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ESSENTIAL PERSPECTIVES
© 2005 Southwestern College Publishing All rights reserved PowerPoint Presentation
by Truong Thi Lan Anh
Human Resource planning and
Job analysis
Section 2
Robert L Mathis John H Jackson
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After you study this section, you should be able to:
– Define HR planning, and outline the HR planning
process
– Identify factors to be considered in forecasting the
supply and demand for human resources in an
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Learning Objectives (Con’t.)
– Explain how changing job characteristics can be used
to improve jobs
– Discuss different approaches to job analysis, e.g
workflow, task-based, and competency analysis
– List and explain four job analysis methods
– Identify the five steps in conducting a job analysis
– Write a job description and the job specifications for it
Attracting candidates
HR planning:
•Which positions/jobs are vacant?
•Which sources can provide candidates?
Job analysis:
•Which requirements to accomplish these positions/jobs?
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Human Resource Planning
Human Resource (HR) Planning
– The process of analyzing and identifying the need for and availability of human resources so that the organization can meet its objectives
HR Planning Responsibilities
– Top HR executive and subordinates gather
information from other managers to use in the
development of HR projections for top management
to use in strategic planning and setting
organizational goals
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in HR Planning
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Human Resource Planning (cont’d)
Small Business and HR Planning Issues
– Attracting and retaining qualified outsiders
– Management succession between generations of
owners
– Evolution of HR activities as business grows
– Family relationships and HR policies
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HR Planning Process
HR Strategies
– The means used to anticipate and manage the
supply of and demand for human resources
• Provide overall direction for the way in which HR
activities will be developed and managed
Overall Strategic Plan
Human Resources Strategic Plan
HR Activities
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Company Strategy
What staff do
we need to do the job?
What staff is available within our organization?
Is there a match?
What is impact
on wage and
salary
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Benefits of HR Planning
Better view of the HR dimensions of business
decisions
More timely recruitment for anticipate HR needs
More inclusion of protected groups through planned increases in workforce diversity
Better development of managerial talent
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Environmental Scanning
– The process of studying the environment of the
organization to pinpoint opportunities and threats
Environment Changes Impacting HR
– Governmental regulations
– Economic conditions
– Geographic and competitive concerns
– Workforce composition
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Internal Assessment of the Organizational Workforce
Auditing Jobs and Skills
– What jobs exist now?
– How many individuals are performing each job?
– How essential is each job?
– What jobs will be needed to implement future
organizational strategies?
– What are the characteristics of anticipated jobs?
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Organizational Capabilities Inventory
– HRIS databases—sources of information about
employees’ knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) – Components of an organizational capabilities
inventory
• Workforce and individual demographics
• Individual employee career progression
• Individual job performance data
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Forecasting HR Supply and Demand
Forecasting
– The use of information from the past and present
to identify expected future conditions
Forecasting Methods
– Judgmental
• Estimates—asking managers’ opinions, top-down or
bottom-up
• Rules of thumb—using general guidelines
• Delphi technique—asking a group of experts
• Nominal groups—reaching a group consensus in open
discussion
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Forecasting Methods (cont’d)
– Mathematical
• Statistical regression analysis—
• Simulation models
• Productivity ratios—units produced per employee
• Staffing ratios—estimates of indirect labor needs
Forecasting Periods
– Short-term—less than one year
– Intermediate—up to five years
– Long-range—more than five years
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Forecasting
Methods
Figure 2–8
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Forecasting the Demand for Human Resources
– Organization-wide estimate for total demand
– Unit breakdown for specific skill needs by number and type of employee
• Develop decision rules (“fill rates”) for positions to be
filled internally and externally
• Develop additional decision rules for positions
impacted by the chain effects of internal promotions and transfers
Forecasting the Supply for Human Resources
– External Supply
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Forecasting HR Supply and Demand
Forecasting External HR Supply
– Factors affecting external
• Net migration for an area
• Individuals entering and leaving the workforce
• Individuals graduating from schools and colleges
• Changing workforce composition and patterns
• Economic forecasts
• Technological developments and shifts
• Actions of competing employers
• Government regulations and pressures
• Other factors affecting the workforce
Forecasting Internal HR Supply
– Effects of promotions, lateral moves, and terminations
– Succession analysis Succession plan
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Example of A succession plan
President & CEO
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Managing Human Resource
• Loss of specialized skills and experience
• Loss of growth and innovation skills
– Managing survivors
