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You are Consulting with an owner of several small convenience stores She Wants you to conduct a job analysis study to help develop valid selection measures for each of the positions found in the stores. Select an appropriate job analysis method and write a brief, nontechnical explanation of your choice for the store owner. Your answer should be limited to 5 pages of 1.5 line spacing under the following headings Introduction, definition and explanation of job analysis, its significance and why it is relevant to the selection process. Difference between selection and hiring, etc.

Solution

Introduction:

Enterprise  begins the recruitment process,  it has to be cleared about the jobs for which recruitment process. It has been identified, the employer has to gain knowledge of the duties  and responsibilities associated with each job requirement.

The employer must have knowledge of the skills required to perform  every  job.  Only then he/she will be able to select ‘ the right man for the right job’.

Definition:

The process of determining the nature and contents of a particular job.

Explanation.:

Analysis bring out the reasons are:

The tasks to be performed in a given job  :

Every job requires  of certain tasks or activities which may be physical or mental or both.  Physical activities consist of lifting, loading, unloading, packing etc.  Mental activities involve calculations, planning, decision - making  preparation of graphs, charts.

The individual should also be handle  certain electrical and mechanical devices.

Job Conditions:

Job Conditions refer to the environment in which a particular job is performed, It includes not only the physical environment but the social environment as well.  Factory work is done in the midst of noisy machines,boilers, and furnaces.

Certain jobs are done by employees as a group.  Each individual in the group may perform a  particular operation.It comes under team work.

Certain jobs, by nature, are more hazardous.  Factory workers, handling certain machines, have to be careful always.   Any negligence on their part prove to be dangerous.   The employees doing certain jobs may be prone to what are called ‘occupational diseases.

Skills and Capabilities  required:

The performance of any job requires certain skills and capabilities on the part of the employees.  Example,  A Salesman is expected to have good communication abilities required for a particulars job. A manager must have the capacity to handle a group of employees.  For this, he/she requires leadership qualities.   Executive  trainees must have such qualities as initaitive, perception, tolerance, competitive spirit.

Apart from the qualities stated above, academic qualification are essential for jobs.  A production executive needs to have a degree or diploma in production engineering.   Similarly, the legal adviser of theenterprise must be hold a degree in law.   A Computer professional must hold a degree or diploma in computer science.

Relevant to Selection process:

It helps in the correct  placement of employees, It is useful in determining the training needs of an employee.  If employee found lack of skills and capabilities the training must be given.  Job analysis  is helpful in job evaluation.  It helps to maximize job satisfaction  among the employees.  This is possible as the job requirement  are matched with employee skills.  An employee who is able to perform his/her job effectively in bound to have higher job satisfaction.  It provides a suitable  basis for an objective appraisal of the performance of employees.  As the tasks involved in every job  are already known, it is possible to ascertain  how far an employee has successfully accomplished the same.

Difference between selection and hiring

Selection:

Two classes is there, one is offered employment and another is not  offered employment.

Hiring:

It is act of Hiring,it is stage for evaluating the candidates.

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