The methods or approaches are utilized in analyzing jobs. They are:
1. Personal Observation:
The materials and equipment used, the working conditions and probable hazards, and an understanding of what the work involves are the facts which should be known by an analyst.
2. Sending out of Questionnaires:
Properly drafted questionnaires are sent out to job- holders for completion and are returned to supervisors.
3. Maintenance of Long Records:
The employee maintains a daily record of duties he performs, marking the time at which each task is started and finished.
4. Critical Incidents:
In this method, job holders are asked to describe incidents concerning the job on the basis of their past experience. The incidents so collected are analyzed and classified according to the job areas they describe.
5. Personal Interviews:
Personal interviews may be held by the analyst with the employees, and answers to relevant questions may be recorded. But the method is time-consuming and costly.
6. Technical Conference Method:
This method utilizes supervisors with extensive knowledge of the job. Here, specific characteristics of a job are obtained from the “experts.”
7. Functional Job Analysis:
Functional job analysis (FJA) is employee- oriented analytical approach of job analysis. This approach attempts to describe the whole person on the job.
