Job Analysis & Evaluation
Surveying the Market
Linking Evaluation to Pay
Incentives
Benefits
100
Refers to any systematic process of gathering information about work requirements.
What is Job Analysis
100
Used to determine the relative worth of jobs to the organization.
What is job evaluation
100
This approach relies strictly on what other employers are paying for benchmark (key) jobs
What is direct market pricing approach
100
This system is used to influence the behaviors of workers.
What is an incentive system
100
Indirect economic compensation employees receive for continued company membership.
What is Employee benefits
200
Job Analysis designed to tailor the needs of the organization
What is Customed-Designed Analysis
200
The process of attempting to achieve pay equity within the organizations ability to pay constraint.
What is job pricing
200
This rate system is typically used for jobs covered by labor union contracts in which wages are renegotiated at contract renewal date.
What is flat rate system
200
Incentive plans which are more complex than individual plans
What is group incentive plans
200
Two major retirement plans
What is defined benefit & deferred contribution plans
300
A collection of tasks that constitute a single employee's total work assignment.
What is a position
300
Used when seeking a limited amount of data in a short time span.
What is telephone surveys
300
When incumbent's pay is kept at its present level, but the job itself is brought into line within the pay structure.
What is red-circling
300
Occurs when the company is unable to continue to pay the incentive plan that it’s been paying
What is ability to pay constraint
300
Participants use only the doctors, clinics, hospitals designed by this plan
What is HMO
400
These jobs are used to assess market pay rates and do not have corresponding pay rates in the labor market
What is benchmark / key jobs
400
Refers to geographic area in which employers and job seekers exchange pay for skills and behaviors required by the organization.
What is labor market
400
Wage adjustments between union and non-union wage structures
What is tandem wage adjustments
400
Pension plans that motivate performance or membership
What is profit sharing
400
This type of insurance is the biggest barrier employer’s face due to high premium cost
What is dental insurance
500
In this method of job evaluation, the organization identifies the compensable factors and breaks them down into degrees
What is the point method or point factor
500
Employers use this to determine what the local labor markets geographic boundaries are for particular jobs.
What is isobar analysis
500
It is difficult to find compensable factors that are appropriate for distinguishing among jobs across job families
What is a reason for multiple pay structures
500
Based on the philosophy that an organization is successful only when everybody is contributing to the organization’s goals
What is Plantwide group incentive plans
500
Health related resources provided to employees (hint: health club memberships)
What is wellness programs
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