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UFTWAO Chapter 04 WORKFORCE PLANNING AND JOB ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
UFTWAO Chapter 04 WORKFORCE PLANNING AND JOB ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
UFTWAO Chapter 04 WORKFORCE PLANNING AND JOB ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
JOSEPH C. SANCHEZ
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Strategic workforce planning emphasizes that workforce planning be actually embedded in the
strategic planning process of the organization. Senior leaders participate in the process to come
up with general workforce directions
● Self Report -
○ job incumbent comes up with own JD
○ Prone to Fake Good/Fake Bad
● Observation
○ Direct observation; best for physical activities
● Interview
○ Great because allows analyst to explore the interviewees answers using probing
questions
● Document Review
● Questionnaire and Surveys
Competency Modeling
Competencies refer to clusters of knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) needed for jobs
(Campion et al 2011)
A competency should have a name or label, a definition that describes the competency in
behavioral terms, and proficiency levels that describe the levels of mastery of the competency
Levels of Competencies
BEH BEH
BEH
Job Design
Refers to the assignment of foals and tasks that are to be done by employees.
Approaches
1. Job rotation - move employee to perform different task. **content of job should be the
same.
2. Job enlargement (horizontal) - give more tasks to employee
3. Job enrichment (vertical) - give more complicated work
4. Autonomous work groups - have employees work as a group on interdependent tasks to
provide service
Considerations
● Technical - degree to which individuals can physically and mentally do the job
● Economic - degree to which cos of the job is less than the value it adds to the org
● Behavioral - does this motivate employee?