Assignment 1 Job
Analysis
Assignment 1 Job
Analysis Power Point Presentation
Worth up to 18 points and 18% of course grade
Objective of the assignment:
Job analysis is a core skill for HR professionals and a key
task for organizations to perform. So many of the employment decisions are
based on this one task. The purpose of the activity is for you to gain practice
in conducting a job analysis and to gain knowledge about the methods to collect
data for the analysis.
Deliverable:
For this assignment, you are asked to develop a plan to
gather data for a job analysis, use at least two of the methods to gather data,
write a short job description and job specification based on the data you have
gathered. Please do not use your own position and do not use a job description
already written. If you do not work outside the home, you have other
opportunities for positions to analyze. If you do not have a position in a
typical office, retail establishment or production facility you can use, seek
out a position from elsewhere. The opportunities could include a server at a
restaurant, a service provider in your home, your hair stylist, a sales
assistant, the receptionist at your doctor’s office or perhaps your child’s au
pair, tutor, teacher or nanny.
First review the material presented in the course about how
to conduct a job analysis, the various methods for collecting data and the pros
and cons of the various methods.
After you have selected your methods for collecting the
data, select the position (a job) to analyze and use at least two of the
methods for collecting data, collect the data using the methods selected and
summarize your findings in a short job description and job specification. .
Place the power point presentation in the assignments folder
AND in the discussion forum for all to see. In the power point presentation,
share the following:
1. Provide an
academic definition of job analysis and a short description of how it is used
in organizations. Provide an in text citation for the definition.
2. The position you
selected to analyze.
3. The methods you selected for gathering data, an academic
definition of each, an in text citation and the pros and cons of each data
collection method you selected.
4. The rationale for why you selected the methods you did
(tell why you selected the methods you did).
5. A description of
your experience in collecting the data (how did it go? – was is easy, hard,
stressful? for example).
6. A short sample
position description and job specification you were able to design based on the
data you gathered. Include an academic definition of position description and
specification along with the in text citation for each.
7. Suggestions for
data gathering if you were to complete this assignment again and desire to make
it even more accurate.
Please try to present your data in no more than 10 slides
including your title slide and reference page (recall that if you have in text
citations you must also have a reference page and it is to be in APA format
including displayed in alphabetical order). Keep all the relevant content in
the slide content area and use the notes area on the slide for other
supplemental information
Additional information on job analysis:
http://managementstudyguide.com/job-analysis-methods.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?Job-Analysis-Methods&id=4258790
http://www.zeepedia.com/read.php?job_analysis_methods_of_collecting_job_analysis_information_observation_source_of_data_human_resource_management&b=33&c=15





