Job Analysis : Methods, Research, and Applications for Human Resource Management in the New Millennium,9780803972025

Job Analysis : Methods, Research, and Applications for Human Resource Management in the New Millennium

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ISBN13: 9780803972025
ISBN10: 0803972024
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Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

Brannick and Levine provide students and professionals in management and I/O psychology with the methods and applications of job analysis. Job Analysis covers a host of activities, all directed toward discovering, understanding, and describing what people do at work. It thus forms the basis for the solution of virtually every human resource problem. The authors describe several job analysis methods and then illustrate how to apply the results to problems arising in the management of people at work.

Table of Contents

Preface xii
Who Will Benefit From This Book? xii
Purpose xii
A Note on Voice xiii
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction
1(24)
Overview of the Book
2(1)
The Uses of Job Analysis
3(4)
Definitions
7(3)
Building Blocks of Job Analysis Methods
10(12)
Kinds of Job Data Collected: Descriptors
10(6)
Methods of Data Collection
16(2)
Sources of Job Analysis Data
18(1)
Units of Analysis
19(3)
Summary of the Building Blocks
22(1)
Chapter Summary
22(3)
Work-Oriented Methods
25(40)
Overview of the Chapter
25(1)
Time-and-Motion Study
26(10)
Overview
26(1)
Time Study
27(4)
Motion Study
31(4)
Criticism of Time-and-Motion Study
35(1)
Functional Job Analysis
36(15)
Overview
36(2)
A Fundamental Distinction of FJA: What Gets Done Versus What the Worker Does
38(1)
Worker Functions
39(4)
Job Analysis Procedure
43(1)
Describing the Work
44(2)
Sentence Structure and Analysis
46(1)
Other Characteristics of the DOL FJA
47(2)
Comparison of the DOL FJA and Fine's FJA
49(1)
Research on FJA
50(1)
Task Inventories
51(9)
Description
51(1)
History
51(1)
Survey Design
52(6)
Data Analysis
58(2)
Critical Incident Technique
60(3)
Overview
60(2)
Research on the Critical Incident Technique
62(1)
Chapter Summary
63(2)
Worker-Oriented Methods
65(34)
Overview of the Chapter
65(2)
Job Element Method
67(11)
Content of Elements
68(1)
Gathering Information for JEM
68(1)
Rating Scales
69(2)
Derived Scales
71(3)
Assigning Elements to Categories
74(1)
Research on JEM: The J-Coefficient
75(2)
Remarks on JEM
77(1)
Position Analysis Questionnaire
78(7)
Development and Structure of the PAQ
78(4)
PAQ Results
82(1)
Uses of the PAQ
82(1)
Reliability and Validity
82(1)
Research on the PAQ: Common Knowledge Effects
83(2)
Remarks on the PAQ
85(1)
Other Trait-Based Worker-Oriented Measures
85(5)
Threshold Traits Analysis System
86(1)
Ability Requirements Scales
86(1)
Occupational Reinforcer Pattern
87(1)
Methods With Substantial Attention to Equipment
88(2)
Cognitive Task Analysis
90(7)
Types of Knowledge and Skill
91(2)
Cognitive Task Analysis Methods
93(1)
A Simple Example
94(2)
Reliability and Validity
96(1)
Remarks on Cognitive Task Analysis
96(1)
Chapter Summary
97(2)
Hybrid Methods
99(34)
Overview of the Chapter
99(1)
Combination Job Analysis Method
99(15)
Task Statements
100(1)
The Task Generation Meeting
101(3)
The Task Rating Meeting
104(1)
Analysis of Task Importance
105(1)
Employee Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics
106(1)
The KSAO Group Meeting
107(3)
Analysis of KSAOs
110(1)
Using the Results
110(3)
Research and Applications of C-JAM
113(1)
Summary of C-JAM
114(1)
Multimethod Job Design Questionnaire
114(8)
Overview
114(4)
MJDQ Development and Structure
118(2)
MJDQ Research
120(2)
