Q. What do you mean by Job decision and job analysis?
One of the most significant concerns of the personnel management in the past several years has been employee productivity and satisfaction. Personnel managers have realized that an important factor influencing these areas is the type of work handled by the employee. Job decision answers the questions of how the job is to be performed, who is to perform it, and where it is to be performed. Thus, in a way, job decision great affects how an employee feels about a job, how much authority an employee has over the work, how much decision making the employee has on the job and how many tasks the employee has and how many has to complete. Managers realize that job decision determines their working relationship with their employees and the relationship among the employees themselves. Job decision is defined as the process of deciding on the contact of a job in terms of its duties and responsibilities. On the methods to be used in carrying out the job, in terms of techniques, systems and procedures and on the relationships that should exist between the job holder and his superiors, subordinates and colleagues.