Description
Analyzing Appropriate Job Analysis Tools [WLOs: 1, 2] [CLO: 2]
Morgeson et al. (2020) defined several tools and techniques for gathering data related to a job. Those different tools are (a) self-reports, (b) direct observations, (c) interviews, (d) document review, and (e) questionnaires and surveys. In Week 1, you completed a position questionnaire for a potential job analysis.
In addition to a position questionnaire, there are other tools available to gather data and information to support the analysis. In this discussion forum, you will further explore several of the tools defined by Morgeson et al. (2020) for data and information collection and determine and defend the most appropriate tool(s) for a particular scenario.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Review the Week 2 – Weekly Lecture.
Read Chapter 4 and Chapter 9 in the course textbook, Job and Work Analysis.
As a human resource manager, choosing the right tool to do the job is part of the skill and responsibility required for successful outcomes. Based on the first letter of your last name, review the scenario that you have been assigned.
Last names A – H
Scenario 1: A call center with 15 customer-service representatives that work 8-hour days, with rotating three shifts.
Last names I – N
Scenario 2: A public school system with 65 school bus drivers, each working a 2-hour morning shift and a 2-hour afternoon shift daily.
Last names O – Z
Scenario 3: A triangle research lab with three research assistants working at a secured facility for 8 hours a day.
In your initial discussion forum post,
Identify the most appropriate tool(s) for gathering the necessary data and information for a credible job analysis based on the scenario you were assigned.
Explain in detail why those tool(s) would be appropriate for gathering the necessary data and information.
Formulate and describe in your own words what the job position for the employees in your scenario might look like including the knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as tasks and responsibilities.