Summary of the MJDQ
122(1)
Occupational Information Network
122(10)
Impetus for O*NET
122(1)
The O*NET Content Model
123(7)
O*NET Research and Development
130(2)
Chapter Summary
132(1)
Management and Teams
133(32)
Overview of the Chapter
133(1)
Management
134(10)
Development and Structure of the Management Position Description Questionnaire
135(3)
Research and Applications of the MPDQ
138(5)
Summary of the MPDQ
143(1)
Job Analysis for Teams
144(17)
Job Design for Teams
146(3)
Team Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
149(3)
Team Functions
152(1)
The Multiphase Analysis of Performance System
153(8)
Chapter Summary
161(4)
Summary of the MPDQ
161(1)
Teams
162(3)
Job Analysis and the Law
165(22)
Overview of the Chapter
165(1)
Federal Legislation
166(5)
Civil Rights Acts
167(1)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
168(1)
Americans With Disabilities Act
169(1)
Rehabilitation Act
170(1)
Equal Pay Act
170(1)
The Constitution
170(1)
Enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws
171(1)
Executive Orders
171(1)
Professional Standards
172(1)
Prescriptions for Job Analysis
173(12)
Selection
173(10)
Pay
183(1)
Disability and Job Design
183(2)
Chapter Summary
185(2)
Job Description, Performance Appraisal, Job Evaluation, and Job Design
187(40)
Overview of the Chapter
187(1)
Job Description
188(9)
Overview
188(1)
Structure of the Job Description
189(6)
Issues in Job Description
195(1)
Key Considerations
196(1)
Performance Appraisal
197(10)
Overview
197(1)
Rating Formats
198(4)
Comparison of Formats
202(2)
Key Considerations
204(3)
Job Evaluation for Compensation
207(10)
Overview
207(1)
Equity
208(1)
Job Evaluation Methods
209(7)
Key Considerations
216(1)
Research on Job Evaluation
216(1)
Job Design/Redesign
217(6)
Overview
217(1)
Goals of Job Design/Redesign
218(1)
Design Decisions
219(3)
Key Considerations
222(1)
Chapter Summary
223(4)
Job Description
224(1)
Performance Appraisal
224(1)
Job Evaluation for Compensation
225(1)
Job Design/Redesign
225(2)
Staffing and Training
227(38)
Overview of the Chapter
227(1)
Staffing
227(23)
Overview
227(1)
Statement of the Main Problem in Staffing
228(2)
Recruitment
230(2)
Selection
232(1)
Test Validation
233(8)
Key Considerations
241(3)
Research on Judging KSAOs for Validation
244(6)
Training
250(13)
Overview
250(2)
The Training Cycle
252(7)
Key Considerations
259(4)
Chapter Summary
263(2)
Staffing
263(1)
Training
264(1)
Doing a Job Analysis Study
265(30)
Overview of the Chapter
265(1)
Matching Purpose and Job Analysis Attributes
266(1)
Purposes
266(1)
Attributes
267(1)
Selecting Approaches
267(8)
Job Classification
268(2)
Worker Mobility
270(1)
Efficiency/Safety
270(1)
Workforce Planning
271(1)
Legal/Quasi-Legal Requirements
271(1)
Practical Considerations
272(3)
Observations and Interviews
275(4)
Preparing for the Observation/Interview
276(1)
Making Contact
277(1)
Conducting the Observation/Interview
278(1)
Questionnaires
279(3)
Planning and Preparing
279(2)
Collecting Data
281(1)
Analyzing Data
282(11)
Reporting Study Results
283(1)
Assessing Reliability
284(6)
Validity
290(3)
Chapter Summary
293(2)
The Future of Job Analysis
295(32)
Overview of the Chapter
295(1)
Changing Conditions
295(9)
Changes in Society
295(2)
Changes in Technology
297(3)
Changes in the Business Environment
300(4)
Implications for Jobs and Job Analysis
304(19)
Descriptors
305(10)
Sources of Information
315(3)
Methods of Collecting Data
318(3)
Units of Analysis
321(1)
Dissemination, Storage, and Retrieval
322(1)
Chapter Summary
323(2)
A Final Note
325(2)
Glossary 327(6)
References 333(14)
Index 347(6)
About the Authors 353

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