HRM Module 4 — Mind Map

1 Concept & Definitions

Info on content + human requirements of jobs and their context
Shows job families & progression paths

Wylie	anatomy of the job
Yoder	job = duties, tasks, responsibilities
Blum	includes worker qualifications
Shubin	distinguish each occupation
Others	Jucius · Flippo · Scott, Clothier & Spriegel

2 Uses (9)

HR planning · HRISRecruitment & selectionTrainingCompensationAppraisalDuties infoHealth & safetyRe-engineeringCounselling

Clinical: Job analysis = history & exam. JD = case summary (the job). JS = eligibility criteria (the person).

3 Process

Ebook · 5 steps

1 Organisational job analysis (Terry)
2 Select representative jobs
3 Collect data
4 Job description
5 Job specification (last)

Study Notes · 5 stages Define purpose → collect → analyse → validate → document

4 Methods (Ebook 7)

Observation	most reliable; physical, short-cycle jobs
Interview	costly, bias
Questionnaire	many people, low cooperation
Checklist	costly, large firms
Critical incidents	skilled analyst
Diaries	beats memory lapse
Tech conference	lacks accuracy

Study Notes adds: job analysis panels, existing documentation

5 Problems & Data

4 problems

No top-management support
One source / method only
Untrained job holders · distorted data

Info gathered (7) Identification · characteristics · what worker does · materials · how done · personnel attributes · relationships

6 Job Description

Dessler: duties, reporting, conditions
Pigors & Myers: "pertinent picture"
Ernest Dale: 6 writing guidelines
First by-product of job analysis

Components: Ebook 6 · Study Notes 8 (title = "initial gateway", summary, duties, reporting, qualifications, conditions, compensation, date & approvals)

7 Job Specification

Robbins & Coulter: minimum qualifications
Personal · physical · mental · social & psychological
Privacy criticism

JD	the job · attracts candidates
JS	the person · selects candidates

8 Exam Traps

All jobs analysed? False (representative)
Not about worker qualifications? False
No bearing on HRIS? False
Data method = Checklist
Relationships section = all of the above
JD ≠ JS, but complementary · ongoing, not one-time