Manage Work Better to Better Manage Human Resources: A Comparative Study of Two Approaches to Job Analysis

Abstract

This study looks at the consequences of analyzing the same work. with two different methods of job analysis. Position Classification Questionnaire and Task Inventory approaches were used to study the same work functions. The Position Classification questionnaire divided these work functions into sixteen unique classifications for purposes of wage and salary determination. The Task Inventory approach divided these work functions into 28 unique classifications for purposes developing training programs. The two approaches arrived at considerably different conclusions with regard to how work should be organized into jobs and how jobs should be grouped into classifications. The data collected through job analysis will have significant impact on subsequent human resource decisions. Organizations should take great care in the collection data relating to the work of the organization in order efficiently and effectively manage the organization's human resources.