• Provide explanations for actions and the future
• Involve survivors in transition/regrouping activities
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Surplus or Shortage
Downsizing approaches
– Attrition and hiring freezes
• Not replacing departing employees and not hiring new
employees/
– Early retirement buyouts
• Offering incentives that encourage senior employees to
leave the organization early
– Layoffs
• Employees are placed on unpaid leave until called back
to work when business conditions improve
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Managing Human Resource
Surplus or Shortage
Downsizing approaches (cont’d)
– Outplacement services provided to displaced
employees to give them support and assistance:
• Personal career counseling
• Resume preparation and typing services
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Diagnostic Measures of HR Effectiveness
– HR expense per employee
– Compensation as a percent of expenses
– HR department expense as a percent of total
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Overview of the
HR Evaluation
Process
Figure 2–10
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• Current job specifications and descriptions
• Valid recruiting and selection process
• Formal wage and salary system
• Employee benefits
• Employee handbook
• Absenteeism and turnover control
• Grievance resolution process
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Uses of an HR
Information
System (HRIS)
Figure 2–12
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HR Management and Jobs
Dividing Work into Jobs
– Work
• Effort directed toward producing or accomplishing
results
– Job
• A grouping of tasks, duties, and responsibilities that
constitutes the total work assignment for an employee
Workflow Analysis
– A study of the way work (inputs, activities, and
outputs) moves through an organization
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choose 2 examples for your group to present
to the class
Lesson learned from these examples will be
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Developing Jobs for Individuals and Teams
Job Performance
Physical and Mental Health
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Job Enlargement
– Broadening the scope of a job by expanding the
number of different tasks to be performed
Job Enrichment
– Increasing the depth of a job by adding the
responsibility for planning, organizing , controlling, and evaluating the job
Job Rotation
– The process of shifting a person from job to job
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Job Characteristics Model
Figure 6–3
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Job Characteristics
Skill Variety The extent to which the work requires several
different activities for successful completion
Task Identity The extent to which the job includes a “whole”
identifiable unit of work that is carried out from start to finish and that results in a visible outcome Task Significance The impact the job has on other people
Autonomy The extent of individual freedom and discretion in
the work and its scheduling
Feedback The amount of information received about how well
or how poorly one has performed
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Alternative Work Schedules
Flextime
– A work scheduling arrangement in which employees work a set number of hours per day but vary their starting and ending times
Compressed Work Week
– A work schedule in which a full week’s work is
accomplished in fewer than five days
Dual jobs
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Telecommuting
– The process of going to work via electronic
computing and telecommunications equipment
Temporary Locations
– Hoteling
– Virtual office
Effects of Alternative Work Arrangements
– A shift to evaluating employees on results
– Greater trust, less direct supervision
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The Nature of Job Analysis
Job Analysis
– A systematic way to gather and analyze information about the content, context, and the human
requirements of jobs
• Work activities and behaviors
• Interactions with others
• Performance standards
• Financial and budgeting impact
• Machines and equipment used
• Working conditions
• Supervision given and received
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities needed
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Job Analysis in
Perspective
Figure 6–5
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Workflow Analysis
– A study of the way work (inputs, activities, and
outputs) moves through an organization
Outputs Goods and Services
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Task-Based Job Analysis
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Competencies
– Basic characteristics that can be linked to enhanced performance by individuals or teams
Reasons for using the competency approach
– To communicate value behaviors throughout the
organization
– To raise the competency levels of the organization – To emphasize the capabilities of people to enhance organizational competitive advantage
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Stages in
the Job
Analysis
Process
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Job Analysis Methods
PAQ MPDQ
Computerized Job Analysis
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Typical Areas Covered in a Job Analysis Questionnaire
Figure 6–8
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Job Descriptions and Job Specifications
Job Description
– Identification of the tasks, duties, and
responsibilities of a job
Performance Standards
– Indicator of what the job accomplishes and how
performance is measured in key areas of the job
description
Job Specification
– The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) an
individual needs to perform a job satisfactorily
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Job “2 in 1” Description Components
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Sample Job Description and Specifications
Figure 6–11b
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