands such work requires the employee to do.
Job Context
These are qualifications that are considered by the employer as vital to the
successful execution of the job.
Worker Requirements
the intelligence and understanding of a specialized discipline
acquired through formal education and actual experience
Knowledge
potential capability of a worker to carry out a particular job, such as
decision-making skill, people skill and cognitive skill
Skill
a capacity or competence that allows an individual
to do a specific kind of work. Some examples are ability to
work under pressure, and ability to manage time
Ability
although skills are necessary,
most employers will choose an individual who possess
good personal qualities such as reliability,
trustworthiness, and flexibility
Personal Characteristic
pieces of evidence that will prove a
person’s identity or background that will indicate his
fitness for the job like scholastic records, employment
certification and other relevant documents.
Credentials
This is an alternative
work schedule where the standard five-day
workweek is reduced to a lesser number of days,
but with longer working hours.
Compressed Workweek
also called as Flextime, gives workers leeway in selecting their daily
time-in and time-out schedule on the condition that they work a definite number of
hours in a day or in a week
Flexible time
this is a job arrangement where two employees with temporary or
part-time status perform a job that otherwise can be done by a full-time employee
Job sharing
Globalization and
technology are drastically changing the future of
work, that is, how we do our jobs and where in
telecommuting, employees connect with
employers, co-workers, and customers via
electronic gadgets and other telecommunication
channels.
Telecommuting
