Students are required to conduct research by interviewing a staff member of an organisation with experience in employee recruitment and selection (e.g. HR advisor, manager). They are to use this interview to access information on a job/position that exists within the interviewees' organisation. From the information from this interview, students are required to perform a job analysis on the job/position identified. They are then to use this job analysis as the basis for writing the position description relevant for this position.
The interview requires:
- A review of literature and opinions about the task and role of job analysis.
- A review of literature on interview skills and techniques.
- The development of a list of 8-10 relevant interview questions for the interviewee. These questions need to guide the interview in a direction that ensures that an appropriate position within the organisation can be determined and that will allow a job analysis to be performed on that position.
You must make sure that you are prepared for the interview and you need to explain the purpose for the interview to the interviewee. You might choose to forward a copy of your interview questions to your interviewee before the interview so they can be prepared. You need to record the interview so ask the interviewee if they mind you taking notes or recording the interview.
The report requires:
- The use of the interview information in the construction of a job analysis on a chosen position at the interviewees' organisation.
- The use of this job analysis to in the construction of a relevant position description for the chosen position.
- A range of references that should demonstrate breadth and depth of research.
- An ability to utilise the wider literature in constructing the framework for this assignment.
- The display of critical evaluation and diagnostic skills in the choice of the data included.
- The display of critical evaluation in the choice of the information sources used.
- Appropriate and accurate use of the Harvard Referencing System
You must use a minimum of 6 references:
- Text books :The prescribed text and at least 2 other text books
- At least 2 academic journal articles (found using EBSCO, Emerald, ABI/Proquest, Science Direct, Informitetc)
- 1 other source of your choice : Blog, newspaper, magazine or other Internet source
- No more than 1 reference may be general Internet based sources.
- Wikipedia is not to be used and does not count as an academic reference.