Job Analysis and Evaluation Workshop

Introduction and overview

• Organizations pay for jobs, not for individuals

• Job analysis and evaluation as part of a comprehensive compensation system

• The pervasiveness of the job description

Conducting job analysis

• Uses of job analysis

• Job analysis methods

• Job analysis process

• Job analysis guidelines

• Dos and don'ts of job analysis interviews

• Practical

Writing job descriptions

• Organizational responsibilities

• Writing the job description with the job evaluation system in mind

• The key result areas approach for writing job descriptions

• The language and format of job descriptions

• The ultimate test for the effectiveness of the job description

• Practical

An overview of job evaluation

• Job evaluation defined

• Job evaluation and internal consistency

• The objectives of job evaluation

Job evaluation methods

• Job evaluation methods: choosing the one for you

• Simple ranking

• Grade classification

• Factor points systems

• The main factor points systems

• Choice of system

The Oxford job evaluation system described and explained

• The system's seven compensable factors

• The system factors explained factor by factor

• Judgmental and non judgmental factors

• The system guidelines

• Sources of error in applying a job evaluation system

• Key ingredients for evaluators

• Practical

Administration and maintenance

• Importance of job descriptions

• Job evaluation policy

• Confidentiality in job evaluation

• The job evaluation process

• Administration and procedures

• Managing job evaluation through the committee process

• Importance of communication in job evaluation