Introduction to Job Analysis

|INTRODUCTION TO WORK (JOB) ANALYSIS |

|By Kenneth H. Pritchard, CCP |

|August 1997 |

|Reviewed May 2001 |

|Work analysis is a technical and managerial tool for gathering, analyzing and synthesizing information about jobs/roles and other units of |

|work. The analysis assists HR specialists, industrial engineers, organization designers and others in such end-use areas as: |

|• Job/role design (roles, duties and responsibilities). |

|• Job evaluation and compensation (grades, pay surveys and pay setting). |

|• Employment (recruitment, selection and placement). |

|• Performance management (performance criteria and appraisal). |

|• Training and development and vocational and career counseling (needs assessment and career patching). |

|• Compliance with legal requirements on ... |

|o Equal employment (job-relatedness, bona fide occupational qualifications and the reasonable accommodation process). |

|o Equal pay (skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions), and comparable worth....