Job Analysis

Originally called personal, this department handles the hiring, screening and main analysis of employees.

• Human Resource Management

• Manager

• CFO

• Crew Leader

Includes things like: sick leave, vacation, personal days or a new cell phone.

• Fringe Benefits

• Benefits

• Offers

• Contracts

The smallest unit of work activity; for example, turning a key or typing on a keyboard.

• Element

• Task

• Job

• Occupation

The knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics needed to perform a job.

• KSAO

• SWOT

• IOU

• MsCoW

A worker-oriented technique for job analysis in which a list of KSAOs is generated as well as work examples of KSAOs, which combine to generate a picture of the job.

• Job Element Method (JEM)

• Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)

• Functional Job Analysis (FJA)

• Task Inventory Approach (TIA)

Techniques for ​ (a)   that focus on tasks. These techniques are generally quick, easy, and convenient to administer, but may be ​ (b)   and expensive to develop; additionally, there may be ambiguity in some items and a narrow focus on ​ (c)   tasks. These techniques are difficult to use for ​ (d)   comparisons. These ​ (e)   are less popular today, as job tasks change frequently.

• job analysis
• time-consuming
• specific
• cross-job
• techniques

​ (a)   are: A work activity ​ (b)   to achieve a specific ​ (c)   ; a collection of elements; for example, driving ​ (d)   to destinations or recording ​ (e)   in a courtroom.

• Tasks
• performed
• objective
• passengers
• dialogue

The process of defining a job in terms of its component.

• job analysis

• Element

• task

• occupation