Purposes and Uses of Job Analysis

Question

What are the purposes and Uses of Job Analysis?

Answer 1

A job analysis program is an important component of personnel management. It is basic to manpower management plan because the outcomes of job analysis are commonly used during the program. The information given by job analysis is very helpful if not vital, in almost every stage of employee relations.

1. Organization and Manpower Planning:  It is very helpful in organizational planning. It defines labor requirements in terms of concrete and helps in coordinating the work force activities, and divides duties and responsibilities among them.

2. Staffing and Selection:  By representation of specific requirements for each job (skills and knowledge); it gives a realistic approach for hiring, training, placement, transfer and promotion of people in an organisation.

3. Wage and Salary Administration:  By representing the qualifications necessary for doing specified jobs and the hazards and risk involved in its performance, it assists in salary and wage administration.

4. Job Re-engineering:  Job analysis gives information which helps us to change jobs in order to allow their being manned by employees with particular characteristics and qualifications.

5. Employee Training and Management Development: Job analysis provides the necessary data to the management of learning and development programmers. It assists us to find out the subject-matter of in-training courses and content. It also assists in checking application data, weighing test results, interviewing, and in checking references.

6. Performance Appraisal:  It helps in setting up standards which can be compared with the individual’s actual contribution.

7. Health and Safety:  It gives a chance for indentifying hazardous environment and unhealthy environmental aspects so that preventive measures can be taken to lessen and avoid the possibility of it.