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Job and work analysis: methods, research, and applications for human resource management

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sage Publications 2019 New DelhiEdition: 3rdDescription: xviii, 373 p. includes references and indexISBN:
  • 9781544329529
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.306 M6J6
Summary: Job and Work Analysis: Methods, Research, and Applications for Human Resource Management provides students and professionals alike with an in-depth exploration of job analysis. Job analysis encompasses a wide range of crucial topics that help us understand what people do at work and why. This one-of-a-kind text expertly unpacks the best job analysis methods and then illustrates how to apply these methods to solve some of the most common workplace problems. Readers will learn the best practices for helping people work smarter, improving hiring and training, making jobs safer, and providing a satisfying work environment. http://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/job-and-work-analysis/book258522
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Table of Contents:

Preface
About the Authors

Chapter 1 • Introduction
Overview of the Book
The Uses of Job Analysis
Definitions
Building Blocks of Job Analysis Methods
A Couple of Job Analysis Projects
Chapter Summary

Chapter 2 • Work-Oriented Methods
Time-and-Motion Study
Functional Job Analysis
Task Inventories
Critical Incident Technique
Chapter Summary

Chapter 3 • Worker-Oriented Methods
Job Element Method
Position Analysis Questionnaire
Other Trait-Based Worker-Oriented Measures
Cognitive Task Analysis
Personality-Oriented Job Analysis
Chapter Summary

Chapter 4 • Hybrid Methods
Combination Job Analysis Method
Multimethod Job Design Questionnaire
Work Design Questionnaire
Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
Chapter Summary


Chapter 5 • Management and Teams
Management and Leadership
Competency Modeling
Job Analysis for Teams
Cognitive Task Analysis for Teams
Chapter Summary


Chapter 6 • Job Analysis and the Law
Federal Legislation
Enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws
Executive Orders
Professional Standards
Prescriptions for Job Analysis
Chapter Summary


Chapter 7 • Job Description, Performance Management and Appraisal, Job Evaluation, and Job Design
Job Description
Performance Management and Appraisal
Job Evaluation
Job Design/Redesign
Chapter Summary

Chapter 8 • Staffing and Training
Staffing
Training
Chapter Summary

Chapter 9 • Doing a Job Analysis Study
Matching Purpose and Job Analysis Attributes
Selecting Approaches
Observations and Interviews
Questionnaires
Analyzing Data

A Note About Accuracy in Job Analysis

Chapter Summary


Chapter 10 • The Future of Job Analysis
Changing Conditions
Implications for Jobs and Work/Job Analysis
Chapter Summary


Glossary

References

Job and Work Analysis: Methods, Research, and Applications for Human Resource Management provides students and professionals alike with an in-depth exploration of job analysis. Job analysis encompasses a wide range of crucial topics that help us understand what people do at work and why. This one-of-a-kind text expertly unpacks the best job analysis methods and then illustrates how to apply these methods to solve some of the most common workplace problems. Readers will learn the best practices for helping people work smarter, improving hiring and training, making jobs safer, and providing a satisfying work environment.

http://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/job-and-work-analysis/book258522

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