PADP 6920 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Job Analysis, Job Performance, Infor

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Public Administration and Policy
• Course: PADP 6920
• Professor: Kim

Document Summary

Data analysis process: conducted in 2 ways. Objectively written descriptions of the behaviors or work activities engaged in by employees in order to perform the job. Objective of developing task statements is to identify and record a set of tasks the both includes all of the job"s major tasks & excludes the non rele- vant trivial tasks: group task statements into task dimensions. Should be assessed or weighted in terms of importance: determine relative important of each task statement or dimension, infer necessary ksaocs. Knowledge, skills, abilities, & other characteristics: evaluate relative importance of each ksaocs, identify context of job 3 categories. Job-structure: job descriptions & job specification = outputs of job analysis, collecting job requirements information, prior information, observation most direct. Limitations > hard to observe jobs long term; hawthorne effect (em- ployee knows he"s being watched & alters behavior: interviews. Limitations > interviewee could embellish; time consuming; costly: task questionnaires.